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Biology Lab Course Information

Spring 2025

General comments about biology classes with labs:

  • A 3-credit biology class, regardless of whether it is delivered on campus, hybrid, or online, has the equivalent of 2 hours of lecture (3 credits) and 3 hours of lab (1 credit) per week.
  • A 4-credit biology class, regardless of whether it is delivered on campus, hybrid, or online, has the equivalent of 3 hours of lecture (3 credits) and 3 hours of lab (1 credit) per week.
  • A 5-credit biology class, regardless of whether it is delivered on campus, hybrid, or online, has the equivalent of 4 hours of lecture (3 credits) and 3 hours of lab (1 credit) per week.
  • For on-campus courses all lectures and labs will meet on campus.
  • For completely online asynchronous courses the lectures and labs are completely online and you may need to pick up a lab kit (BIOL 1100, 1101 and 2041 courses) at the Biology Lab Front Desk (S 1360). See below for more instructions.
  • Requires 3 hours of flexible lab hours. Flexible lab hours are posted on your course syllabus.
  • Small mammal and organ dissection are required regardless of the delivery method.

Lab kits for online courses

 

Below is more information on lab kits for Completely Online Asynchronous Courses:

BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1101 Mostly Online or Completely Online -Asynchronous Courses

Students enrolled in a completely online asynchronous BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1101 lab course should come to the Biology Lab Front Desk (S 1360) to pick up an online lab kit and/or to replace missing/broken/emptied lab kit components. 

Lab Kit pick-ups are available one week before the semester begins (week of January 6th for Spring 2025) and are available during the following times:

  • Mondays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Tuesdays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Wednesdays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Thursdays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Fridays – 9:00 am – 12:00pm

Students will need to check kit contents against an inventory sheet and return the signed sheet before leaving the pick-up area.  This will take about 5-10 minutes.

If a student is unable to come to campus, their lab kit can be mailed to a street address in the lower forty-eight United States. Lab kits cannot be mailed to post office boxes, to Alaska or Hawaii, or to locations outside the United States.  

For full semester courses students should contact their instructor no later than the first day of class to request a mailed lab kit.

For late start courses students should contact their instructor no later than two weeks before the first day of class to request a mailed lab kit.

BIOL 2041 Mostly Online or Completely Online - Asynchronous Courses

Students enrolled in a mostly online or completely online asynchronous BIOL 2041 lab course should come to the Biology Lab Front Desk (S 1360) to pick up an online lab kit during the seventh or eighth week of class and are available during the following times:

  • Mondays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Tuesdays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Wednesdays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Thursdays – 9:00 am – 4:00pm
  • Fridays – 9:00 am – 12:00pm

Students will need to check kit contents against an inventory sheet and return the signed sheet before leaving the pick-up area.  This will take about 5-10 minutes.

If a student is unable to come to campus, their lab kit can be mailed to a street address in the lower forty-eight United States. Lab kits cannot be mailed to post office boxes, to Alaska or Hawaii, or to locations outside the United States.  

Students should contact their instructor no later than the first day of class to request a mailed lab kit.

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