BTEC 222 - Emerging Laboratory Techniques

(4 semester hours)
Prerequisites: BTEC 170 or permission of instructor
Description: This course covers the planning, execution and implementation of experimental design, the first step toward independent research. The problem areas covered center primarily on abstract principles that are difficult to convey in the standard lecture format. Accordingly, this course is laboratory intensive - 6 laboratory hours per week - with visual and hands-on experiments used to reinforce concepts. Three hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week. Offered As needed.