Student Learning Goals
At the end of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate understanding by using scientific principles in scientific inquiry
- Distinguish primary research from secondary reports
- Demonstrate understanding of the aims, methods, and limits to interpretation of the primary literature
- Analyze and evaluate empirical information
- Use appropriate technologies to perform computations
- Appreciate intellectual curiosity and continued learning
- Communicate clearly, coherently and effectively about scientific problems
General Expectations
- Courses should introduce students to concepts from the study of the physical and biological aspects of the universe
- Courses should help students understand scientific disciplines at a broad, fundamental level
- Courses should teach a characteristic way of reasoning through observation and the construction and testing of generalizations
- Courses should also teach an appreciation for the existence of cause-and effect relationships and a recognition that all human activity is carried out in the context of natural conditions
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