OVERVIEW:
This document provides a description of the Scientific Approaches to the Natural World component of University Studies. In so doing, it differentiates between common component-level student learning outcomes and discipline-specific course-level learning outcomes. The goal is to encourage the development of challenging and varied University Studies courses that share common assessable student learning outcomes.
The following are the Common Student Learning Outcomes for Scientific Approaches to the Natural World. These are aligned with the UNCW Learning Goals. Each course in this category must address all of the Common Student Learning Outcomes for the category, and list these Common SLOs along with course-specific SLOs in the course syllabus. Proposals for inclusion in the category will describe the opportunities which will be provided for students to learn the outcome (readings, class discussion and/or activities, applied projects) and list the specific sources of evidence (exams, papers, projects, quizzes, etc.) that will be used to determine the level of student understanding.
The student will:
Students are required to take seven hours from this component, including at least two courses with different prefixes. At least one course will have an associated laboratory experience.