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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Genetics<\/strong>: Principles of modern and classical genetics. Topics that should be covered include basic Mendelian genetics, meiosis, mitosis, chromosome rearrangement, DNA structure and replication, mutations, bacterial and phage genetics, gene regulation, transcription, translation, plasmids, transposons, cloning, population genetics, and evolution. (3-4 semester hours<\/strong>; WSU MBioS 301)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Introductory Genetics<\/strong>: Covers gene transmission, including chromosome mapping, genetic pathways, and mutational analysis of biological processes emphasizing mutations affecting chromosome transmission. Introduction to genomics \u2013 cloning and sequence analysis of whole genomes. Emphasizes formal genetic mechanisms, molecular techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Genetics of Livestock Improvement<\/strong>: This course encompasses basic principles of animal breeding and genetics with application toward the improvement of domestic livestock species. A variety of topics are covered to facilitate a greater understanding of gene function, inheritance patterns, and selection practices used in sustainable animal breeding programs.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Statistics<\/strong>: (3 semester hours) Topics that should be covered include introduction to descriptive and inferential statistics: t-tests, chi-square tests, one-way ANOVA, simple linear regression, and correlation. (WSU Stat 212, 412 or Psych 311)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Principles of Statistics<\/strong>: Includes summarizing data, measures of central location, measures of variation, probability, mathematics expectation, probability distributions, sampling and sampling distributions, estimation, hypothesis testing, analysis of variance, regression analysis, and correlation.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Management Statistics<\/strong>: This is the introduction to basic statistics for management students.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Biology with lab, Part I<\/strong>: One semester of a two semester sequence for science majors and pre-professional students. Biology of organisms, plants, animals, ecology, and evolution. (4 semester hours w\/lab<\/strong>; WSU Biol 106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Biological Principles I<\/strong>: An introductory course focusing upon fundamental biological concepts and methods for students planning to major in biology or for students needing to satisfy a professional school requirement in biology. This course, one in a two semester series, focuses on the biological principles of evolution and speciation, a survey of biological diversity, the study of plant form and function, and the study of animal form and function. Three lectures and one 3-hour laboratory per week.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Biology with lab, Part II<\/strong>: One semester of a two-semester sequence for science majors and pre-professional students. Cell biology and genetics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes. (4 semester hours w\/lab;<\/strong> WSU Biol 107)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Biological Principles II<\/strong>: An introductory course focusing upon fundamental biological concepts and methods for students planning to major in biology or needing to satisfy a professional school requirement in biology. This course, one in a two semester series, focuses on biomolecules, the molecular components of life, fundamental cell structures, and an introduction to genetics. Three lectures and a one 3-hour laboratory per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Biology and Society<\/strong>: Not open to Biology majors or for minor credit. Principles of biology and their relationship to social issues. Three lectures and one 3-hr lab a week.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Inorganic Chemistry with lab, Part I<\/strong>: Stoichiometry, structure, gases, liquids, solids, solutions, thermodynamics, kinetics, equilibrium, volumetric, and gravimetric analysis. (4 semester hours w\/lab; WSU Chem 105)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n General Chemistry I<\/strong>: Basic principles of chemistry, including stoichiometry; introduction to solution phase chemistry; gas phase chemistry; thermodynamics, including enthalpies of formation and reaction; atomic structure; periodic trends; chemical bonding; and molecular structure. Three lectures and a one 3-hour laboratory per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Elementary Survey of Chemistry<\/strong>: Nonrigorous but adequate background in fundamentals. Preparation for technical training in life sciences. Three lectures and one 3-hr lab a week.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nInorganic Chemistry with lab, Part II<\/strong>: (4 semester hours w\/lab) Acid-base, ionic, molecular, solubility, oxidation\/reduction equilibria; kinetics, electrochemistry; systematic chemistry of the elements; coordination compounds. (WSU Chem 106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nGeneral Chemistry II<\/strong>: Liquids and solids. Solutions and colligative properties. Continuation of thermodynamics, including entropy and free energy. Principles and applications of chemical equilibrium, including acid-base chemistry (titrations, buffers). Kinetics. Redox reactions and electrochemistry. Three lectures and a one 3-hour laboratory per week.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\nIntroduction to Chemistry<\/strong>: General treatment of the fundamentals of chemistry. Three lectures and one 3-hour lab per week.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Biochemistry<\/strong>: Modern biochemistry for undergraduates in the biological sciences. Topics that should be covered include proteins (amino acids, protein structure, enzyme kinetics, and mechanisms), metabolism (carbohydrate structure, glycolysis, TCA cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, glycogen metabolism, and metabolic integration), and molecular genetics (central dogma, DNA structure, packaging, replication, repair, RNA transcription, translation, genetic code, protein targeting, gene expression, DNA technology). (3 semester hours;<\/strong> WSU MBioS 303)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Biochemistry<\/strong>: Carbohydrate, lipid, protein, and nucleic acid structure and function; enzyme kinetics; energetics; major metabolic pathways for carbohydrates, lipids, and amino acids; photosynthesis; and regulation of gene function.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n The Biochemistry of Health for Non-Science Majors<\/strong>: Introduction for non-science majors to the biochemical basis of nutrition, health, DNA, and the human genome. The class and laboratory includes training for in-depth searching of Internet and library information resources, evaluating and presenting the information found, and an introduction to DNA fingerprinting.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Physics with lab<\/strong>: Algebra\/trigonometry-based physics, topics in mechanics, wave phenomena, temperature, and heat. (4 semester hours w\/ lab;<\/strong> WSU Phys 101)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n General Physics I<\/strong>: Non-calculus treatment of mechanics, waves, sound, and heat. Knowledge of simple algebra and trigonometry is required.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n The Great Ideas of Physics<\/strong>: Conceptual, quantitative, and laboratory treatments of the great ideas and discoveries that have influenced lives and changed perceptions of nature, from Johannes Kepler\u2019s laws of planetary motion and Isaac Newton\u2019s and Albert Einstein\u2019s laws of motion and gravity to the modern concepts of the quantal structure of nature and the big bang universe.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\r\n
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WSU course description<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Mathematics (algebra, pre-calculus, or higher)<\/strong>: Graphs, properties, and applications of polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions. (3 semester hours;<\/strong> WSU Math 106)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\nApproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n College Algebra<\/strong>: Functions: graphs, transformations, combinations, and inverses. Polynomial, rational, exponential, logarithmic functions and applications. Systems of equations and matrices. Partial fractions.<\/p>\n\n\n\nUnapproved course from an outside institution<\/h4>\n\n\n\n Intermediate Algebra<\/strong>: Linear equations and inequalities, polynomials and exponents, rational expressions, roots and radicals, quadratic equations, lines, systems of equations and inequalities, applied problems, factoring, graphs, the quadratic formula, completing the square and complex numbers.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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