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Physical Sciences 
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Rubric Code: C2BWAA
By bpwhite
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Drafted course criteria and learner outcomes
  Not clear how met

There is insufficient information to show how this criteria is met. Need more information.

1 pts

Met sufficiently well

Sufficient evidence shows that this is addressed through course assignments and experiences. Expectations for students is clearly explained.

2 pts

Outstanding

Syllabus and assignments clearly show methods by which this is addressed; explanations of student expectations and learning objectives are outstanding.

3 pts

Course criteria
Courses in the Physical Sciences will encourage students to


Wonder about and appreciate the complexity of the physical world.
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Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Engender an appreciation for those aspects of order and predictability that may be found in empirical observation.
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Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Employ scientific methodologies to provide descriptive and explanatory answers to questions about the natural world.
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Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Apply scientific modes of thought, enabling students to critically evaluate assertions about the structure and function of the physical world in both technical literature and popular media.
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Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Develop an understanding of the importance of physical instrumentation as extensions of the human senses.
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Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Appreciate the application of scientific knowledge to contemporary issues that have a basis in the physical sciences.
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Met sufficiently well
Outstanding
Expected outcomes for courses
Upon completion, students should be able to


Articulate knowledge about the complexities of the physical world.
Not clear how met
Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Articulate aspects of order and predictability that may be found in empirical observation.
Not clear how met
Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Employ scientific methodologies to provide descriptive and explanatory answers to questions about the natural world.
Not clear how met
Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Apply scientific modes of thought in critical analysis about the structure and function of the physical world in both technical literature and popular media.
Not clear how met
Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Articulate the importance of physical instrumentation as extensions of the human senses.
Not clear how met
Met sufficiently well
Outstanding


Apply scientific knowledge to contemporary issues that have a basis in the physical sciences.
Not clear how met
Met sufficiently well
Outstanding
LABS
Definition of a lab

A course that fulfills the laboratory requirement in the Discovery Program will have two components: lecture and laboratory. The laboratory class will meet separately from (and in addition to) the lecture class and will be supervised by a faculty or staff member and/or a teaching assistant.

A laboratory class typically meets once a week and will be at least 90 minutes long. The size of the laboratory sections will not generally exceed 25 students per section.
Not clear how met

Course DOES NOT require a lab.
Met sufficiently well
Outstanding

Course DOES require a lab.
The lab will provide the students hands-on experience that reinforces and supports the material presented in the lecture portion of the course, and teaches them how the discipline uncovers and validates knowledge; how phenomena are understood through observation, experimentation and quantitative analysis; how data are collected and interpreted; how hypotheses are created, modified, and confirmed; and how scientific theories and models are constructed.




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