Students gain advanced experience in teaching all aspects of Animal Science courses. The learning objectives of AnSci 496T include the clear oral communication of scientific information, the formation of good pedagogical practice, and the design of assessment tools.

Students gain advanced experience in teaching all aspects of Animal Science courses. The learning objectives of AnSci 496T include the clear oral communication of scientific information, the formation of good pedagogical practice, and the design of assessment tools.

Students gain advanced experience in teaching all aspects of Animal Science courses. The learning objectives of AnSci 496T include the clear oral communication of scientific information, the formation of good pedagogical practice, and the design of assessment tools.

This is a stand-alone independent study designed by the student and faculty sponsor that involves frequent interaction between instructor and student. Qualitative and quantitative enrichment must be evident on the proposed contract before consent is given to undertake the study.

Individualized study with a faculty member. A poster summarizing the project will be presented at the end of the Spring semester on Science Day.

Students will reflect on their General Education experiences and discuss how they directly impact their Honors Thesis. They will share these reflections and discuss how working in a laboratory has impacted their overall educational experience in-class. The students will then work together to co-organize (with the instructor) an information evening that is designed to bring together other VASCI students who are interested in joining laboratories and share their reflections on this topic.

The course focuses on understanding and solving problems that have arisen, at least in part, from human-animal interactions. While these interactions frequently originate with the best of intentions, the consequences are often unexpected and not very good. Through reading primary peer-reviewed literature as well as web postings, students will acquire the specific knowledge, which, combined with information from their previous courses in their major and general education classes, will form the basis for group and class discussions.

This course is a 3 credit discovery-based research tutorial experience emphasizing animal models.

This course is a 3 credit discovery-based research tutorial experience emphasizing cellular and molecular approaches.

The course is designed to learn the basic principles of embryology including, germ layer establishment, body axis determination, induction, determination, competence and differentiation. The class meets twice a week for 3 hours each. The course will have a lecture component that will describe how an embryo is shaped from a single cell and a laboratory component that will allow students to observe developmental stages and perform classical experiments that were used to demonstrate the basic principles described above.