Course includes coverage of the methods of scientific inquiry that characterize the particular discipline. Course addresses potential for uncertainty in scientific inquiry. Course illustrates the usefulness of mathematics in scientific description and reasoning. Students submit written reports of laboratory experiments for constructive evaluation by the instructor. Course is general in nature, not a course with great depth or specificity.
Course stresses understanding of the nature of basic scientific issues.
Course develops appreciation of scope and limitations of scientific capability. Course conveys, by use of example, the reality of limitations in the scientific capabilities of today. Lecture and laboratory combinations allow enough time to accomplish all criteria and tasks. Course describes methods to measure student academic achievement in fulfilling the general education rationale and objectives. Courses which present a qualitative survey of a discipline are to be disallowed.