Students majoring in the biological sciences are expected to meet the following goals
Goal 1: Students of biology will be able to design experiments, evaluate results, and communicate science
Objectives
- Explain the terminology
- Generate a hypothesis in your field
- Develop an experimental design
- Evaluate data and communicate results
Goal 2: Students of biology can apply biological principles to new situations
Objectives
- Identify foundational biological principles
- Examine data supporting principles
- Apply biological principles to new situations
- Evaluate evidence regarding the principles
Goal 3: Students of biology can interpret and apply the interdisciplinary nature of biological science
Objectives
- Identify different sub-disciplines of biology
- Analyze common principles
- Categorize the distinct principles in specific fields
- Use the inference to determine how specific concepts in particular sub-disciplines inform entire living system functions