Students completing Biology 2105 will be assessed on the following course outcomes:
- Students will explain the process of science in relation to studying human health and disease considering the differing interests of players (stakeholders) involved.
- Students will evaluate the functions of the human body in good health.
- Students will apply knowledge of the body systems (and their interconnectedness) to different dimensions of human wellbeing and personal health decisions (e.g. making financial medical decisions based on knowledge of human health).
- Students will analyze sources of disease and disorder and their impact on the body (or sources and impacts of affronts on the human body), such as mental illness, infectious disease, genetic disease, cancer, and injury.
- Students will explain the biological basis of human phenotypic variation at the individual and population level in relation to societal reaction to each.
- Students will apply knowledge of evolutionary mechanisms to current cultural and societal issues.
- Students will analyze environmental wellbeing through the effects of humans on natural and man-made environments and the impact of those environments on humans themselves.
- Students will evaluate the interplay of science with technology development and the capability of each to both create and solve problems related to human biology and the ethical concerns that arise with new technology use.
- Students will synthesize information from lecture, films, and current social health issues to inform scholarly exploration of socio-economic, policy and personal wellbeing perspectives.
- Students will find reliable scientific resources and use them to solve problems related to human health and wellbeing.