Course Prefix & Number

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General Education Outcome and Assessment Form
Natural Sciences
Breadth Area: Patterns and Connections in the Natural World
General Education Outcome / Course Outcome / How will the course satisfy this outcome? / How will this outcome be assessed (summative) and what is the measure of success?
NS1. Demonstrate how scientific discovery and research contribute to our lives.
NS2. Recognize the natural sciences as a system in which observations and measurement must ultimately verify theories that explain and predict natural phenomena.
NS3. Distinguish between data and analysis.
NS4. Apply mathematical and quantitative skills to solve problems in the natural sciences.
NS5. Engage in systematic critical thinking (analysis, inference, evaluation, induction, deduction).
PCNW1. Demonstrate an understanding of conceptual models of complex natural systems.
PCNW2. Analyze the processes and cause-effect relationships in complex natural systems.

How will assessment data be collected and how will data inform course?

Faculty Senate – General Education Committee 2014