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This is a fast paced, rigorous chemistry course which, when taken following
successful completion of CH424 Chemistry Advanced, helps to prepare students
for the Advanced Placement examination in Chemistry. More information:
http://online.ncssm.edu/courses.
EN364 Ecocriticism: Nature in Thought and Writing
One Semester
Credit: One unit core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs.
Meeting pattern: Online, plus weekly scheduled webinar, and select oncampus
all day Saturday sessions.
A writing course focused through the specific lens of ecocriticism while learning
the literary conventions, structures, and elements necessary to evaluate any
piece of prose, we focus on how authors have addressed the physicality of the
natural world including the way we encounter and describe the “otherness” of
nature, the evolution of our understanding of our environment, and the effect of
that development on our understanding of ourselves, the issues resulting in
irresponsible interactions with the environment, and how these global ideas
manifest themselves in local and individual behaviors. More information:
http://online.ncssm.edu/courses.
IE380 Bioinformatics (Computational Biology)
One Semester
Credit: One unit core elective credit.
Prerequisite: Permission of the Vice Chancellor for Academic Programs.
Meeting pattern: Online, plus weekly scheduled webinar, and select oncampus
all day Saturday sessions.
Computational biology – known also as “bioinformatics” – is a hybrid,
interdisciplinary course, and is one of the most important new fields of study in
science. Computational biology is not a biology course pre se – it is the
application of computing and mathematics (primarily statistics) to biological
data. What is biological data? Mostly genetics and genomics data, such as
studies of DNA extracted from mice breeding experiments to predict the gentic
basis of diseases such as cancer, high blood pressure, and obesity. Successful
completion of this course can open opportunities for research at the
undergraduate level and beyond. More information:
http://online.ncssm.edu/courses.
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