Overview for all featured weeks
Although we are thinking about content subject matter and skills, general education also involves a broader vision.
Clemson’s current natural science competency statement
Demonstrate the process of scientific reasoning by performing an experiment and thoroughly discussing the results with reference to the scientific literature, or by studying a question through critical analysis of the evidence in the scientific literature.
Clemson’s current rubric for assessing natural science
Key questions for in-person and virtual discussions
- What is valuable for students to know and do in this domain of knowledge?
- How do we know they have achieved it?
- What might a student learning outcome for natural science look like in the community? In an internship or co-op? Through student-faculty research?
- How can courses in this area help students with evidence-based civil discourse? With ethical thinking?
