14 courses with the subject NSCI, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
NSCI 110SPACE EXPLORATION [4
credits] This course is intended as a general elective suitable for all students, including non-science majors and pre-service teachers. It will focus on topics in astronomy, planetary science, and space exploration. The mathematical level will be appropriate for those who have had high school algebra and geometry, and is intended to be multi- disciplinary, incorporating concepts from general physics/astronomy, geology, and biology (including space medicine). NSCI 280/MATH 280/BIOL 280/CSCI 280, MATHEMATICAL MODELLING OF BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS [4 credits] The course focuses on developing mathematical models with the goal of building upon intuitive understanding using mathematical approaches. Topics include: basic principles of model building; probability theory and statistics; markov chains and related stochastic models; matrices and their operations; differential equation models. Lab work will utilize MATLAB. NSCI 285/MATH 285/BIOL 285/CSCI 285, BIOINFORMATICS I/LAB [4 credits] Focuses on familiarizing students with data structure and architectural strategies for organizing complex data sets and then introducing the available computational tools for interrogating these data sets. Topics include: the central dogma and the genetic code; gene structure and transcriptional control; DNA sequencing; protein composition, structure, and function; biological databases; basic computer theory; programming languages; relational databases. There will be associated lab work.
Four to eight additional elective credits in biology are required. These courses should be chosen in consultation with biology academic advisor and can include, but not limited to:
LABORATORY [1 credit] Laboratory experiments to accompany NSCI 362, which must be taken concurrently. FISK UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADUATE BULLETIN to introduce the intellectual foundations of statistical method, but the main emphasis is on applications in the natural sciences. Prerequisite: MATH 130 or equivalent.
This interdisciplinary course covers energy technologies, resources, economics, environmental impacts, and public policies, with an emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency for the power, transport, and building sectors. Comparative assessments among clean energy technologies and conventional fossil fuel technologies lead to analysis of policy options at local, national, and international levels. Participants will receive background information and publications, as well as hands -on training on these topics. The course will meet for three hours of lectures and one three- hour laboratory per week to conduct experiments and generate lab reports.
NSCI 561BIOCHEMISTRY I [3 Cr]: Fall, Saumya Ramanathan A fundamental
Biochemistry course designed for students to understand the nature of macromolecules with emphasis on proteins and their structure and function. The course uses several active learning pedagogical methods, Students learn about the organization of data and how to interpret biological data. Exams and quizzes are based on concepts and integration of methods with concepts, rather than on content memorization.
NSCI 561LEXPERIMENTAL DESIGN AND DATA ANALYSIS [] Fall, Lee1
Limbird. This class uses the review of primary papers to learn how to analyze data, identify appropriate experimental controls, and interpret data as well as design the ‘next step’ experiments. This course is taken by graduate students in Biochemistry I and takes content from the didactic course and examines it, with students as research design colleagues, to test new hypotheses. This course is available for all graduate students but is required for students funded by the R25 Bridges to the Biomedical Doctorate program.
NSCI 562BIOCHEMISTRY II [3 Cr]: Spring, Saumya Ramanathan. Biochem II: is an
advanced Biochemistry course designed to delve deeper into signaling processes and disease states and the contribution of macromolecules to diseases. The course uses primary literature and in class discussions to achieve student learning goals. Substitutions for the courses below using other graduate content courses at Fisk University or at Vanderbilt University can be made in consultation with the thesis advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies in the Biology track of the Graduate Program.
Vanderbilt Course their first FALL at FISK # (CHEM, NSCI:) 3or 4 Vanderbilt for credit. HOWEVER, a FISK # (CHEM, NSCI:)- could be VU course preview of a Vanderbilt course CAN be Fall of 3or 4 arranged with a different FISK COURSE preview First Year (≥9 1.5 NUMBER to prepare Chemistry trainees credits) or for the accelerated pace of Vanderbilt
