{"id":25,"date":"2024-10-11T18:12:51","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T22:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bioinspired.syr.edu\/emirge-bio\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2025-08-20T15:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T19:29:42","slug":"courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bioinspired.syr.edu\/emirge-bio\/curriculum\/courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Core disciplinary curriculum<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In academic year 1, NRT trainees enroll in department-specific core graduate courses in the niche areas of excellence associated within our NRT research theme, for example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>biomolecular condensates and mechanistic cell biology (BIO)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>soft matter and biological physics (PHY)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>solid mechanics and active materials (MAE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>biomaterials and engineered biomedical systems (BMCE)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>structural\/physical biochemistry and materials chemistry (CHE)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NRT-specific courses<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In AY2-3, NRT trainees take three courses specific to the EmIRGE-Bio curriculum. Each of these use the evidence-driven \u201cTeam-Based Learning\u201d (TBL) pedagogical approach, shown to improve outcomes across the achievement spectrum and enhance student retention, self-efficacy, and sense of belonging and STEM identity. TBL pedagogies and processes model the collaborative work and strong networks that reduce the risk of marginalizing and hiding talent, model collaborative team-based work environments, and produce NRT trainees prepared to bring this culture to their future workplaces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Course 1. BioInspired Communication and Ethics<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/tengzhang48.github.io\/Bioinspired-Communication-Ethics\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/tengzhang48.github.io\/Bioinspired-Communication-Ethics\/\">Link to Course Website<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foundational course (Fall AY2) that aims to achieve four primary learning outcomes:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide scaffolding for working effectively on diverse teams<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interact with literature focused on cutting-edge research in biological\/bio-inspired systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Participate in the entire research workflow, from literature review to proposal preparation and scientific presentations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learn scientific ethics principles, including theory and practice of peer review\/evaluation, dual-use research, biomatter, and research misconduct.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Course 2. Emergent Intelligence in Biology and Materials<\/strong><span style=\"font-family: -webkit-standard;font-size: medium\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This course (Spring AY2) examines how local interactions affect emergent behavior and explains how systems can tune these local interactions in a systematic way to drive learning and intelligence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Emergent dynamics of macromolecules that phase separate to form biomolecular condensates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emergent behaviors of multicellular biological systems,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Physical learning in networks and neurons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fluid-solid phase transitions in cellular collectives<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Course 3. 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