| Discipline/Skill |
Learning Objective |
Activity
|
Evaluation* |
Cognitive level |
| Natural Science |
Students will develop an understanding of and be
able to use science as organized knowledge. |
Lecture, case studies. |
Lecture exams, written reports. |
application |
| Information Literacy/Objective 1 |
Students will locate needed information. |
Web data base project. |
Written reports. |
knowledge |
| Natural Science |
Students will demonstrate knowledge and understanding
of the diversity of microorganisms, plants and animals. |
Lecture, case studies, laboratory activities. |
Lab and lecture exams. |
application |
| Natural Science |
Students will generate understanding of the basic
concepts of this course by comparing examples. |
Lecture, case studies. |
Lecture exams. |
analysis |
| Natural Science |
Students will discriminate methods used to classify
the basic concepts of this course. |
Lecture, case studies. |
Lecture exams. |
analysis |
| Natural Science/Reasoning and Problem solving/objective
1 |
Students will generate their own intellectual property
by appraising and reordering the basic knowledge of this course. |
Text readings, case studies. |
Written reports.
|
synthesis
evaluation |
| Leadeship and Teamwork/Objective 1 |
Students will work collaboratively with a diverse
group of students. |
Case studies and homework assignments using their text book and
web data bases. |
Written reports, problems assigned in lecture and recitation working
in groups of 2 or more. Group composition will be changed frequently.
|
|
| Technology/Objective 1 |
Students will use computers for word processing,
data analyses, protein data bases, alignment dendrogram programs. |
Case studies, homework assignments and classroom problems. |
Classroom exam questions, written reports. |
application |
* Generally, students must demonstrate these learning outcomes at
the 60 % level for passing. Some programs may require a higher percentage.