Biotechnology Literacy for Northern Nevada

该项目正在开发和实施内华达大学里诺分校的生物技术计划。我们正在调整费里斯州立大学和西北大学成功的生物技术项目的课程和目标。该项目是艺术与科学学院和农业、生物技术和自然资源学院的合作成果，从该大学延伸到两所当地社区学院、当地初中和高中，以及整个社区。生物技术计划的具体目标是：1)通过开发校际生物技术学位计划，满足学生对生物技术职业导向教育日益增长的兴趣；2)通过在理科和非理科专业的课程中增加生物技术，提高各种本科生的科学素养；3)通过社区推广，提高社区对科学的兴趣和知识；4)通过建立训练有素的生物技术科学家队伍，促进该州的经济发展。

This project is developing and implementing a Biotechnology Program at the University of Nevada, Reno. We are adapting courses and objectives from successful Biotechnology Programs at Ferris State University and Northwestern University. The program is a collaborative effort by the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Natural Resources, and extends from the University to two local community colleges, local middle and high schools, and the community at large. The specific goals of the biotechnology program are: 1) to meet the growing student interest in a biotechnology career-directed education via development of an intercollegiate biotechnology degree program, 2) to increase the scientific literacy of a wide diversity of undergraduate students through the addition of biotechnology into courses for science and non-science majors, 3) to enhance community interest and knowledge in the sciences by community outreach, and 4) to enhance economic development in the state by the creation of a well-trained work force of biotechnology scientists.