Science Lab Courses available in Bath this Fall
There is still space available this fall semester in four on-site science lab courses at University College at Bath/Brunswick, located in the Midcoast Center for Higher Education at 9 Park Street in Bath. Beginning September 2, three University of Maine at Augusta courses and one University of Southern Maine course will be offered. On-site courses are traditional classes with the instructor in the classroom. Most UMA and USM degrees require that a student take at least one laboratory science.
USM’s Biological Foundations runs on Wednesdays from 9 to11:30 a.m. and Biological Experiences on Mondays from 9 to 10:50 a.m. Biological Foundations is an introduction to the areas of current biological interest: molecular and cellular biology, genetics and development, and evolution and population biology. States instructor Linda McCullough, “This course includes topics that raise ethical questions for our society, such as genetic testing, stem cells, and genetically-engineered crops. Non-science majors can see the relevance of these biological issues in today’s world and why we all need some knowledge about them.” Biological Experiences offers laboratory studies to complement and illustrate the concepts presented in the lecture.
Two UMA biology courses will be taught by Wayne Robbins. Introduction to Biology runs on Mondays from 4 to 6:45 p.m. for the lecture and 7 to 9 p.m. for the lab. For students who have taken a recent chemistry course, this course examines the underlying unity of all living things at the molecular and cellular level. Topics include the chemical composition of living matter, cellular organization, metabolism, classic and molecular genetics and evolution.
Anatomy and Physiology runs on Tuesdays from 4 to 6:45 p.m. for the lecture and 7 to 9 p.m. for the lab. For students who have already taken introduction to biology, this course is a study of the structural and functional relationships of the human body systems, including concepts of the regulatory process that integrate body cells, tissues and organs.
Peter Naiden teaches UMA’s Introduction to the Natural Sciences on Thursdays from 4 to 6:45 p.m. with the lab from 7 to 9 p.m. This introductory science course for non-science majors is a broad-based laboratory science course integrating several science disciplines: biology, earth science, geology, physics, chemistry and cosmology.