Turrens, JulioCaruso, Steven M.Sandoz, JamesKelsey, Jessica2019-04-022019-04-022017-10-13Steven M. Caruso, James Sandoz , and Jessica Kelsey, Non-STEM Undergraduates Become Enthusiastic Phage-Hunters, CBE—Life Sciences Education, Vol. 8, No. 4 , 2017, https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.09-07-0052http://hdl.handle.net/11603/13296To increase science literacy and appreciation among nonscience majors, we offered a course in which 20 non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, math) undergraduates participated in a unique, two-semester research experience. Each student isolated and characterized his or her own bacteriophage from soil samples. One bacteriophage was selected for sequencing and together, the class annotated the genome of the newly sequenced bacteriophage. The class produced a group poster and gave PowerPoint presentations, and one student presented the joint work at a science symposium.5 pagesen-USThis item is likely protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. Unless on a Creative Commons license, for uses protected by Copyright Law, contact the copyright holder or the author.Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)bacteriophagesNational Genomics Research Initiative (NGRI)genome sequencingundergraduate biology course for nonscience majorsText