Undergraduate Biotechnology Curriculum Development Project

由于生物技术的多学科性质，将其纳入现有的本科入门科学课程，如生物学和化学，可以有助于丰富这些课程，并开始展示传统上被视为明显独立的科学学科的科学之间的横向和横向联系。这项建议概述了开发高质量、创造性课程模式的战略，该模式将侧重于转让生物技术中使用的基本核心技术(理论、研究和实验程序)，并使其适应教育环境的结构。这些课程模式的主要重点将是通过理论和“动手”实验纳入核心技术，使其与生物技术在医学、农业、法医学和工业程序和过程等领域的最新发展和应用直接相关并展示关系。教职员工将开发课程模块，并在各自的学院进行实施和实地测试。在实地测试评估的基础上，将完善、修改和重新实施课程单元，并将为编写生物技术课程和资源手册奠定基础，以便向本科教员广泛传播。该项目的总体战略致力于帮助促进科学素养，帮助学生做出未来将影响其个人生活的重要决定，并激励和影响一些学生继续进行科学研究。

Because of the multidisciplinary nature of biotechnology, its incorporation into existing undergraduate introductory science courses, such as biology and chemistry, can contribute to the enrichment of these courses, as well begin to demonstrate lateral and horizontal connections between sciences which have been traditionally perceived as distinctly independent scientific disciplines. This proposal outlines a strategy for the development of high quality, creative curriculum models which will place emphasis on transferring basic core technology (theory, research and experimental procedures) utilized in biotechnology and adapt them to fit within the structure of the educational setting. The primary focus of these curriculum models will to be incorporate core technology, through theory and "hands-on" experiments, within a context that directly correlates and demonstrates relationships to recent developments and applications of biotechnology in such areas as medicine, agriculture, forensics and industrial procedures and processes. The faculty participants will develop curriculum modules which will be implemented and field tested at their respective colleges. Based upon field test evaluations, the curriculum modules will be refined, modified and re- implemented, and will provide the basis for the development of a biotechnology Curriculum and Resource Manual for widespread dissemination to undergraduate faculty. The project's overall strategy strives to help promote scientific literacy to aid students in making important future decision which will affect their personal lives, as well as stimulate and influence some students to continue in scientific studies.