Bachelor of Arts - Biology

Curriculum Map

^1-9 Fulfillment requires completion of both courses.

1. Critical Thinking Skills

Objectives:

• Comprehend subject matter
• Analyze data
• Synthesize information
• Apply skills from a-c so that they can predict results of a given experiment (e.g. formulate the null and alternative hypotheses) and,
• Design new experiments to improve on their previous work.

All of the above enhance student learning through higher order thinking skills through incremental steps towards creativity.

2. Communication Skills

Objectives:

• Writing/Oral

3. Laboratory skills/Field work

There are too many to list but the following are some examples:

• Observation skills
• Make accurate and precise measurements
• Prepare materials needed to run an experiment
• Analyze experimental data
• Make conclusions based on the data
• Suggest ways to improve and experiment

4. Computer literacy

Objectives:

• Use statistical software
• Use molecular biology software
• Use bioinformatics data bases
• Conduct literature searches

5. Quantitative skills

Objectives:

• Laboratory math
• Statistical analyses

6. Develop Social Intelligence, i.e. Collaborative Skills

Objectives:

• Work as part of a team
• Negotiate individual responsibilities in team work

1. Students must demonstrate proficiency in written communication.
2. Students must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language through the intermediate level.
3. Students must become informed global citizens and gain intercultural awareness through a study abroad experience.
4. Students must become acquainted with different ages, societies, and cultures and learn how to use a variety of historical sources.
5. Students must be able to reason abstractly and appreciate the elegance of abstract structure.
6. Students must understand the methods of scientific discovery and experimental design.
7. Students must acquire problem-solving and research capability by identifying, locating, evaluating, and effectively using information.
8. Students must be able to analyze and understand the creative process, assimilate experience, and communicate it.
9. Students must be able to interpret words, images, objects, and/or actions that are expressions of human culture.
10. Students must understand the complex nature of social structures and/or human relationships that involve issues of inequality and difference.
11. Students must explore ecological, policy, social, cultural, and/or historical dimensions of human relationship to the environment.