Secondary Education - Biology Program Outcomes_2020.xlsx

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R
1	Program Outcomes	EDUC 101	EDUC 121	EDUC 201	EDUC 250	EDUC 255	BIOL 105	BIOL 107	BIOL 221	BIOL 222	BIOL 240	CHEM 105	CHEM 106	CHEM 211	PHYS 101	MATH 211	ENGL 111/215	COMM 101/102
2	SECONDARY EDUCATION

3	Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Adolescent Development, which includes:
4	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of adolescent development and diversity		X		X
5	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of adolescent cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and moral development		X		X
6	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of how culture, economic background, linguistics background, gender, religion and family structure impact adolescents		X		X	X
7	Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Instructional Technology, which include:
8	Demonstrate an understanding of software and educational technologies associated with operations and concepts for instruction and use of technology to enhance productivity, efficiency and professional practice, specifically:			X
9	Demonstrate an understanding, evaluate and select information, sources, and digital tools based on appropriateness to specific tools			X
10	Apply instructional technology to generate ideas, products, and processes			X
11	Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Diversity/Multicultural Issues, which include:
12	Demonstrate an understanding and awareness of diverse adolescent abilities and their influence on instructional needs					X
13	Demonstrate how culture, economic background, linguistics background, gender, religion, and family structure influence the learning of adolescents					X
14	Demonstrate sensitivity to varying adolescent abilities and diversity					X
15	Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in the Roles and Responsibilities of Educators, which include:
16	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of professional roles and responsibilities of the profession	X
17	Demonstrate an understanding of the ethics of the profession, e.g. confidentiality, plagiarism	X
18	Demonstrate ability to collaborate and communicate with peers, students, and educaiton professionals			X
19	Understand the appropriate use of social networking and/or electronic communication with peers, students, and education professionals			X
20	Recognize varying roles of teachers in schools and community		X
21	Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in Educational Learning Theory, which includes:
22	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of contemporary learning theories and theories of motivation and how development occurs according to these theories				X
23	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of how adolescents construct meaning based on different learning theories				X
24	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of how adolescents respond to instructional strategies and learning environments based on different motivation theories				X
25	Demonstrate Competency and Understanding in the History and Philosophy of Education, which include:
26	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of the historical, philosophical, ethical, and legal foundations of the field	X
27	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of key historical events that have influenced American public education	X
28	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of key philosophical orientations that influences American public education	X
29	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of legal influences of American public education	X
30	Demonstrate an emerging understanding of the inherent value of equity in American education	X
31	Demonstrate Competency and Expectations within Clinial Experiences, which include:
32	Demontrate sensitivity to varying adolescent abilities and diversity through experiences in both community and school settings	X
33	Demonstrate familiarity wiht current secondary school settings	X
34	Demonstrate appropriate professional dispositions, presentation and behaviors, e.g., collegiality, ability to self-assess accurately	X
35	Demonstrate Competency and Knowledge in Principles of Introductory Biology, which include the following:
36	Scientific Investigation
37	Define, describe, and implement the scientific method						X	X
38	Describe implications of scientific or technological developments on ethical questions in biology						X	X
39	Basic Biochemistry
40	Describe the fundamental properties of water in biological systems						X
41	Describe the four major biomolecules: carbohydrates, lipid, nucleic acid, and protein, and explain their functions and importance in biological systems						X
42	Draw and describe basic synthesis and degradation reactions of the four major biomolecules						X
43	Describe basic enzyme structure and function						X
44	Describe how biological systems are constrained by chemical and physical processes						X	X
45	Cell Structure and Function
46	Describe the basic structure of a cell and define the functions of the organelles						X
47	Describe the fluid mosaic model structure of biological membranes and the relationships between the membranes, the cytoskeleton, and the extracellular matrix						X
48	Explain the biochemistry of and factors involved in membrane transport.						X
49	Describe the transfer of molecules within a cell and between cells.						X
50	Describe the difference between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure.						X
51	Describe the structure and function of chromosomes and their role in cell division.						X
52	Explain the concept of the cell cycle, how it is controlled, and how it relates to cell division.						X
53	Describe and differentiate between the mechanisms of mitosis and meiosis.						X	X
54	Explain the concepts of independent assortment, crossing over, and random fertilization, and relate these to the production of genetic variation within a population.						X	X
55	Energy Transfer Within Biological Systems
56	Explain the first and second laws of thermodynamics.						X
57	Explain the concept of free energy.						X
58	Define chemical reaction and contrast exergonic and endergonic reactions.						X
59	Explain the concepts of oxidation and reduction.						X
60	Describe the structure of ATP and explain how it powers cellular work.						X
61	Describe the processes of glycolysis, the citric acid cycle, and electron transport.						X
62	Describe the processes of anaerobic respiration/fermentation.						X
63	Describe the processes of anaerobic respiration/fermentation.						X
64	Discuss the role and molecular details of photosystems and light-harvesting pigments.						X
65	Discuss the role of CO2 metabolism during photosynthesis						X
66	Introduction to Molecular Genetics
67	Explain the processes controlling gene expression: gene regulation, transcription, and translation.						X
68	Describe the process of DNA replication in prokaryotes and eukaryotes.						X
69	Describe the concept of mutation and explain the various kinds of mutations.						X
70	Basic Principles of Inheritance
71	Explain Mendelian genetics and the expression of traits through the solution of simple monohybrid and dihybrid genetics problems.						X
72	Explain the concepts of complete dominance, incomplete dominance, and codominance, multiple alleles, pleiotropy, epistasis, and polygenic inheritance.						X
73	Evolution and Natural Selection
74	Describe the sources of genetic variation within a population and explain why variation is essential for evolution.						X	X
75	Describe and apply the postulates of Darwin’s theory of evolution through natural selection.						X	X
76	Define evolution and natural selection, mutation, sexual selection, gene flow and genetic drift.						X	X
77	Explain the basic principles of population genetics.						X	X
78	Discuss the biological, ecological, morphological, and phylogenetic species concepts, reproductive isolation mechanisms, and the process of speciation.						X	X
79	Explain some of the mechanisms behind different scientific hypotheses concerning the origin of life forms.							X
80	Explain endosymbiosis and the origin of eukaryotic cells.						X
81	Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of multicellularity.						X
82	Describe the various lines of evidence for evolution including DNA and other molecular data, morphology and anatomy, developmental biology, biogeography, fossils, and radiometric dating.						X	X
83	Hierarchical Organization of Life
84	Describe the methods used in the classification of organisms.						X	X
85	Explain how phylogenetic trees are constructed.						X	X
86	Describe the principal characteristics of the major taxa such as Domains/Kingdoms						X	X
87	Describe basic ecological concepts in regards to the hierarchical organization of life.						X	X
88	Unity and Diversity of Life
89	Describe the use of evolutionary theory in explaining the unity and diversity of life.							X
90	Describe the use genetic evidence to establish evolutionary relationships between organisms.							X
91	Describe the key characteristics and groups of viruses.							X
92	Describe the biological diversity of plants, animals, fungi, protists, and prokaryotes at the levels of genes, cells, organs, individuals, and populations.							X
93	Discuss the key distinguishing features of the prokaryotic domains, Archaea and Eubacteria, including similarities and differences in organisms from various taxonomic groups.							X
94	Discuss the key distinguishing features of the eukaryotic clades, including similarities and differences in organisms from various taxonomic groups							X
95	Discuss the key distinguishing features, including similarities and differences, between major groups of Protist clades							X
96	Discuss the key distinguishing features, including similarities and differences, between major groups of fungal phyla, including morphology and reproductive biology							X
97	Discuss the key distinguishing features, including similarities and differences, between plant taxa from bryophytes to angiosperms, including morphology, plant anatomy, plant development, and reproductive biology							X
98	Anatomy and Physiology of Plants
99	Describe and recognize plant cellular and subcellular structures.							X
100	Describe basic comparative plant anatomy and morphology.							X