MARC Curricular Improvement Implementation Phase II - New Biology

说明应用程序的广泛、长期目标和具体目标，并提及与健康有关的 该项目(即与该机构使命的相关性)。简明扼要地描述实现这些目标的研究设计和方法。描述 你将用来追求这些目标的基本原理和技术。 此外，用两三句简单明了的话来描述这项研究与公共卫生的相关性。如果应用程序得到资助，则此 原样的描述将成为公开信息。因此，不包括专有/机密信息。用DONOTEXED表示的空间 但前提是。 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， 将提高学生对生物学中的理论和定量概念的理解和运用的能力 科学。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： 重新设计和实施一门整合了量化概念的生物课程。 ？支持教师使用创新的教学方法。 ？将重新设计的课程作为生物课程的正式课程。 ？实施形成性和总结性评估，为项目发展提供信息。 这些活动将导致下列可持续成果： ？学生将增强定量推理技能，能够应用这些技能和概念 跨学科解决问题，为攻读生物医学研究生学位做好更好的准备 以及与健康相关的科学。 ？学生将对攻读生物医学和医学领域的研究生学位和职业产生浓厚的兴趣。 行为科学研究领域。 ？学院将与同行合作，实施跨学科课程并使用教学法 让学生全神贯注地学习。 作为一所以少数族裔为主的女子学院，圣玛丽山学院将利用这一项目来提升这一角色 女性在科学和研究领域的地位。虽然女性在进修中的代表性相对较好， 与生物科学相比，它们的数量在更多的量化学科中落后。这个节目将教会我们的 学生使用高级量化技能，支持他们在生物科学方面的成功，并提高 他们有能力成为量化科学领域的积极贡献者。 性能

State the application's broad, long-term objectives andspecific aims, making reference to the health relatedness of the project (I.e., relevance to the missionof the agency). Describe concisely the research design andmethods for achieving these goals. Describe the rationale and techniques you will use to pursue these goals. In addition, in twoor three sentences, describe in plain, lay language the relevance of this research to public health. If the application is funded, this description, as is, will become public information. Therefore, do not include proprietary/confidential information. DONOTEXCEED THE SPACE PROVIDED. 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 andimplementing a biology curriculumthat integrates quantitative concepts. ¿ Supporting faculty useof innovative pedagogies. ¿ Establishing the redesigned courses as the official curriculum for the biology program. ¿ Implementing formativeandsummative evaluation to inform program development. These activities will lead to the followingsustainable 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 hi pursuing graduate degrees and careers hi 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. PERFORMANCE