Table 3: Layout of Weekly Homework Schedule.

Based on our laboratory, weekly readings were derived from Transcultural Health Care: A Culturally Competent Approach¹²⁴, which is provided to students at no cost. Additionally, homework assignments incorporate multimedia avenues to further student engagement. While this table offers specific homework assignments, they may be adapted as desired and reduced based on student needs.

Week	Main Focus	Book Readings	Mitochondria Biology Lecture	Cell Biology Lecture	Homework Assignments
1	Goal Awakening & Choices	Transcultural Health Care: Ch 6–7	Mitochondrial Fusion/Fission	Protein Sorting	Go over Personal Statements, Resumes/Curriculum Vitae, Practice Interview Questions for Graduate School, and Individual Development Plans Please watch and write down your thoughts on Ted Talk- Peggy Oki- Allow things to unfold and you will find your Purpose in Life. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycB29FkoylE Please answer questions from Cultural Handouts- Vignette 6.1, 6.2, 6.3 and Vignette 7.1, 7.2, 7.3. Please watch and write down your thoughts on Ted Talk: “Choices that can change your life” - Caroline Myss - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KysuBl2m_w
2	Building Relationships & Conversations	Transcultural Health Care: Ch 3, Caribbean Culture	Cristae Dynamics	Nucleus Signaling	Sign up for National Research Mentoring Network, Researchgate, and LinkedIn; complete all components of profile Watch and write out your thoughts on Ted Talk: “The surprising truth about rejection”- Cam Adair: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsT5eV_m7BA Watch and write out your thoughts on Ted Talk: “Select the right relationship”- Alexandra Redcay https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jodhovumkHQ Watch and Write how do you have a good conversation: “How to have a good conversation” - Celeste Headlee: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6n3iNh4XLI Answer questions from Cultural Handouts- Vignette 3.1– 3.7 Watch and write out your thoughts on Ted Talk: “The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History” - David Ikard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb04xj7LS34
3	Personal Growth & Team Goals	Transcultural Health Care: Ch 16	Mitochondrial Biogenesis	ER Transport/Signaling	Take the Love Language Test (link: https://s3.amazonaws.com/moody-nprofiles/uploads/profile/attachment/5/5LLPersonalProfile_COUPLES__1_.pdf ), Big Five Personality Test (https://www.outofservice.com/bigfive/ ), and the Myers Briggs Personality Test (https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test). Write down how knowing your personality and love language can help you do science and benefit you when you are studying in a group. Please watch Ted Talk: “How to tell if someone truly loves you” - Femi Ogunjinmi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44J3FGYKltI and “How to love and be loved”- Billy Ward: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMeEKBaiPbg Answer questions from Cultural Handouts- Vignette 16.1– 16.3. Watch and write out your thoughts on Ted Talk: “White Men: Time to Discover your Cultural Blind Spots” - Micheal Welp: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rR5zDIjUrfk Watch the following and reflect on how to work as a team with Contrasting Personalities. Working in a team for studying purposes, a laboratory, or a job can be challenging. Ted talk: “Build a tower, build a Team” - Tom Wujec: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0_yKBitO8M Ted talk: “Working together to make things happen” - JP Cardoso: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd_nkBHgX8s Ted talk: “Cultivating Collaboration- Don’t be so Defensive” - Jim Tamm: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjSTNv4gyMM Ted talk: “Stop Trying to Motivate Your Employees” - Kerry Goyette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lhVUedc1a4
4	Body Language	Transcultural Health Care: Ch 18, Cuban & Puerto Rican Heritage	MERCs/MAMs	Golgi/Vesicle Transport	Watch and write out all of the steps: “How to Have Attractive Body Language” – Practical Psychology Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Avb3owsE6YM . Watch and write out all of the steps “How to Establish Yourself as a Leader” – Practical Psychology Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2qu_j6GAG8 . Watch and write your thoughts on Ted Talk: “The Importance of Being inauthentic” - Mark Bowden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1zpf8H_Dd40 Watch and write your opinion on Ted Talk: “The Power of Nonverbal Communication” - Joe Navarro: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRl0dvPRkSI Answer questions from Cultural Handouts- Vignette 18.1– 18.3
5	Self-Control & Boundaries	Transcultural Health Care: Sections: Where to Draw the Line- How to Set Healthy Boundaries Every Day- Setting Limits on Attack (pg 88–94), Anger Boundaries, (pg. 95–102), and Sexual Boundaries (pg. 163–171).	Outer Mitochondrial Membrane,	Basic Apoptosis	Write down the most pressing thoughts that you encountered from reading about anger and self-control. Discuss where you think you can improve at with your work life and personal goals. Write down the most pressing thoughts that you encountered from reading about Sexual Boundaries. This is inferring that one must think about potential sexual harassment at work, the lab, or in study groups. Watch and write a quick reflection on the following. Based on them, write about an experience (that you feel comfortable sharing) in which you should have experienced more self-control or exerted more boundaries, and how might this best changed in the future. “The secret of self-control”- Jonathan Bricker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTb3d5cjSFI “The Unstoppable Power of Letting Go” -Jill Sherer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nirKw3mWB3I “The Uncomfortable Truth about underlying anger” - Peter Knoope: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9q22WAUnpPs “Good Boundaries free you” - Sarri Gilman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtsHUeKnkC8 “Say No to Say Yes” - Caryn Aviv: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iUag3c9HRc
6	Respect, Lies & Judgement	Transcultural Health Care: Ch 15	Mitochondrial Dysfunction/Aging	Lysosomes/Peroxisomes	Answer questions from Cultural Handouts, Vignette 15.1– 15.7. Watch and write a quick reflection to the following TED Talks. Once all have been watched, write either a key tenant of judgement or body language that stood out to you and may be relevant to your daily life. “How to Spot a Lie” - Former CIA Agent, Susan Carnicero: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pni_kDv9BsU “Boyd Language, the power is in the palm of your hands.” - Allan Pease: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZZ7k8cMA-4 “How to practice emotional hygiene” – Guy Winch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rni41c9iq54&index=5&list=PLEy6rD5hH5qxvaVnqq_Cp817WedPP_8ch “Judgement. Don’t let it frighten you” - Aimee Bateman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBTEJsDP-nU “You’ve likely already judged me” - Marjory Curry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmWonttSEDs “Judging and Shaming” - Brendan Buchholz: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCj44WmgcLE
7	Personal Branding & Appearance	Transcultural Health Care: Ch 15 (Korean Heritage)	Mitochondrial Metabolism Part 1	Signal Transduction - RTKs, GPCRs, and Kinases (Part 1)	Watch the following videos, if they interest you. 30 Psychology Tricks that work on Everyone: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIDbnz9W3-c 32 Tricks to read someone’s mind: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MwkyWhYySs 10 Questions that’ll reveal who you really are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tenNJ9yzVbI Ted Talk: “How to reinvent yourself” - Jay Morrison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8ZLXBLBfqI. How to stand up for yourself without being a Jerk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LyBIT0Q7fOc How to avoid embarrassing yourself in an argument: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nS9W-wlJHPA Take notes and write down your thoughts after reading the twelve habits of highly effective entrepreneurs. Compare the following sources and decide which traits you feel are the most important. List 1: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/294080 List 2: https://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/21-habits-successful-entrepreneurs-that-everyone-should-learn.html List 3: https://www.wanderlustworker.com/17-good-habits-of-really-great-entrepreneurs/ Ted Talk: “Why comfort will ruin your life” - Bill Exkstrom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBvHI1awWaI Ted Talk: “Change your mindset and achieve anything” - Colin O-Brady: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo_lZiytsMw Take notes and write down your thoughts after reading the shorthand of the seven habits of highly effective people. Link: http://www.pnbhs.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/7-Habits-of-Highly-Effective-People-Summary-Covey.pdf You can read about this in more detail by utilizing this link: http://www.stafforini.com/docs/Covey%20-%20The%207%20habits%20of%20highly%20effective%20people.pdf Additionally utilize the following Ted Talks: “The Power of Habit” - Charles Duhigg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMbsGBlpP30 “Four keys for setting and achieving your goals” - William Barr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MYY8qMWQg “How to break away from habits and follow through on your goals” - Sabine Doebel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EDl2INyJgw
8	Stress, Anxiety & Time Management	Handout 1: https://www.fcs.uga.edu/docs/time_management.pdf Handout 2: https://mcgraw.princeton.edu/sites/mcgraw/files/media/effective-time-management.pdf	Mitochondrial Metabolism Part 2	Signal Transduction - RTKs, GPCRs, and Kinases (Part 2)	After watching the following Ted Talks, reflect on a current anxiety in your life (that you feel comfortable sharing), as well as some newly learned strategies to potentially deal with it. “Be the warrior not the worrier- Fighting Anxiety & Fear” - Angela Ceberano: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FyVetL1MEw “How to cope with anxiety” - Olivia Remes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWloIAQpMcQ “Anxiety: A cancer of the mind” - Aneysha Bhat: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85QY_d-8J2M Watch the following and take notes on how to better manage time: “How to multiple your time” - Rory Vaden: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2X7c9TUQJ8 “The philosophy of Time management” - Brad Aeon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXBA4eWskrc “How to gain control of your free time” -Laura Vanderkam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3kNlFMXslo Watch the at least 3 of the following videos on stress and awfulizing and write short reflections about what you learned from them and how it may relate to your own life. “Why your critics aren’t the ones who count” - Brene Brown: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-JXOnFOXQk “Removing Negative self-talk” - Abria Joseph: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=teVE3VGrBhM “Don’t believe everything you think” - Lauren Weinstein: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xdhmgp4IUL0 “How to stay calm when you know you’ll be stressed” - Daniel Levitin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jPQjjsBbIc “The secret to performing under stress” - Captain Tom Chaby: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aqNjEzHgVg “How to end stress, unhappiness and anxiety to live in a beautiful state” - Preetha Ji: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqxxCYnAxo8