BRR Courses
The BRR curriculum requires biology, chemistry, physics, calculus, statistics, organic chemistry and biochemistry. Students must take an ethics class and a technical writing class. Each student chooses an option (area of concentration) and takes 27 credits of upper-division interdisciplinary coursework based on the option. In addition, students do 14 credits of mentored research, write a thesis, and give a seminar, all for course credit.
The sample curriculum below allows BRR students to meet the University Baccalaureate Core requirements, the BRR core requirements and their selected option requirements, and graduate with the minimum of 180 credits. Numbers in parentheses are credits.
BRR classes prepare students for research and help students build skills for their research project, thesis and final seminar.
Catalog for course descriptions
BRR required courses:
BRR 100 — Great Experiments in Bioresource Research (2 credit). Syllabus
BRR 200 — Developing a Research Proposal: Theory and Practice (2 credit) Syllabus
BRR 401 — Research (14 credits) Syllabus
BRR 403* — Thesis (WIC; 4 credits) Syllabus
BRR 406 — Projects - Data Presentation (1 credit) Syllabus
BRR 407 — Seminar (1 credit) Syllabus
BRR 409 — Teaching Practicum: Peer-mentoring (2 credits) Syllabus
Non-required BRR courses:
BRR 299 Special Topics (credits varying)
BRR 405 Reading and Conference (credits varying)
BRR 410 Internship (credits varying)
First Year (45)
BI 221, 222, 223. *Principles of Biology (4,4,4)
BRR 100. Great Experiments in Bioresource Sciences (2)
CH 231/261, 232/262, 233/263. *General Chemistry (5,5,5)
HHS 231. *Lifetime Fitness for Health (2)
PAC Physical activity course. *Lifetime Fitness: (various activities) (1)
WR 121. *English Composition (3)
Baccalaureate core (6)
Unrestricted electives (5)
Second Year (45)
BRR 200. Developing a Research Proposal: Theory and Practice (2)
PHL 205. *Ethics (4)
CH 331, CH 332. Organic Chemistry (4,4)
CH 337. Organic Chemistry Lab (4)
PH 201, PH 202, PH 203. *General Physics (5,5,5)
ST 351. Intro to Statistical Methods (4)
Baccalaureate core (6)
Unrestricted electives (4)
Third Year (45)
BI 311. Genetics (4)
BRR 401. Research (8)
COMM 111. *Public Speaking (3)
MTH 251 or 227. *Differential Calculus (4)
MTH 252. Integral Calculus (4)
or MTH 228. Mathematical Ideas in Biology (4)
Baccalaureate core (3)
Unrestricted electives (4)
Selected courses to meet option requirement (15)
Fourth Year (45)
BB 450, BB 451. General Biochemistry (4,3)
BRR 401. Research (6)
BRR 403. ^Thesis (4)
BRR 406. Data Presentations-Projects (1)
BRR 407. Seminar (1)
BRR 409. Teaching Practicum: Peer-mentoring (2)
WR 327 . *Technical Writing (3)
or WR 362. Science Writing (3)
Baccalaureate core (3)
Unrestricted electives (5)
Selected courses to meet option requirement (12)