Science in the Liberal Arts Education: An Undergraduate Course Development Project

文科课程中的科学这个为期两年的合作课程开发项目将在波特兰州立大学、克拉克马斯、胡德山和波特兰社区学院开发和实施一项创新的跨学科文科课程。四所院校的师资将合作制定课程，为文科学生提供三种跨学科的科学课程，以满足大学通识教育科学的要求。自然科学探究课程将以“万花筒计划”推荐的方式，着重于开放式的实验室和实地研究。综合科学概念课程将围绕连接多个科学学科的概念进行开发，并将以研究性实验室为特色。社会科学背景课程将探讨科学和技术的社会、政治、经济和伦理层面。该项目将支持来自大都市地区社区学院和大学学术部门的自然科学教师的课程开发工作。该项目的咨询委员会将由大学和社区学院的本科科学教育和教育评价方面的全国公认专家组成。在项目完成后的一年中，波特兰州立大学将主办一个本科科学课程会议，作为该项目的传播工具之一。在整个课程开发期间，将进行教育研究，以评估课程和教学策略的有效性

Science in the Liberal Arts Curriculum This two-year collaborative curriculum development project will develop and implement an innovative interdisciplinary Science in the Liberal Arts Curriculum at Portland State University and at Clackamas, Mt. Hood, and Portland Community Colleges. Faculty from the four institutions will cooperate in formulating a curriculum that provides liberal arts students with three types of interdisciplinary science courses that will meet the University's general education science requirement. Natural Science Inquiry courses will focus on open-ended laboratory and field studies in the manner recommended by Project Kaleidoscope. Integrated Science Concepts courses will be developed around concepts that bridge more than one scientific disciplIne and will feature investigative laboratories. Context of Science in Society courses will explore the social, political, economic and ethical dimensions of science and technology. The project will support course development efforts by natural science faculty from the greater metropolitan area community colleges and the university academic departments. The Advisory Council for the project will consist of nationally recognized experts in undergraduate science education and educational evaluation in both university and community college settings. In the year following completion of the project Portland State University will host an undergraduate science curriculum conference as one of the dissemination tools for the project. Throughout the course development period educational research will be conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the curriculum and teaching strategies.***//