Ethics Education for Professional Science Master's Programs

该项目正在专业科学硕士（PSM）教育计划的日益增长的领域创建道德教育材料。 它的目标是提高学生对重要伦理问题的认识，并培养未来在三个PSM领域工作的科学专业人员的批判性思维技能：计算，生物和环境科学。开发材料的模型被设计为可适应任何PSM计划内的23个校园加州州立大学（CSU）系统，也可以由PSM计划在全国范围内使用。评估后，这些材料将被纳入课程材料。 项目小组正在编写学习材料，采用基于问题的学习方法和案例探索，反映方案支助和一般管理专业人员在工作场所经常面临的道德操守困境和挑战。在实习环境中进行辅导为课程整合提供指导。该项目还有一个综合评价部分。更广泛的影响来自于这样一个事实，即加州州立大学（CSU）系统已经在整个加州推出了15个PSM计划，并正在创建15个。截至2009年1月，全国60所大学共有120多个专业科学硕士（PSM）课程。PSM课程将联合收割机科学与商业，管理，通信和法律方面的雇主相关研究生教育相结合。该项目将伦理教育模式从研究生学术教育扩展到研究生专业教育。随着PSM毕业生担任专业职位，对学院外科学研究中的道德和诚信的理解将不断增长。这里开发的伦理教育材料将被放置在既定的在线教育库：国家STEM数字图书馆（NSDL）和国际MERLOT高等教育库。

This project is creating ethics education materials in the growing area of Professional Science Masters (PSM) education programs. Its goal is to enhance student awareness of important ethical issues and develop critical thinking skills of future science professionals working in three PSM fields: computational, biological, and environmental sciences. The model for developing materials is designed to be adaptable by any of the PSM programs within the 23-campus California State University (CSU) system and can also be used by PSM programs nationally. After evaluation, these materials will be integrated into course materials. Project teams are preparing learning materials that reflect the ethical dilemmas and challenges often faced by PSM professionals in the workplace, using a problem-based learning approach and case exploration. Mentoring in an internship setting is providing guidance for curricular integration. The project also has a comprehensive evaluation component. Broader impacts derive from the fact that the California State University (CSU) System has launched fifteen PSM programs throughout California and is in the process of creating 15 more. Nationally, there are more than 120 Professional Science Masters (PSM) programs in 60 universities as of January, 2009. PSM programs combine science with employer-relevant graduate education in business, management, communications, and law. This project extends ethics education models beyond graduate academic education to graduate professional education. As PSM graduates take professional positions, understanding of ethics and integrity in scientific research outside of the academy will grow. Ethics education materials developed here will be placed in established on-line educational repositories: the National STEM Digital Library (NSDL) and the international MERLOT higher education repository.