SCI 655Instrumental Methods

This course will provide students with the knowledge needed to conduct laboratory research, understand instrument design, and analyze instrumental results. During this course, students will be presented with the theory behind a range of instrumentation that is important to biological science research as well as clinical laboratories. These will include separation methods such as liquid chromatography, gas chromatography, and electrophoresis as well as detection instrumentation such as vibrational spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. Students will develop critical reading and technical writing skills through data interpretation.