Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories at Cornell University

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The Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories are located at Cornell University on the first floor Comstock Hall. They are well-equipped biology teaching laboratories used to provide hands-on laboratory experience to Cornell undergraduate students. Currently, they are the home of the Investigative Biology Laboratory Course, [1] (BioG1500 [2] ), and frequently being used by the Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers, [3] the Disturbance Ecology course [4] and Insectapalooza. [5] In the past the Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories hosted the laboratory portion of the Introductory Biology Course with the course number of Bio103-104 (renumbered to BioG1103-1104).

The Investigative Biology Teaching Laboratories house the Science Communication and Public Engagement Undergraduate Minor. [6]

History

Bio103-104

BioG1103-1104 Biological Sciences Laboratory course was a two-semester, two-credit course. BioG1103 was offered in the spring, while 1104 was offered in the fall. [7]

BioG1500

This course was first offered in Fall 2010. [8] It is a one semester course, offered in the Fall, Spring and Summer for 2 credits. One credit is being awarded for the letter and one credit for the three-hour-long lab, following the SUNY system. [9]

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