BMS 192 -- First Year Seminar in Biomedical Sciences

Course Description: The university and its resources, college survival skills, careers in the biomedical sciences; current issues in health and biotechnology.

Course Objectives:

1. To provide students with a knowledge of some of the academic resources available at Colorado State University.
2. To give students an opportunity to practice their oral and written communication, computer, internet, and critical thinking skills.
3. To help student find a sense of belonging within the large university setting in a small classroom setting.
4. To encourage students to discover the opportunities available for careers in chose field sciences and begin to create an effective plan toward reaching that goal.
5. To provide students a forum to study and discuss current issues in Biomedical Sciences.
6. To help students learn to use or increase knowledge of electronic transmission processes at Colorado State University including email, email attachment, uploading and downloading from a website, and to gain competence in using the tools provided for instructor-student interaction in RamCT.

Prerequisites: None

Format: 1 credit - 2 hour recitation per week, first 8 weeks of the semester

Semesters Offered: Fall

Coordinator: Dr. Connie Vader-Lindholm

Text: Biomedical Ethics: Opposing Viewpoints, Espejo.

Course Outline:

	Week 1:	Introduction, Career Center
	Week 2:	Hat Speeches
	Week 3:	Hat Speeches, Library Resources
	Week 4:	Biomedical Ethics Introduction
	Week 5:	Career Poster Presentations, Biomedical Ethics Assignments
	Week 6:	Career Poster Presentations, Biomedical Ethics Assignments
	Week 7:	Group Project Presentations, Biomedical Ethics Assignments
	Week 8:	Group Project Presentations, Biomedical Ethics Assignments
	Week 9:	No Class - Individual Conferences

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