The list below is a sampling of courses offered by Claflin University's School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics and is subject to change.

BIOL 121 General Biology I - Honors (freshman level) - fall semester.

Description: This is an accelerated Honors introductory lecture-laboratory course in which the unity and diversity of life are studied and the chemistry of life, the cell theory, structure and function, energy transformation through living systems and the mechanisms of heredity and genetic variability are emphasized.

Instructor: Charlease Kelly-Jackson, MAT biology, Instructor of Biology, ckelly@claflin.edu, (803) 535-5090. (Ms. Kelly-Jackson has expertise in both course content as well as educational pedagogy.)

Length of training: full semester lecture and lab.

BIOL 309 Cell Biology (junior level) - fall semester.

Description: A study of ultra structural and macro-molecular organization of cells and tissues,

emphasizing the convergence of structure and function in life phenomena; principles of molecular aggregation and physiochemical organization of cells; energetics, transport, mobility, irritability and homeostatic mechanisms; cell growth and cell division; cell differentiation and transformation; evolutionary potential of cells; origin of multi cellularity; and techniques useful to the study of cell biology.

Instructor: Dr. Randall Harris, Assistant Professor of Biology, rharris@claflin.edu, (803) 535-5390.

Length of training: 8 weeks lecture & lab.

BIOL 404 Human Physiology (senior level) - spring semester.

Description: A study of integrative physiological processes inherent at all organizational levels which enhance the normal operation of the human body as a single mechanical unit. Consideration will be given to disease and environmental factors that may disrupt the homeostatic operation of the human body.

Instructor: Dr. Edythe Boyer Jones, Associate Professor of Biology, ejones@claflin.edu, (803) 535-5223.

Length of training: 8 weeks lecture and lab.

BIOL 451L Biotechnical Methods Laboratory (senior level) - fall semester.

Description: Advanced laboratory course designed to train students in modern biological laboratory techniques necessary for successful careers in science. Topics to be covered include, but are not limited to, advanced laboratory safety, record keeping, data analysis (including computer-generated graphical analysis), technical writing, techniques for protein analysis, techniques for recombinant DNA analysis, techniques in immunochemistry, tissue culture techniques, chromatography techniques, polymerase chain reaction, micromanipulation, DNA sequencing, DNA fingerprinting and spectrophotometry.

Instructor: Dr. Omar Bagasra, M.D./Ph.D., Professor of Biology and Director of the South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, obagasra@claflin.edu, (803) 535-5253.

Length of training: 8 weeks lab and recitation.

BTEC 501/511 Genetic Engineering I lecture/lab (graduate level) - fall semester.

Description: Molecular biology, recombinant DNA technology, transgenic organisms, cloning vectors, molecular modeling.   In the laboratory applications of theoretical concepts taught in

BTEC 501 and 502.  Allows hands-on integration of diverse Biotechnical applications as a cohesive synthesis to answer research questions via laboratory investigation.

Instructor: Dr. Randall Harris, Assistant Professor of Biology, rharris@claflin.edu, (803) 535-5390.

Length of training: 8 weeks lecture & lab.

BTEC 521 Immunology/Pathobiology (graduate level) BIOL 321 (junior level) - spring semester.

Description: Undergradute students: An introductory course to introduce molecular, cellular and microorganism based mechanism of disease.   The syllabus will be divided into three sections: In the first part we will briefly cover the general principles of pathobiology, including; cellular structure, injury, and repair; fluids and electrolytes, and acid-base balance; immunity, inflammation, and infection; stress; and oncogenesis. The influence of the environment and the role of genetics in the development of disease will also be discussed in detail. In the second part we will cover, the various human diseases, examines normal anatomy and physiology, alterations of function in adults, and alterations of function in children. We will discuss the major illnesses that inflict the modern man.  We will discuss in detail various molecular diagnostic methods, primers and probes design and modes of rapid detection of various pathogenic agents.

Graduate students will be assigned to cover different illness and present to class as part of their clinical research oriented learning process.  These assignments will be given to each of the students by the instructor.  They will be required to submit a paper(s) on the subject that will include update information on the illness.

Instructor: Dr. Omar Bagasra (M.D./Ph.D.), Professor of Biology and Director of the South Carolina Center for Biotechnology, obagasra@claflin.edu, (803) 535-5253.

Length of training: 8 weeks lecture and lab.

CHEM 401 Biochemistry I (senior level) - fall semester.

Description: Material to be covered includes the chemistry of the components of living cells, and the nature and mechanism of cellular reactions.  The course begins with coverage of the structures and functions of the most common individual molecules, molecular assemblies and polymers of living organisms – including carbohydrates, proteins (enzymes), lipids, nucleic acids, coenzymes, prosthetic groups, intermediate metabolites and macromolecular conformations.  Next, organic and inorganic cofactors, the reaction mechanisms, kinetics and mechanisms of biological catalysis and regulation of some major metabolic pathways are discussed – including glycogen synthesis, glycogen breakdown, gluconeogenesis, glycolysis and the citric acid cycle.

Instructor: Dr. Angela Peters, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, angela.peters@claflin.edu, (803) 535-5447.

Length of training: 8 weeks lecture only.