BTC 1301 — Lab for BTC 1300

1 semester hoursUndergraduateLabusually offered: falltypical days: MBostonHybrid

Accompanies BTC 1300. Designed to introduce cutting-edge skills and techniques used in research labs and biopharmaceutical companies. Offers students an opportunity to learn the theoretical background of a technique in the lecture portion of the course and to be able to practice the techniques in the lab—to learn to read and write protocols; to accurately and precisely measure liquids and solids; to prepare solutions and media; to keep a virtual lab notebook, all while working in a safe and aseptic lab setting; and to learn how to perform electrophoresis, protein quantification, DNA extraction, and the basic use of a bioreactor.

Prerequisites

Corequisites (same term)

Offering history

TermSectionsEnrolledCapacityFullOpen seats/section
Fall 20251173057%13.0

Snapshots from scheduled scrapes — not live seat availability. "Full" can exceed 100% when sections over-enroll.

Meeting times

Share of recent sections by weekday: M 100% · T 0% · W 0% · Th 0% · F 0%

Common patterns: M (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday

Professors

Fall

Percentages are each professor's average share of the season's enrolled students in recent terms.

Unlocks

BTC 4200, BTC 4301

Courses that list BTC 1301 in their prerequisites.

Links

Official catalog (BTC course descriptions) · All BTC courses · Plan it at numap.app