Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and understanding of foundational concepts in the areas of cancer etiology, cancer biology, and cancer prevention and cancer treatment.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Read and critically evaluate scientific literature.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Synthesize scientific ideas based upon knowledge gained in the course
Audience: Undergraduate

4. Demonstrate breadth within their learning experiences.
Audience: Undergraduate

5. Communicate complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Attend all lectures on a diverse range of speakers from the Biotechnology sector and related topics.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Demonstrate an understanding of lectures though lecture evaluation sheets.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Choose a current topic in Biotechnology and formulate an opinion paper on the challenges and potential utility.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Discuss the physiology and pathology of toxicology, understanding the basicfundamentals of toxicology and toxic agents
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

2. Demonstrate metabolism and breakdown of toxicants using a given dataset
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

3. Recognize various experimental models to obtain scientific results
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

4. Implement knowledge to design experiments applicable to one’s own research
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

5. Critique an example of toxicology in media and develop a presentation of this example
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

6. Explore new areas to assist in career development via journal club
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the major classes of viruses infecting animals and plants, and summarize their basic replication strategies.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

2. Identify the major innate and adaptive antiviral immunity mechanisms of animals and plants, and examples of viral countermeasures against these.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

3. Summarize the burdens and threats of viruses to public health, agriculture, etc.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

4. Identify the major approaches and challenges to virus control at the single organism and host population levels, including why viruses are generally harder to control than bacteria, and major steps in developing new antiviral agents.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

5. Illustrate beneficial uses of viruses and their genes in research, biotechnology and medicine.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

6. Design and evaluate basic experiments to address specific questions in virology.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

7. Read and evaluate primary literature papers in virology.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and understanding foundational concepts in the areas of protein purification, purification of recombinant proteins, and protein characterization and use.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

2. Read and effectively evaluate current literature.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

3. Actively engage in the latest scholarly research discussions.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply, analyze, or evaluate advanced theories, concepts, or methods in Cancer Biology.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

2. Identify and describe key theories, concepts, and methods in Cancer Biology.
Audience: Both Grad & Undergrad

3. Explore a new phenomenon or modality in the Cancer Biology area and apply the knowledge gained to research in the field (graduate student).
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply concepts learned in coursework to real life situations.
Audience: Undergraduate

2. Read and effectively search scientific literature.
Audience: Undergraduate

3. Develop critical, analytical, and independent thinking skills.
Audience: Undergraduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Explore new conceptional and technological advancements in the Cancer Biology and apply the knowledge gained to research in the field.
Audience: Graduate

2. Demonstrate fundamental knowledge and understanding foundational concepts in Carcinogenesis and Tumor Cell Biology.
Audience: Graduate

3. Articulate research problems, potentials, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the field of Carcinogenesis and Tumor Cell Biology.
Audience: Graduate

4. Communicate complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner.
Audience: Graduate

5. Read and effectively search scientific literature.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate research problems, potentials, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the field of Cancer Biology.
Audience: Graduate

2. Formulate ideas, concepts, designs, and/or techniques beyond the current boundaries of knowledge within the field of Cancer Biology.
Audience: Graduate

3. Demonstrate breadth within their learning experiences.
Audience: Graduate

4. Communicate complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner.
Audience: Graduate

5. Foster ethical and professional conduct.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate research problems, potentials, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the field of Cancer Biology.
Audience: Graduate

2. Formulate ideas, concepts, designs, and/or techniques beyond the current boundaries of knowledge within the field of Cancer Biology.
Audience: Graduate

3. Demonstrate breadth within their learning experiences.
Audience: Graduate

4. Communicate complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner.
Audience: Graduate

5. Foster ethical and professional conduct.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Articulate research problems, potentials, and limits with respect to theory, knowledge, or practice within the field of Cancer Biology.
Audience: Graduate

2. Formulate ideas, concepts, designs, and/or techniques beyond the current boundaries of knowledge within the field of Cancer Biology.
Audience: Graduate

3. Demonstrate breadth within their learning experiences.
Audience: Graduate

4. Communicate complex ideas in a clear and understandable manner.
Audience: Graduate

5. Foster ethical and professional conduct.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Describe the rationale for choosing a model system for their research
Audience: Graduate

2. Perform procedures or dissections to collect tissues or organs for further investigation
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Identify the appropriate analysis tools for common bioinformatics problems, format data, execute the analysis, and adjust necessary parameters.
Audience: Graduate

2. Interpret results of common bioinformatic analysis including their own results as well as the published works of others.
Audience: Graduate

3. Demonstrate competence in bioinformatic analysis by conducting an original analysis of primary data from their own lab or publicly available databases.
Audience: Graduate

4. Understand the assumptions and principles of bioinformatic pipelines and their implications for validity and statistical significance.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Organize and present a research presentation, which includes background information, data slides, conclusions, and future directions.
Audience: Graduate

2. Offer constructive feedback to peers on research presentation style and information delivery.
Audience: Graduate

Learning Outcomes: 1. Conduct independent research using a variety of approaches.
Audience: Graduate

2. Think critically and independently to address research challenges.
Audience: Graduate

3. Exhibit and foster professional and ethical conduct in their research.
Audience: Graduate

4. Collaborate with other investigators within or outside the thesis lab.
Audience: Graduate