Science Conversation Program

Intended Learning Outcomes

Students will demonstrate:

  1. knowledge of pivotal eras in the rise and development of the natural sciences in the west.
  2. critical thinking about the aims, power, and limits of science in arriving at knowledge about the natural world.
  3. knowledge of the mutual influences of the natural and social sciences.
  4. ability to understand, articulate, and evaluate various positions taken in current debates about social and political issues involving scientific knowledge.
  5. critical thinking about the relations of science to religion and morality, and to the institutional contexts that shape science.
  6. ability to articulate thoughts and positions in clear, effective prose, and in oral communication in small groups and class-wide discussions.
  7. proficiency at keeping a laboratory notebook that serves as a proper and permanent record of their experimental work.

March 2011