KGI offers prerequisite science classes for undergrads. Summer online courses include Biochemistry, Genetics, Human Anatomy, Microbiology, and more.
Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) in Claremont, CA, offers online summer courses open to all undergraduate students seeking careers in healthcare and/or the sciences. For most classes, lectures will be delivered asynchronously and are recorded by faculty to be accessible online by students to watch at their convenience. Students are required to join online for a weekly discussion session, review of the week’s topics, quizzes, and other learning exercises. These courses fulfill prerequisite requirements for entrance into KGI’s School of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and many other programs.
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BIOL 180 Biochemistry
This introductory course will explore the fundamental chemical processes underlying life. Energy/thermodynamics, macromolecules, metabolism, and molecular biology will be covered to provide a firm foundation of biochemistry in one summer. The course is designed to serve as a pre-requisite for students seeking careers in the health professions.
Units: 3
Course Dates: June 15-August 3, 2021
Discussion Hours (online): Tuesdays from 4-6 p.m.
Prerequisites: General Biology I and II with labs, General Chemistry I and II with labs, and Organic Chemistry I and II with labs
Course Delivery: Lectures will be delivered asynchronously and are recorded by faculty to be accessible online by students through Google Drive at Keck Graduate Institute at their convenience. Additional course materials including readings, grades, and assignments will be made available through Sakai, the Learning Management System. Students are responsible for watching video lectures and reading course material during the week at their own pace. Students are required to join a weekly online discussion session for a review of the week’s topics, quizzes, and other learning exercises.
BIOL 200 Biostatistics
Biostatistics is designed to serve as an introduction to the methodology of science, focusing on the development of skills in planning, conducting, analyzing of data, and writing up results. Utilizing the most appropriate statistical analysis is predicated on understanding the goals, methodology, and population of the research project. The overall objective of the course is to provide students with the requisite skills to initiate and carry to completion a research project, the results of which are to be presented in both oral and written. The course is designed to serve as a pre-requisite for students seeking careers in the health professions.
Course Dates: June 17-August 5, 2021
Discussion Hours (online): Thursdays from 4-6 p.m.
Prerequisites: Completion of a college-level math course
BIOL 210 Drug Discovery
This undergraduate-level Drug Discovery course introduces the principles of pharmacology and medical chemistry involved in drug development and design. Topics covered include structural features of drugs, functional group properties, mechanisms of drug action, and drug-receptor interactions.
Units: 2
Course Dates: June 24-July 22, 2021
Discussion Hours (online): Thursdays from 6-8 p.m.
Prerequisites: General Biology I and II with labs, General Chemistry I and II with labs
BIOL 230 Genetics
This introductory course will explore how the information in DNA contributes to disease, physical traits, and other inherited characteristics. The course will cover DNA structure and function, gene regulation, inheritance patterns, population genetics, technologies used for sequencing, and methods used to find genetic contributions to disease. The course is designed to serve as a pre-requisite genetics course for students seeking careers in health professions.
Course Dates: June 16-August 4, 2021
Discussion Hours (online): Tuesdays from 6-8 p.m.
Prerequisites: General Biology I and II
BIOL 160 Human Anatomy with Laboratory
Human anatomy is the integrated study of the gross and microscopic anatomy of the human body. The course will explore human architecture and how the microscopic and gross forms adhere to the concept of “shape/organization confers function.” Human anatomy includes eight laboratory sessions. The course is designed to serve as a pre-requisite for students seeking careers in the health professions.
Units: 4
Course Dates: June 19-August 7, 2021
Discussion Hours and Lab (online): Saturdays from 8 a.m.-12 p.m.
Prerequisites: General Biology I and II with labs
Course Delivery: Lectures will be delivered asynchronously and are recorded by faculty to be accessible online by students through Google Drive at Keck Graduate Institute at their convenience. Additional course materials including readings, grades, and assignments will be made available through Sakai, the Learning Management System. Students are responsible for watching video lectures and reading course material during the week at their own pace. Students are required to join the biweekly online discussion-lab sessions for labs, review the week’s topics, quizzes, and other learning exercises. The online lab will involve a virtual dissection of the human body.
BIOL 170 Human Physiology with Laboratory
This course is designed for students interested in entering the health professions and covers the study of human organ and tissue functions. As a survey course of the fundamental principles of human physiology, the class will delve into molecular mechanisms within the cells to the actions of tissues, organs, organ-systems, and how the organism as a whole adapts to certain phenomenon. Laboratories emphasize inquiry and the use of instrumentation in physiological studies.
Discussion Hours and Lab (online): Saturdays from 1-5 p.m.
Course Delivery: Lectures will be delivered asynchronously and are recorded by faculty to be accessible online by students through Google Drive at Keck Graduate Institute at their convenience. Additional course materials, including readings, grades, and assignments, will be made available through Sakai, the Learning Management System. Students are responsible for watching video lectures and reading course material during the week at their own pace. Students are required to join Saturday online discussion-lab sessions for labs, review the week’s topics, quizzes, and other learning exercises. The online lab will involve experimental design, data analysis, and online experiments.
BIOL 190 Microbiology with Laboratory
Students will learn about fundamental and 21st-century microbiology principles, including metagenomics, the human microbiome, microbial fuel cells, and global climate change. The laboratory exercises are designed to develop critical thinking and to familiarize the students with modern and clinical microbiology techniques and tests, and to expose the students to the field of microbial genetics and genomics. The course is designed to serve as a pre-requisite for students seeking careers in the health professions. Students may register for Lectures only, Laboratory only, or both.
Course Dates: June 14-August 9, 2021
Discussion and labs (online): Mondays and Wednesdays from 4–7 p.m.
Course Delivery: Lectures will be delivered asynchronously and are recorded by faculty to be accessible online by students through Google Drive at Keck Graduate Institute at their convenience. Additional course materials including readings, grades, and assignments will be made available through Sakai, the Learning Management System. Students are responsible for watching video lectures and reading course material during the week at their own pace. Students are required to join the biweekly online discussion-lab sessions for labs, review the week’s topics, quizzes, and other learning exercises. The online lab will involve designing experiments, data analysis, and online experiments.
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