Quantitative Sciences Curriculum for Life Science Students

本提案的目标是开发、评估和 公布定量研究课程， 生命科学专业的本科生。本课程将 强调定量方法的巨大效用， 分析生物学问题，将利用许多例子， 最近的生物学研究，并担任两者的双重作用 引入新的量化方法，加强关键 现代生物学中的概念。各种各样的软件将 在课程中进行评估和利用，以提高 解决问题的课程。这将使 学生实验替代关键生物 数学模型中的假设，并分析结果 这些假设的定量和定性行为。的 将制定的课程将包括入门级的序列 以及第二年的课程。的一个车间 研究人员和教育工作者在定量生物学将举行 作为发展初期的一部分， 发展一套基本的数量和生物学概念 应该包括在课程中。几个 本次研讨会的与会者将作为咨询委员会， 预计的剩余时间。对这三 年的建议，新的课程将被开发， 评估适当的软件，进行试点研究，并取得结果 该项目的宣传。一本详细汇编了 教学大纲、课程计划和软件评估将 出版并分发给定量和生命科学 美国各地的部门。

The objective of this proposal is to develop, evaluate, and publicize a curriculum in quantitative studies for undergraduates in the life sciences. This curriculum will emphasize the great utility of quantitative approaches in analyzing biological problems, will utilize many examples from recent biological research, and serve a dual role of both introducing new quantitative methods and reinforcing key concepts in modem biology. A variety of software will be evaluated and utilized in the curriculum to enhance the problem-solving aspects of the courses. This will enable students to experiment with alternative key biological assumptions in mathematical models and analyze the resultant quantitative and qualitative behavior of these assumptions. The curriculum to be developed will include an entry-level sequence as well as a second-year set of courses. A workshop of researchers and educators in quantitative biology will be held as part of the initial stages of the development in order to develop a set of basic quantitative and biological concepts that should be included in the curriculum. A few of the attendees at this workshop will serve as an advisory board for the remainder of the projected proposal period. Over the three years of the proposal, the new curriculum will be developed, appropriate software evaluated, pilot studies run, and results of the project publicized. A monograph compiling detailed syllabi, lesson plans, and software evaluations will be published and distributed to quantitative and life science departments throughout the U.S.