MARC Curricular Improvement Implementation Phase II - New Biology

描述(由申请者提供)：圣玛丽山学院将为生物学专业的学生创建一个综合的跨学科课程，以提高学生对生物科学中的理论和量化概念的理解和应用能力。这门课程将为我们的学生在生物医学和健康相关科学领域的职业生涯做好准备。这将通过以下方式实现： -重新设计和实施纳入量化概念的生物课程。 -支持教师使用创新的教学方法。 -将重新设计的课程确定为生物方案的正式课程。 -实施形成性和终结性评估，为方案开发提供信息。 这些活动将产生以下可持续成果： -学生将增强定量推理技能，能够将这些技能和概念应用于跨学科解决问题，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。 -学生将对攻读生物医学和行为科学研究领域的研究生学位和职业产生更高的兴趣。 -学院将与同行合作，实施跨学科课程，并使用让学生参与学习的教学方法。 作为一所以少数族裔为主的女性学院，圣玛丽山学院将利用这一项目来促进女性在科学和研究中的作用。虽然在生物科学的高级研究中，女性的比例相对较高，但在数量更多的学科中，她们的人数却落后了。这项计划将教我们的学生使用先进的量化技能，支持他们在生物科学方面的成功，并提高他们成为量化科学领域的积极贡献者的能力。

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.