Redefining Research Integration in a Bachelor's Degree Focused on Ecology and Molecular Biology

部落学院和大学方案(TCUP)的一个目标是提高为本国土著学生服务的特定高等教育机构的科学、技术、工程和数学(STEM)教学和研究能力。扩大这些机构的STEM课程设置和研究能力将扩大学生在STEM领域追求具有挑战性、有回报的职业的机会，提供可能具有文化意义的领域的研究性学习，并鼓励社区和世代对科学和数学教育的欣赏。该项目直接符合这一目标，而且将为印度国家感兴趣和相关的几个关键领域的环境科学研究文献提供信息。联合部落技术学院(UTTC)将对其为学生提供的环境科学课程进行革命性的改革，增加教师和学校的研究能力，包括在修订后的课程中提供基于项目的学习机会，侧重于教师的专业发展，发展侧重于生态学和分子生物学的环境科学学士学位，并提供一个桥梁项目，既将招收学生参加该项目，又将增加他们为该项目的大学准备。

A goal of the Tribal Colleges and Universities Program (TCUP) is to increase the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) instructional and research capacities of specific institutions of higher education that serve the Nation's indigenous students. Expanding the STEM curricular offerings and research capacity at these institutions expands the opportunities of their students to pursue challenging, rewarding careers in STEM fields, provides for research studies in areas that may be culturally significant, and encourages a community and generational appreciation for science and mathematics education. This project aligns directly with that goal, and moreover will inform the research literature on environmental science in several key areas of interest to and relevance to Indian country. United Tribes Technical College (UTTC) will revolutionize the environmental science program it offers to students by increasing the research capacity of the faculty and the institution, including project-based learning opportunities in the revised curriculum, focusing on faculty professional development, developing a BS in environmental science with an emphasis on ecology and molecular biology, and providing a bridge program that will both recruit students to the program and increase their college readiness for the program.