Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Botany] From University of Wyoming

Courses within the Botany curriculum will address goals and objectives at the appropriate level through measureable student learning outcomes developed by course instructors.?Upon completing the 1000-3000 level Life Sciences courses and additional upper-level courses required for the Botany major, students completing the B.S. in Botany will be expected to meet the following learning goals and objectives:?

GOAL 1: Students will be expected to remember, comprehend, apply, analyze, and synthesize the following core concepts in botany:

• Evolution.
• Biodiversity.
• Structure and function.
• Information flow, exchange, and storage.
• Pathways and transformations of energy and matter.
• Systems.

GOAL 2: Students will develop the ability to apply the process of science.

• Understand defining characteristics of the process of science.
• Practice the skills of the scientific method.
• Engage in research projects.

GOAL 3: Students will be able to reason quantitatively.

• Understand common quantitative approaches in biology.
• Apply quantitative skills to biological problems.
• Interpret and act on quantitative data from a variety of sources.
• Understand the role of uncertainty in science.

GOAL 4: Students will be able to use modeling and simulation.

• Understand how models and simulations describe living systems.
• Evaluate the advantages and limitations of reductionist and systems approaches, which recognize the spatiotemporal complexities of the natural world.
• Understand the variety and major differences in available models and their structure, including stochastic versus deterministic models and analytical versus simulation modeling.?

GOAL 5: Students will be able to communicate and collaborate within and outside of biology.

• Understand the distinguishing features of different forms of scientific communication.
• Communicate concepts through peer interactions and collaboration.
• Communicate science through formal and informal written, visual, and oral methods.
• Tap into the interdisciplinary nature of science.

GOAL 6: Students should understand the relationship between science and society.

• Evaluate the impact of science on society.
• Evaluate the ethical implications of science.
• Explore how science is applied in a social context.