Biology 200
Course: Biology 200 (Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology)
Taken: Winter 2013, Sophomore Year
Professor: Scott Freeman
Biology 200 is the second of the three classes in the introductory biology series. I took this class from Dr. Freeman during winter quarter of my sophomore year, which was the same quarter that I began doing research in the Kaeberlein lab.
Reflection written March 2013:
Biology 200 was the class where I finally felt like my classes were catching up to my lab work. In my first quarter in a research position in my lab, I have been learning a lot of basic techniques, including PCR, running gels, and doing transformations of plasmids in bacteria. Now imagine me in class at the end of the quarter when Dr. Freeman asks why a researcher would include an allele for antibiotic resistance along with the target allele when inserting a plasmid into a new organism, and imagine my excitement when I can answer it perfectly because I know this. Maybe it was because of this feeling of finally reaching the classes that matter to me and my future, or maybe it was just having Dr. Scott Freeman again as a professor, but biology 200 has been my favorite class I have taken so far at UW.
In college, there are hundreds of opportunities, both inside and outside of the classroom, to engage in meaningful learning. This is proof that learning is deeper and richer when you discover in same thing in different ways.
Taken: Winter 2013, Sophomore Year
Professor: Scott Freeman
Biology 200 is the second of the three classes in the introductory biology series. I took this class from Dr. Freeman during winter quarter of my sophomore year, which was the same quarter that I began doing research in the Kaeberlein lab.
Reflection written March 2013:
Biology 200 was the class where I finally felt like my classes were catching up to my lab work. In my first quarter in a research position in my lab, I have been learning a lot of basic techniques, including PCR, running gels, and doing transformations of plasmids in bacteria. Now imagine me in class at the end of the quarter when Dr. Freeman asks why a researcher would include an allele for antibiotic resistance along with the target allele when inserting a plasmid into a new organism, and imagine my excitement when I can answer it perfectly because I know this. Maybe it was because of this feeling of finally reaching the classes that matter to me and my future, or maybe it was just having Dr. Scott Freeman again as a professor, but biology 200 has been my favorite class I have taken so far at UW.
In college, there are hundreds of opportunities, both inside and outside of the classroom, to engage in meaningful learning. This is proof that learning is deeper and richer when you discover in same thing in different ways.