Request for foundations credit for BIOL 2110/2111

A. Basics

1.         Foundations Course Area: Basic Science           

2.         Department in which the course will be taught: Biology

3.         Department Administrator’s title, name and email: Mary Farwell, Director of Undergraduate Studies, farwellm@ecu.edu

4.         BIOL 2110/2111

5.         Number of credit hours : 3,1

6.         Prerequisites: 7 sh in CHEM Recommended prereq: 1 BIOL course

7.         Course description as it will appear in the catalog and a detailed course syllabus with a weekly schedule of topics to be discussed which should reflect foundation goals: 

A detailed introductory course designed to provide a background of microbial life forms, infectious diseases, epidemiology, and interaction and influences on the environment and humans. In addition, the function of these organisms, their cell structures and molecules in the world and how their use in technology is exploited.

8.         School in which the course will be taught (if applicable): NA

9.         School director’s name and email (if applicable): NA

10.       College in which the course will be taught: HCAS

11.       Dean of the College: Allen White, whiteal@ecu.edu

12.       Date approved by department curriculum committee and chairs initials: NA

13.       Date approved by department voting faculty and PC chairs initials: NA

14.       Date reviewed by department chair and his or her initials: NA

15.       Date approved by the Harriot College curriculum committee and chairs initials: NA

16.       Date forwarded to Academic Standards: 10/9/09

B.        Using the Foundations Goals listed under the course’s area:

1.         Describe the course’s content in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the AS committee that the course will meet Foundations Goal One for its area. List examples of required course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described above:

Goal 1 :Students will learn the subject matter of at least one core discipline in the Basic Sciences. Students will learn the properties and processes of one or more basic component of the natural world. 

- Molecules and structures of cells – Chapter 1, 4, 5

- Cellular microorganism and infectious agents (worms, protozoans, fungi, algae, bacteria, viruses, prions) – Ch. 1, 4, 5, 6, Lab #2

- Different types of microscopes – Ch. 3, Lab #1

- Diversity and unity of life, Ch. 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, Labs # 2,5,6,7

- Interaction of microbes with the environment and other organisms, especially humans – Ch. 1, 7, 13, 14, 15, Labs# 13,14,15

- Energy usage and metabolism – Ch. 8, Lab# 8, 9

2.         Describe the course’s content in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the AS committee that the course will meet Foundations Goal Two for its area. List examples of required course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described above:

Goal 2: Students will learn the research methodology, principles and concepts required to understand research in a basic science. 

- Basic concepts of scientific method, - examples of infectious disease, Koch’s postulates Agent a cause disease B, how do we prove this - Ch. 1, Lab#2

- Which factors play a role in pathogenicity and how to test this, Ch. 4, 13, Lab# 16

- Biotechnology and bioengineering, Ch. 1, 10, Labs# 16, 17

- Research methodology – Chap. 2, Labs #2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18 , 21-26

 3.         Describe the course’s content in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the AS committee that the course will meet Foundations Goal Three for its area. List examples of required course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described above.

Goal 3: Students will learn about the discipline’s contribution to general knowledge. 

- Infection awareness: e.g. MRSA – Ch. 4, 5, 6, 13, Lab #15

- Importance of hygiene and vaccinations –Ch. 13, 14, 15, Lab #13, 14, 15

- Microbes in food and agriculture; including contaminations (e.g. Salmonella on tomatoes) – Ch 1, 4, 5, Lab # 13, 14, 15

- News articles etc on new research (e.g. prostate cancer and viruses) – appropriate material supplied – topics vary

-Basic epidemiology as an interdisciplinary action, including politics and social studies – Ch 1, 13

- Education and prevention of infectious disease and its social issues – Ch 1, 13 and with the examples, Lab# 14, 15

- Problems with antimicrobial control and drugs, microbial drug resistance – throughout almost all chapters, Lab #13, 14

4.         If the course area is Health Promotion and Physical Activity or Writing Competency, describe the course’s content in enough detail that it is clear to the members of the AS committee that the course will meet Foundations Goal Four for its area. List examples of required course textbooks or other required materials that address the content described above: NA

C.        When the sample course syllabus does not contain a schedule outlining what will be taught when during the semester, provide this information here. If there is something not covered above that provides evidence that the course satisfies the foundations goals in its area (course pedagogy, etc.), describe it here: see attached schedule

D.        Bring samples of course materials (textbooks, etc.) that will be used in the course to the Academic Standards Committee that hears the request for foundations credit for the course. The materials are expected to explicitly address all of the foundation goals for the course’s area.