Artifact one - Honors biology 220 essay
Honors Course: Biology Introductory Series
Professor Tolga Bilgen, Honors Biology 220
During my sophomore year, I took the three-part introductory biology series here along with the matching Honors biology courses. Though it was the final year that Honors biology was offered, I sincerely enjoyed my time in the series. I valued having a small cohort dedicated to delving deeper into the subject than the basic labs and lectures offered. We had interesting guest lecturers teach us about their fields of research, from DNA and evolution to prion diseases that some people in the scientific community do not even believe in. The essay below is one I wrote for Honors biology 220 with two other students in my cohort. It represents the work we did researching and writing on an alternative medicine theory that we stumbled across while searching for a link between cancer and the environment. It was one of the largest group projects I have ever participated in, and showcases how we divided and conquered for the assignment, each of us writing a section and editing the work of another person to write one very long, in-depth document.
Professor Tolga Bilgen, Honors Biology 220
During my sophomore year, I took the three-part introductory biology series here along with the matching Honors biology courses. Though it was the final year that Honors biology was offered, I sincerely enjoyed my time in the series. I valued having a small cohort dedicated to delving deeper into the subject than the basic labs and lectures offered. We had interesting guest lecturers teach us about their fields of research, from DNA and evolution to prion diseases that some people in the scientific community do not even believe in. The essay below is one I wrote for Honors biology 220 with two other students in my cohort. It represents the work we did researching and writing on an alternative medicine theory that we stumbled across while searching for a link between cancer and the environment. It was one of the largest group projects I have ever participated in, and showcases how we divided and conquered for the assignment, each of us writing a section and editing the work of another person to write one very long, in-depth document.
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Artifact two - jsis final essay
JSIS Course: Introduction to JSIS 200
Professor Anand Yang
During winter quarter of freshman year, I took an Honors class with Dr. Clare Bright entitled “Comparative Ideologies of Human Rights Movements.” Exploring those topics helped me decide to become an international studies major. The essay below is from the first JSIS class I took in autumn quarter of my sophomore year. Writing the essay - a relatively new feat for someone on the pre-medical path and used to lab reports and research publications - helped me to decide to apply to the major. I enjoyed finding a puzzle in the course of history, and delving deeper to offer solutions. In many ways, the type of thinking required in International Studies is similar to that which is required of medical practitioners. In both cases, you are presented with a problem. On one hand, it may be the failure of a trade route with no obvious cause; on the other it may be a patient with a puzzling set of symptoms. You must do research to find out more about the issue at hand - what countries were involved in the trade partnership? What other health issues does the patient suffer from? Then you collect your thoughts and make an argument. This may result in the creation of a paper or the diagnoses of the patient. The following document represents the assignment that helped me make this discovery.
Professor Anand Yang
During winter quarter of freshman year, I took an Honors class with Dr. Clare Bright entitled “Comparative Ideologies of Human Rights Movements.” Exploring those topics helped me decide to become an international studies major. The essay below is from the first JSIS class I took in autumn quarter of my sophomore year. Writing the essay - a relatively new feat for someone on the pre-medical path and used to lab reports and research publications - helped me to decide to apply to the major. I enjoyed finding a puzzle in the course of history, and delving deeper to offer solutions. In many ways, the type of thinking required in International Studies is similar to that which is required of medical practitioners. In both cases, you are presented with a problem. On one hand, it may be the failure of a trade route with no obvious cause; on the other it may be a patient with a puzzling set of symptoms. You must do research to find out more about the issue at hand - what countries were involved in the trade partnership? What other health issues does the patient suffer from? Then you collect your thoughts and make an argument. This may result in the creation of a paper or the diagnoses of the patient. The following document represents the assignment that helped me make this discovery.
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