Students discover science as a process and discuss the role of science and technology in society.
In addition, these connected courses prepare students for further education by developing a sense of a community of scholars, encouraging active participation in study, and enhancing learning skills. To help students become environmentally literate and aware citizens capable of understanding the crucial issues confronting our civilization so they can help provide leadership in these regards in the next century. The graduate of this learning community should be better prepared for both subsequent disciplinary and interdisciplinary courses, by virtue of having been exposed to a variety of learning modalities and methods of thinking, in addition to the content of these courses. For students and faculty both to be active participants in a cooperative learning process, and to share responsibility for our learning. To further develop the ability to critically analyze and synthesize information needed to grapple with serious, controversial issues.