The way we were….
                                                                                                    CONTENT FOCUS
          BIOL21          BIOL22           BIOL23          BIOL24           BIOL25
           LEC +           LEC +           Lab int.         LEC +            Lab int                     BREADTH
           DISC            DISC                             DISC
                                                                                                LITTLE SCAFFOLDING
               7 UD COURSES, 5 WITH LAB                                   5 COURSES IN THE EMPHASIS
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                BIOMEDICAL                        CELL MOLECULAR                           ECOLOGY AND 
                                                                                             EVOLUTION
  PROBLEMS
   ●TOO MUCH CONTENT TO COVER IN THE LOWER DIVISION
   ●LACK OF SCAFFOLDING DUE TO INCREASE IN DIVSERSITY OF LIFE 
    SCIENCE MAJORS PUT NEARLY ALL PRESSURE FOR SKILLSAND 
    COMPETANCIES IN ONE COURSE- BIOL 25 
   ●UNEVEN STUDENT DISTRIBUTION IN EMPHASES LED TO 
    OVERSUBSCRIBED CLASSES IN BIOMED, CANCELLING OF ECO/EVO 
    COURSES.
   ●MARGINALIZES FACULTY IN CERTAIN AREAS OF CURRICULUM
   ●REINFORCES A MODEL OF BIOLOGY FROM THE 20TH CENTURY 
    (SILOED) RATHER THAN THE MODERN SYNTHESIS (MOLECULES TO 
    ECOSYSTEMS; CROSS-DICIPLINARY).
   ●INFLEXIBLE
  WHAT WE DID/ARE DOING
   ●STARTED WITH PROGRAM REVIEW (4 YEARS AGO) AND FOLLOWED 
     REVEWERS ADVICE
   ●FOCUSED ON BEST PRACTICES, RECENT INNOVATIONS IN BIOLOGY 
     CURRICULUM
   ●SPENT A LOT OF TIME TOGETHER, IN SMALL AND OFTEN LARGE 
     GROUPS, ITERATING OUR IDEAS FOR NEW CURRICULUM
   ●USED DIFFERENT APPROACHES FOR MAKING PEOPLE FEEL HEARD 
     AND COMFORTABLE WITH CHANGE
   ●SPENT TIME AND RESOURCES FIGURING OUT BEST PRACTICES IN 
     ASSESSMENT (RUSCETTI)
   ●VOTED TO LOCK DECISIONS IN PLACE, THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS
   ●PILOTED OUR NEW IBE MODEL (SABATIER)
    USED VISION AND CHANGE IN 
    UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY EDUCATION TO 
    MODEL NEW CURRICULUM
                              Core Concepts
                               ● Evolution
                               ● Structure and Function
                               ● Flow of Information, Exchange, and Storage
                               ● Pathways and Transformations of Energy & Matter
                               ● Systems
                              Core Competencies
                               ● Process of Science
                               ● Quantitative Reasoning
                               ● Modeling and Simulation
                               ● Interdisciplinary Nature of Science
                               ● Communication and Collaboration
                               ● Science and Society
                              American Association for the Advancement of Science. "Vision and change in undergraduate biology 
                              education: a call to action: a summary of recommendations made at a national conference organized by 
                              the American Association for the Advancement of Science, July 15–17, 2009." Washington, DC (2011).
                              Brownell, S.E., Freeman, S., Wenderoth, M.P., and Crowe, A.J. (2014). BioCore Guide: A Tool for 
                              Interpreting the Core Concepts of Vision and Change for Biology Majors. Cell Biology Education 13, 200–
                              211.
  USING INNOVATIONS IN ASSESSMENT TO SEE 
  WHERE THE HOLES ARE!
   Systems
     Energy 
  transformation
 Information 
     flow
  Structure 
  Function
  Evolution