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Learning Objectives/Programs
Core Biology Program (undergraduate):
a. Graduates are expected to gain a broad appreciation of the basic methods and aims of science, and the relationship of biology to the rest of the sciences.
b. Graduates will understand the processes and patterns of biological evolution, and the role of evolution as the central unifying concept in biology.
c. Graduates will understand principles of inheritance from molecular mechanisms to population consequences, and will learn applications of genetics to human biology.
d. Graduates will learn the scope of biological diversity and the genealogical relationships among major groups of organisms.
e. Graduates will learn the basic structure and function of cells as the basic units of all living things and as the building blocks of multicellular organisms.
f. Graduates will understand processes underlying development, cellular differentiation, and reproduction in complex eukaryotes.
g. Graduates will understand the relation between form and function in biology, as expressed in molecular, cellular, and whole-organism physiology.
h. Graduates will understand the interactions between organisms and their environments, and the consequences of these interactions in natural populations, communities, and ecosystems.
i. Graduates will be proficient in mathematics and the physical sciences and will become aware of the importance of these subjects for achieving a full understanding of any biological phenomenon.
j. Graduates will understand the historical and social context of biological thought and research, and the contributions of biology to the resolution of ethical, social, and environmental issues in human affairs.
Public Health Program, Industrial Hygiene Emphasis:
| a. Graduates are expected to gain a broad appreciation of the basic methods and aims of science and of biology as a science. |
b. Graduates will learn the basic structure and function of cells and of human physiology underlying health and disease. |
c. Graduates will understand the principles and processes of chemistry that underlie many environmental and health issues. |
d. Graduates will learn to use the fundamentals of mathematics and physics that underlie certain human health hazards. |
e. Graduates will learn to use quantitative skills in the analysis and prediction of environmental hazards and human health. |
f. Graduates will be proficient in the principles of recognition, evaluation, and control of chemical and physical hazards in the workplace environment. |
g. Graduates will understand the relationships between chemistry, biochemistry, the toxic effects of chemicals. |
h. Graduates will understand the interactions between the airborne, waterborne, and solid hazards in the environment. |
i. Graduates will learn to view and communicate the principles of public health in the broader context of managing ethical, social, and economic affairs. |
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