你考虑未来要从事医学相关的工作吗?学生在申请预备医学(pre-med)相关科系之前先做跟生物及化学等相关的活动。我们在文章中帮大家介绍 44 个给高中生的医学类公开课,来看看你适合哪些课程?
01、生物/医学相关的线上无学分课程
non-credit courses
在学生对一个新领域还没有很深入的了解,我们建议学生透过一些线上无学分课程,学一些这个领域的基本知识,顺便看看新领域合不合适自己。如果基本能力都没有,学生也很难参加需要应用这些基本知识的活动,假设连AP生物都没学好,学生去医院帮忙是不是只是给医生跟行政人员添麻烦?
我们把线上无学分课程分成两种难度,下面这些课程合适没有生物相关基础的高中生:
1、高中程度的生物课
Intro to biology | Science | Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/intro-to-biology
Biology CrashCourse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnQe0xW_JY4&list=PL3EED4C1D684D3ADF
Biology Overview
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-biology-foundations/hs-biology-and-the-scientific-method/v/overview-of-biology
Transcription and mRNA processing
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology/gene-expression-central-dogma/transcription-of-dna-into-rna/v/transcription-and-mrna-processing
Introduction to the Cell
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-cells/hs-basic-cell-structures/v/introduction-to-the-cell
Mitosis
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-reproduction-and-cell-division/hs-the-cell-cycle-and-mitosis/v/mitosis
Introduction to Lipids
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-biology-foundations/hs-biological-macromolecules/v/introduction-to-lipids
DNA Replication and RNA Transcription and Translation
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/high-school-biology/hs-molecular-genetics/hs-rna-and-protein-synthesis/v/rna-transcription-and-translation
如果学生上过高中 regular 或 honors 生物课,学生可以上这些大学程度的免费线上课程:
AP®︎ Biology | College Biology | Khan Academy
https://www.khanacademy.org/science/ap-biology
College Board’s AP Biology Course
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVyoFZRMxbg&list=PLoGgviqq4847VchRdUdvbDPzsp9ResrjD
Introduction to Biology – The Secret of Life
https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-to-biology-the-secret-of-life-3
MIT’s 7.01SC: Fundamentals of Biology
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnpCMgtDPgk&list=PLF83B8D8C87426E44
Harvard: Fundamentals of Neuroscience, Part 1: The Electrical Properties of the Neuron
https://www.edx.org/course/fundamentals-of-neuroscience-part-1-the-electrical
HKPolyU: Human Anatomy
https://www.edx.org/course/human-anatomy
Johns Hopkins University: Introduction to the Biology of Cancer
https://www.coursera.org/learn/cancer
Tel Aviv University: Understand Plants-Part I: What a Plants Knows
https://www.coursera.org/learn/plantknows
UC San Diego: Biology Meets Programming: Bioinformatics for Beginners
https://www.coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics
University of Manchester: Industrial Biotechnology
https://www.coursera.org/learn/industrial-biotech
UIUC: Genomics: Decoding the Universal Language of Life
https://www.coursera.org/learn/genomics-research
University of Alberta: Bugs 101: Insect-Human Interactions
https://www.coursera.org/learn/bugs-101
Johns Hopkins University: Understanding Cancer Metastasis
https://www.coursera.org/learn/cancer-metastasis
University of Michigan: Finding Purpose and Meaning In Life: Living for What Matters Most
https://www.coursera.org/learn/finding-purpose-and-meaning-in-life
UIUC: Lactation Biology
https://www.coursera.org/learn/lactation-biology
UC San Diego: Bioinformatics Capstone: Big Data in Biology
https://www.coursera.org/learn/bioinformatics-project
Johns Hopkins University: Understanding Prostate Cancer
https://www.coursera.org/learn/prostate-cancer
University of Rochester: Introduction to Translational Science
https://www.coursera.org/learn/intro-translational-science
Duke University: Introduction to Genetics and Evolution
https://www.coursera.org/learn/genetics-evolution
Duke University: Introductory Human Physiology
https://www.coursera.org/learn/physiology
Johns Hopkins University: Introduction to Genomic Technologies
https://www.coursera.org/learn/introduction-genomics
University of Maryland: Genes and the Human
https://www.coursera.org/learn/genes
02、生物/医学相关的线上学分课程
for-credit courses
下面这14所大学都有提供多堂线上学分课程,学生可以个别到各个学校的课程清单搜寻希望上的课程。这里要提醒学生一个迷思:每个学校的课程都相同的好,跟排名没关系!
Yale Summer Session
https://summer.yale.edu/courses-programs/yale-summer-online
University of Pennsylvania Summer Sessions
https://summer.sas.upenn.edu/summer-sessions
Cornell University Courses
https://sce.cornell.edu/courses/roster?sessions=Summer
Columbia University Summer Courses
https://summer.sps.columbia.edu/courses/summer-courses
Northwestern School of Professional Studies
https://sps.northwestern.edu/summer/full-time-undergrad/
Johns Hopkins Summer Courses
https://sis.jhu.edu/classes/
UCLA Summer Sessions
https://summer.ucla.edu/courses/online-courses/
Georgetown University HOYA Summer High School Sessions
https://summer.georgetown.edu/programs/SHS04/college-credit-courses
Boston University Summer Term
https://www.bu.edu/summer/courses/distance-education-online/
UIUC (University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign) Online
https://online.illinois.edu/online-courses/summer-session
George Washington University Online Courses
https://summer.gwu.edu/take-course
Columbia College Online
https://www.ccis.edu/schedules?location=DE
Rutgers University Camden Summer Session
https://summersessions.camden.rutgers.edu/?scg-ads&gclid=Cj0KCQjwm9D0BRCMARIsAIfvfIYdYtPcZxUbsmwayp3NGJ-6SBGNyEbo25dgDseJj8nd9IYe35lU3mIaApM6EALw_wcB
Eastern University Summer Online Courses
https://www.eastern.edu/summeronline
03、这么多活动,要如何挑选?
首先,你对医学、生物、及化学的了解有多少?如果你目前只上过高中的生物课就去参加实体的暑期活动,你在活动中绝对只能走马看花,参加这个活动就是浪费时间的,你现在必须先多进修一些课程。
这样的学生可以先从这篇文章中的前面两类课程开始。这两类的课程中,我们推荐学生先选第一类无学分的课程,因为有学分的课程会非常难,只上过高中生物课的学生可能会无法胜任。
如果你上过 AP 生物,并且轻松拿了 5 分,你可以选择有学分或无学分的课程继续进修相关知识,无学分课程因为比较随性,可能无法证明你的知识获取量,但有学分课程会有相同的加分效果,并不是实体的或贵的才好!