愛荷華大學(xué)

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the biomedical sciences program will achieve the following.

Foundational Knowledge: Comprehension of Fundamental Principles and Concepts in the Natural and Social Sciences

Graduates will be able to:

• integrate across the natural and social sciences;
• apply foundational knowledge and conceptual frameworks to biomedicine;
• recognize the consequences of evolutionary history in the understanding of human biology and disease; and
• evaluate new information reported in the news and/or in scientific publications against prior knowledge.
• New Discovery: Scientific Reasoning and Experimental Process in Biomedicine

Graduates will be able to:

• perform basic laboratory procedures, including correct operation of devices;
• formulate questions about natural processes based on current knowledge;
• construct a hypothesis to guide experimental enquiry;
• design experiments, identifying variables of analysis and controls for error;
• consider appropriate strategies or technologies applicable to investigate a novel problem;
• collect, organize, summarize, and interpret data; and
• analyze and evaluate experimental results to inform a hypothesis; and
• distinguish between necessary and sufficient causes.

The Bachelor of Science with a major in biomedical sciences requires a minimum of 120 s.h., including at least 78-83 s.h. of work for the major. Students must maintain a g.p.a. of at least 2.00 in all courses for the major and in all UI courses for the major. They also must complete the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences GE CLAS Core.

The interdisciplinary major provides an excellent foundation for medical training and for research and/or practice in the chemical, genetic, cellular, and physiological bases of human disease. The curriculum includes required and elective course work in biochemistry, biology, chemistry, health and human physiology, mathematics, microbiology and immunology, physics, psychology, sociology, and statistics. Students who wish to apply transfer credit toward the major should consult their departmental advisor.