This course has actually been part of the intern teaching course. We are proposing to separate this seminar from intern teaching so students receive 3 credits for this course and 9 credits for intern teaching. Without these courses, we would have to add an Earth Science course, and students would have to take 16 instead of 9 hours of science courses, making it practically impossible to complete the major in four years. A proposal to the General Education Committee is forthcoming, that would allow these courses to count toward the science knowledge and the QR skill requirements. Preference given to Liberal Studies majors.
Class meets four hours each week.
Maximum enrollment of 16. No current courses are to be dropped. Students will study topics including atomic theory, the nature of matter, chemical and physical change, and energy sources using appropriate tools and equipment in order to understand fundamental concepts. Students will also gain experience in independent investigation and the development and implementation of their own hands-on exercises and experiments. Students will study essential concepts that include cell and molecular biology, organismal biology, ecology, and the fundamentals of earth science.