Living Biology at Brown and Beyond

BIOL 0100 introduces students to how biologists ask and answer questions when new experiments are not always feasible. Students engage with articles, datasets, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses to explore how research is conducted across a variety of settings. This course emphasizes practical scientific skills alongside the hidden curriculum, or the unspoken expectations, norms, and skills that strongly shape success but are rarely explicitly taught (e.g., time management). BIOL 0100 builds community while helping students develop confidence and a realistic understanding of what it means to be a scientist.