Requirements
- Open mind and commitment
- Interest in learning
Description
The mission of this course is to deliver world-class international education in Biology through the provision of high-quality curricula, assessment and services. It has been designed considering the following qualities to bring in our students:
- confident in working with information and ideas – their own and those of others
- responsible for themselves, responsive to and respectful of others
- reflective as learners, developing their ability to learn
- innovative and equipped for new and future challenges
- engaged intellectually and socially, ready to make a difference.
It is to allow learners to recognise that science is evidence based and understand the usefulness, and the
limitations, of scientific method to develop skills that:
limitations, of scientific method to develop skills that:
• are relevant to the study and practice of biology
• are useful in everyday life
• encourage a systematic approach to problem-solving
• encourage efficient and safe practice
• encourage effective communication through the language of science
• are useful in everyday life
• encourage a systematic approach to problem-solving
• encourage efficient and safe practice
• encourage effective communication through the language of science
Also, to develop attitudes relevant to biology such as:
• concern for accuracy and precision
• objectivity
• integrity
• enquiry
• initiative
• inventiveness
• objectivity
• integrity
• enquiry
• initiative
• inventiveness
- to enable learners to appreciate that:
• science is subject to social, economic, technological, ethical and cultural influences and limitations
• the applications of science may be both beneficial and detrimental to the individual, the community
and the environment
• the applications of science may be both beneficial and detrimental to the individual, the community
and the environment
Who is the target audience?
- All Science students can take this course.
