Majors understand the interdependence and interrelationships among organisms and between organisms and their environment. Majors understand the origin of life and the process of evolution. Majors have an understanding of the historical background leading to contemporary views on major biological topics and an awareness of the dynamic process of scientific inquiry. Majors are able to communicate this understanding to others. Majors have developed and can use scientific vocabulary.
Majors can access sources of information and data.
Majors understand experimental design and understand that experiments are tests in limited and defined situations. This means that majors can design and implement an experiment with adequate controls that test the hypothesis. Majors have competence in various observation methods and have data acquisition skills. Majors are able to draw inferences from sets of information and can analyze data presented. Majors have problem solving skills.