Yes, I did the Bisc 100 lab at home. It was pretty easy, everything kind of came included in the lab package but I did have to ask the prof for some pipettes or something - I went up to the campus to pick them up. Also had to buy a plant. I think for some of the experiments you have the option to go up on campus and do them in a proper lab if you want or you can just stay home and work with the data other students collected.
It actually really is easy. I got an A+. When I took it it was fall 2008 though, but if it's still with Joan Sharp it will be awesome. She's a great prof. The textbook is one of those really thin small textbooks too, not like the giant, insane, psychotically huge Bisc 101 textbook.
Yes, I did the Bisc 100 lab at home. It was pretty easy, everything kind of came included in the lab package but I did have to ask the prof for some pipettes or something - I went up to the campus to pick them up. Also had to buy a plant. I think for some of the experiments you have the option to go up on campus and do them in a proper lab if you want or you can just stay home and work with the data other students collected.
I am really interested in this course as it is the start of my mbb trek. I gather from you that the labs are done at home which works out for me since I am always at home anyways.
I can't really remember but if you find out who the prof is and email them they'll probably tell you. I think the main thing was you were supposed to read through some data or do a little experiment and then just answer some questions about it in a Word document. Then at the end of the course there was a design-your-own-experiment paper but it was pretty easy because you didn't have to actually do the experiment, it was just hypothetical.
I was going to major in Biology, but it was too boring..at least the courses offered at SFU seemed too boring. So instead I'm switching to Behavioural Neuroscience which is basically a combination of kinesiology courses and psych courses.
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When I took it it was fall 2008 though, but if it's still with Joan Sharp it will be awesome. She's a great prof. The textbook is one of those really thin small textbooks too, not like the giant, insane, psychotically huge Bisc 101 textbook.
One other question: How are labs marked?