2013-2014 Course Selection Book - SUNY Upstate Medical University

FOUNDATIONS OF MOLECULAR ANDCELLULAR BIOLOGYGS6164 Credit HoursCoordinators (Course directors)Dr. Stephan WilkensDr. David MitchellDr. Christopher TurnerDr. Jennifer MoffatPeriod Offered:FallCourse Philosophy and Goals: This course seeks tobring a collection of incoming students with diverseinterests and backgrounds up to a basic level ofunderstanding of biomedical sciences in preparationfor joining a research lab at SUNY Upstate. Lecturematerial is presented so as to engage students inthe methods and experiments that have led to ourcurrent understanding of cell function, in particularby using real examples from the primary literaturecoupled with a problem-based approach. The courseis sufficiently demanding so as to promote thosestudents who have the level of commitment requiredto succeed in the graduate program.Course Description: This course provides acomprehensive background for students in theBiomedical Sciences Program. It covers fundamentaland advanced topics in biochemistry, molecularbiology, and cell biology. Lectures and discussionsare based on primary research articles, referencebooks, and lecture notes. Major divisions of thecourse are 1) properties of biomolecules, 2) cellorganization and regulation, and 3) cell function.Location:Room 3113 Weiskotten HallINTRODUCTION TO APPLIEDBIOSTATISTICS AND RESEARCH DESIGN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GS6172 Credit HoursCourse Coordinator(s):Drs. Dongliang Wang and Frank MiddletonPeriod Offered:FallCourse Description: This course introduces the basicprinciples of biostatistics and experiment design forresearch in the biomedical sciences. Emphasis will beplaced on application of biostatistical methods andinterpretation of the outputs of statistical software. Aconcept-focused approach will be used to teach thestatistical content, which includes descriptive statistics,probability distributions, point and interval estimationof population parameters, and hypothesis testing. Avariety of one and two-sample parametric and nonparametrictests for continuous and categorical dataare covered, as are one and two-factor ANOVA, tests forbivariate frequency data, and simple linear regression.The second portion of the course will require that studentsapply and reinforce their new-found knowledgeto critically assess experiment designs and statisticalmethods used in examples from the scientific literature.Textbook(s):Fundamentals of Biostatistics (7 th edition), BernardRosner - Brooks/Cole ISBN 053873349-7Location:Room 3111 Wesikotten Hall11