{"id":497,"date":"2023-03-19T20:45:09","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T03:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/?page_id=497"},"modified":"2023-03-30T16:12:37","modified_gmt":"2023-03-30T23:12:37","slug":"learning-objectives","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/undergraduate\/learning-objectives\/","title":{"rendered":"Learning Objectives"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Learning Objective<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          A. General Skills And Breadth\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li>Develop the ability to manage one&#8217;s time, work independently, take initiative, and collaborate.<\/li>\n<li>Develop the ability to think critically, analyze, synthesize, and use information to solve problems.<\/li>\n<li>Acquire broad knowledge in the humanities, social sciences, mathematics, and physical sciences, and understand the relevance of these disciplines to the biological sciences.<\/li>\n<li>Develop the ability to communicate scientific ideas, orally and in writing.<\/li>\n<li>Develop facility in the use of computer applications and the internet.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-a-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-a-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-a-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Learning Objective<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          B. Scientific And Experimental Skills\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li>Understand and apply the scientific method, including forming hypotheses, designing experiments to test hypotheses, and collecting, analyzing, interpreting, and reporting data.<\/li>\n<li>Develop the ability to use appropriate laboratory or field procedures, methods, and instrumentation for biological studies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-b-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-b-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-b-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n            \n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--cta-cards-collection \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--cta-cards-collection\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n      <div class=\"header-container\">\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          C. Biological Skills\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li>Develop breadth of knowledge in the biological sciences, including the fields of biochemistry, cell biology, ecology, evolution, molecular biology and genetics, and physiology.<\/li>\n<li>Acquire an appreciation for all levels of biological organization, including the molecular, cellular, organismal, and systems levels.<\/li>\n<li>Understand the processes that underlie embryonic development, cellular differentiation, and reproduction.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n      \n    <\/div>\n  \n      <div class=\"cards-container\">\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\">\n            \n                                    <h3>1. Biochemistry<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">Understand the structure and function of biological molecules, cellular energetics, cellular metabolism, and photosynthesis.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\">\n            \n                                    <h3>2. Cell Biology<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">Understand the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, as whole entities and in terms of their subcellular processes.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\">\n            \n                                    <h3>3. Ecology<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">Understand the interactions between organisms and their environments, and the consequences of these interactions in natural populations, communities, and ecosystems.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\">\n            \n                                    <h3>4. Evolution<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">\u2022 Understand evolution as the central unifying concept in the biological sciences.\r\n\u2022\u00a0Understand natural selection, and how it contributes to the formation of species, biodiversity, and patterns of biological evolution.\r\n\u2022\u00a0Appreciate the scope of biological diversity in terms of the evolutionary history of the major groups of organisms.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\">\n            \n                                    <h3>5. Molecular Biology And Genetics<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">\u2022 Understand the synthesis, structure, and function of nucleic acids and proteins in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.\r\n\u2022\u00a0Understand the principles of inheritance from molecular mechanisms to population consequences.\r\n\u2022\u00a0Understand the flow of genetic information in populations and the relationship between genetics and evolutionary theory.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n      \n        <div class=\"card\">\n\n                            <span tabindex=\"0\">\n            \n                                    <h3>6. Physiology<\/h3>\n                \n                                    <span class=\"card-description\">Understand the functioning of organisms, at the molecular, cellular, organ, and organismal levels.<\/span>\n                \n                            <\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block image-left\"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Learning Objective<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          D. Ethics \/ Society\n      <\/h2>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <ul>\n<li>Be able to place biological knowledge into an ethical context, especially how biology can contribute to the resolution of ethical, social, and environmental issues.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n          <\/div>\n\n          <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n                            data-src=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-c-768x768.jpg\"\n          data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-c-1280x1280.jpg 1280w,https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/bisc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/151\/2023\/03\/learning-objective-c-768x768.jpg 768w\"          data-sizes=\"(min-width:1024px) 50vw, (min-width:768px) 100vw, 100vw\"          class=\"lazyload\"\n        \n                  role=\"none\"\n        \n        \n                                      \/>\n\n    \n    \n  \n  \n\n<\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    \n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--featured-block \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--featured-block\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n    <div class=\"text-container\">\n\n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--eyebrow\">\n\n    \n  <span>Learning Objective<\/span>\n\n\n<\/div>\n      \n                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--section-title\">\n\n    \n  <h2>\n          E. 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