MARC Curricular Improvement Implementation Phase II - New Biology

描述（由申请人提供）：圣玛丽山学院将为生物学专业创建一个全面的跨学科课程，这将提高学生对生物科学理论和定量概念的理解和使用能力。该课程将为我们的学生在生物医学和健康相关科学的职业生涯做好准备。这将通过以下方式实现： - 重新设计和实施整合定量概念的生物课程。 - 支持教师使用创新的教学方法。 - 将重新设计的课程作为生物学专业的正式课程。 - 实施形成性和总结性评估，为项目开发提供信息。 这些活动将产生以下可持续成果： - 学生将增强定量推理能力，能够跨学科应用这些技能和概念来解决问题，并为攻读生物医学和健康相关科学的研究生学位做好更好的准备。 - 学生将有更高的兴趣在追求研究生学位和职业生涯在生物医学和行为科学研究领域。 - 教师将与同行合作，实施跨学科的课程，并使用教学法，让学生参与他们的学习。 作为一所以少数民族为主的女子学院，圣玛丽玛丽将利用这一项目来提高妇女在科学和研究中的作用。虽然在生物科学的高级研究中女性人数相对较多，但在数量较多的学科中，她们的人数则落后。该计划将教我们的学生使用先进的定量技能，支持他们在生物科学中的成功，并提高他们成为定量科学领域积极贡献者的能力。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Mount St. Mary's College will create a comprehensive interdisciplinary curriculum for Biology majors that will increase students' understanding of and ability to use theory and quantitative concepts in the biological sciences. This curriculum will prepare our students for careers in the biomedical and health-related sciences. This will be accomplished through: - Redesigning and implementing a biology curriculum that integrates quantitative concepts. - Supporting faculty use of innovative pedagogies. - Establishing the redesigned courses as the official curriculum for the biology program. - Implementing formative and summative evaluation to inform program development. These activities will lead to the following sustainable outcomes: - Students will have enhanced quantitative reasoning skills, be able to apply these skills and concepts across disciplines to solve problems, and be better prepared to pursue graduate degrees in biomedical and health-related sciences. - Students will have heightened interest in pursuing graduate degrees and careers in the biomedical and behavioral science research fields. - Faculty will collaborate with peers to implement an interdisciplinary curriculum and use pedagogies that engage students in their learning. As a predominantly minority college for women, Mount St. Mary's will use this program to advance the role of women in science and research. While females are relatively well represented in advanced study in the biological sciences, their numbers lag in the more quantitative disciplines. This program will teach our students to use advanced quantitative skills, supporting their success in the biological sciences and increasing their ability to become active contributors to the quantitative science fields.