Natural and Applied Science Core Course Rubric

NATURAL AND APPLIED SCIENCE CORE COURSE RUBRIC 1. The purpose of the Natural and Applied Science (N&AS) core requirement is to develop a better understanding of the physical and biological world by learning some of the principles that explain the natural phenomena of the universe, the experimental method used to derive those principles, and their applications. Study in this area is undertaken as part of the general education requirements in order to promote scientific literacy, that is, the ability to read and understand the science issues being debated in society.

Not Met Minimally Met Adequately Met Fully Met 0 1 2 3 4 5 Course does not Course minimally Course adequately Course fully develops develop better scientific develops scientific develops scientific scientific understanding understanding or understanding or understanding or and fully promotes promote scientific minimally promotes adequately promotes scientific literacy. literacy. scientific literacy. scientific literacy.

2. Course Outline and Description: Students receiving passing grades in the N&AS courses of the core curriculum will demonstrate competency in the following areas: (1) knowledge of scientific principles; (2) an ability to write clearly and concisely using the style appropriate to the sciences; (3) an ability to interpret scientific data; (4) an ability to analyze experimental design critically; and (5) laboratory skills. Not Met Minimally Met Adequately Met Fully Met 0 1 2 3 4 5 Outline and description Outline and description Outline and description Outline and description do not adequately addresses only one or addresses three or four fully addresses all five address any of the two of the N&AS of the N&AS of the N&AS N&AS competency competency areas. competency areas. competency areas. areas.

3. Response to Criteria: Course addresses the University of Idaho Learning Outcomes. Not Met Minimally Met Adequately Met Fully Met 0 1 2 3 4 5 Proposal does not Proposal identifies Proposal identifies Proposal describes a demonstrate objectives and objectives and course specifically integration of learning demonstrates some demonstrates designed to help outcomes in course attempt to integrate integration of learning students achieve design. learning outcomes in outcomes in course learning outcomes and course design. design. links activities and assignments to course objectives.

4. Qualifications: If the instructor is not a full-time faculty member, please briefly describe experience teaching general education or in teaching in professional preparation. Not Met Minimally Met Adequately Met Fully Met 0 1 2 3 4 5 Course instructor does Course instructor has Course instructor is Course instructor is not have the academic minimal qualification to academically qualified academically highly qualifications to teach teach general education at an acceptable level qualified to teach general education and has teaching to teach general general education courses and lacks support from qualified education and has some courses and has teaching experience. mentors. evidence of effective evidence of effective teaching. teaching.