Learning Goals and Course Levels

What can you expect to learn from a Biology course at Trinity? In addition to course-specific learning goals (see the Course Descriptions for more information), these are some things you can expect from courses at the 100-, 200-, 300-, and 400-levels.

 

100-level BIOL courses should include most of the following:

• Basic background knowledge/vocabulary
• Learning skills
• Graphs/elementary statistics
• Basic lab skills

 

200-level BIOL courses should include most of the following:

• More specialized than 100 level courses
• Application of concept-dependent insights
• Analytical skills and problem solving
• Exposure to primary literature
• Labs could involve more statistical analysis and/or experimental design

 

300-level BIOL courses should include most of the following:

• Integrate big ideas in biology across subdisciplines
• Data Interpretation
• Utilization of primary literature
• Pre-requisites beyond intro sequence

 

400-level BIOL courses should include most of the following:

• Examination and presentation of primary papers, interpretations of findings, contextualizing results
• Analyzing and critiquing the logic of experiments
• Giving clear and accessible oral presentations
• Leading discussion of primary literature
• Writing about science to the lay audience or non-specialist
• Ethics in science and research