Improving Quantitative Skills of Life Science Majors at Cal State Los Angeles

提高加州州立大学洛杉矶分校生命科学专业学生的定量技能

基本信息

批准号：
8091299
负责人：
James P Henderson
金额：
$ 26.33万
依托单位：
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY LOS ANGELES
依托单位国家：
美国
项目类别：
财政年份：
2008
资助国家：
美国
起止时间：
2008-07-05 至 2013-06-30
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8091299
关键词：
Active Learning Area Awareness Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biological Biological Sciences Biology Bioterrorism Calculi California Chemistry Collaborations Communication Complex Computational Biology Computers Data Data Analyses Development Discipline Educational Curriculum Educational process of instructing Educational workshop Faculty Foundations Future Goals Institutes Institution Laboratories Life Los Angeles Mathematical Biology Mathematics Medicine Mentors Minor Natural Sciences Online Systems Physics Positioning Attribute Probability Recurrence Research Research Institute Resources Science Scientist Social Sciences Students Technology Terrorism Training Universities War Wireless Technology Work base career college computer program computer science design graduate student improved interest laptop lectures programs skills success tool working group

项目摘要

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): California State University, Los Angeles proposes to engage in a five-year project for curricular change that will improve the quantitative skills of its biology and biochemistry undergraduates, and prepare them for careers in life science. Students graduating over the next ten years will have the opportunity to make a strong impact on the growing fields of personalized medicine, genetically modified crops, and the war on bioterrorism. The challenge is that biological data are being gathered and characterized at an increasingly rapid pace and the tools for data analysis are complex. For future biologists to contribute to these exciting new fields, a change in the traditional life science curriculum is required. The Dean of the College of Natural and Social Sciences is program director of the project, and will oversee activities of a working group of faculty from the Departments of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science. To help equip our students with the skills necessary for their success, we have formulated the following specific goals: (1) improve quantitative skills of life science undergraduate students, (2) integrate the biology and quantitative sciences curricula (physics, math, chemistry, and computer science), (3) prepare students for graduate programs and careers in bioinformatics. To strive toward these goals we propose to accomplish the following specific aims during the project duration: (1) modify the mathematics curriculum for the Bachelor of Science degree in Biology, (2) introduce quantitative teaching modules into biology courses, (3) offer a minor in Bioinformatics for students with cross-disciplinary interests, and (4) create a campus-based Center for Interdisciplinary Quantitative Analysis. Our rationale is that meaningful collaboration between life scientists and quantitative scientists can occur only if there is substantive communication, at a high level, between them. By applying new pedagogical approaches, such as the scientific teaching approach, we expect that students will improve their quantitative skills and better understand the connections between the scientific disciplines.

描述（由申请人提供）：洛杉矶加利福尼亚州立大学提议从事一个为期五年的课程变革项目，以提高其生物学和生物化学本科生的定量技能，并为生活科学的职业做好准备。在未来十年中毕业的学生将有机会对个性化医学，转基因作物和生物恐怖战争的增长领域产生重大影响。面临的挑战是，正在以日益快速的速度收集和表征生物数据，并且数据分析的工具很复杂。为了使未来的生物学家为这些令人兴奋的新领域做出贡献，需要改变传统的生活科学课程。自然与社会科学学院的院长是该项目的计划主任，并将监督生物科学，化学和生物化学，物理学，数学和计算机科学系的一组工作组。为了使学生获得成功所需的技能，我们制定了以下具体目标：（1）提高生活科学本科生的定量技能，（2）整合生物学和定量科学课程（物理学，数学，化学和计算机科学），（3）为学生在生物学成绩方面的研究生计划和职业做好准备。为了朝着这些目标努力，我们建议在项目持续时间内完成以下具体目标：（1）修改生物学学士学位的数学课程（2）将定量教学模块引入生物学课程中，（3）（3）为具有跨学科利益的学生提供了跨学科的学生的次要群体，以跨学科的利益为基础分析（4）CAMPES CAMPUS中心。我们的理由是，只有当他们之间的实质性沟通较高时，生活科学家与定量科学家之间的有意义的合作才能发生。通过采用新的教学方法，例如科学教学方法，我们希望学生将提高其定量技能，并更好地了解科学学科之间的联系。