| Introduction to the Professions | Biological, Chemical, and Physical Sciences Department |
| Illinois Institute of Technology | Biology 100 and Physics 100 |
| Fall 2006 |
Welcome to the home-page of the BCPS Introduction to the Professions course. This course is numbered as Biology 100 and Physics 100. All course assignments, class notes, and other relevant materials will be available from this page, so check it frequently for updates.
| Course syllabus | Book-list for the Course | Assignments: |
| Date Given | Subject | Due Date |
| 24-29 August | Course Summary; Science | 1 September |
| 31 August - 5 September | Tools of Science | 8 September |
| 7-12 September | Resources at IIT | 15 September |
| 14-19 September | Syntax and Grammar; Science as a Career | 22 September |
| 21-26 September | Galvin Library Tour | 29 September |
| 28 September - 3 October | Macromolecular Crystallography | 6 October |
| 5-10 October | Statistics in the Natural Sciences | 20 October |
| 12-17 October | Least-Squares Fitting | 27 October |
| 18-20 October | No class: Fall Break | |
| 24-26 October | Safety in Science; Research and the Environment | 3 November |
| 31 October - 2 November | Problem-Solving in Expository Writing | 10 November |
| 7 - 9 November | Effective Oral Presentations | 17 November |
| 14-21 November | Group Oral Presentations | 24 November |
| 28 - 30 November | History of Science; Ethics in Science | 1 December |
| 5-7 December | Computers in Science; Networks | 8 December |
| (Final written assignment) | 16 December |
Last updated by Andrew Howard on Wednesday 23 August 2006.