Student Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes for the biology undergraduate program
General student learning outcomes for all biology majors
- Students will be able to describe living systems, including their nature, organization and evolution
- Students will be able to apply methods of scientific inquiry in biology
- Students will be able to describe how human activities affect the living world and the physical environment
- Students will be able to describe the flow of energy and matter within and among organisms
- Students will be able to explain the historical context of biological discoveries
- Students will be able to evaluate information by discriminating between science and non-science
- Students will be able to evaluate and interpret quantitative data using the scientific method
- Students will be able to practice safety and proper techniques in the laboratory
- Students will be able to write accurately and clearly about biology topics
- Students will be able to explain why science is an integral activity for addressing social and environmental problems
Additional outcome for the comprehensive major in environmental biology and evolution
- Students will be able to explain how resource limitation influences populations
Additional outcomes for the comprehensive major in microbiology and biotechnology
- Students will be able to explain the flow of genetic information
- Students will be able to perform dimensional analyses (dilutions etc.)
Additional outcomes for the comprehensive majors in wildlife biology and wildlife conservation and management
- Students will be able to explain how organisms are interdependent
- Students will be able to describe the diversity of life