1 credit modules, up to 5 credits may be earned
SynBio is a multidisciplinary area of research that seeks to create new biological parts, devices, and systems, or to redesign systems that are already found in nature.” [Wikipedia Synthetic biology]. This Synthetic Biology course is project-based where learners practice skills such as design thinking, problem solving, collaborating, and hands-on laboratory experiments. These skills are developed through a semester long project in which students identify a problem of interest, and build a solution to this problem using both technology in the biological sciences as well as the computer/design sciences. Students will be following the steps in the design process, from ideation and research to project design, iteration and lab experimentation, to sharing and communicating findings. All of these steps are to be documented in both a written log/journal and a digital website.