SYMBIOSIS:

• Is an inquiry-based, active-learning, student-centered curriculum in which Biology and Mathematics & Statistics are coupled beginning at the earliest stages of a student’s college career
• Meets many of the objectives set forth in:
      * The National Research Council's report
         'A New Biology for the 21st Century' (2009)
      * The National Research Council's report
        'BIO2010' (2003)
       * The National Academy of Sciences, The National     
        Academy of Engineering and Institute of Medicines
        report 'Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited'
        (2010)
• Matches many of the learning competencies and objectives set forth in:
      * The Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the
        American Association of Medical Colleges
        'Scientific Foundations for Future Physicians' (2009)
        Careful consideration of the objectives of the
        SYMBIOSIS modules enabled us to map the modules
         to these competencies
  
• Prepares students for careers in Quantitative Biology, Biomedical Fields, Research, STEM Education and Academia
  
  

Our Future Plans are to revise, implement and assess the
SYMBIOSIS curriculum as our introductory
three-semester biology course for
science majors, pre-professionals and future science educators
at ETSU in Fall 2012 with the intent of having
this revolutionary new curriculum be at the
forefront of education reform.

The initial development of the SYMBIOSIS initiative was funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Grant #52005872 for $1.7M

Last updated:  October 29, 2010