I. ASCRC General Education Form (revised 9/15/09)
Use to propose new general education courses (except writing courses), to change existing
gen ed courses and to remove designations for existing gen ed courses.
Note: One-time-only general education designation may be requested for experimental courses
(X91-previously X95), granted only for the semester taught. A NEW request must be
submitted for the course to receive subsequent general education status.
Group
III. Language
VII: Social Sciences
(submit
III Exception: Symbolic Systems * VIII: Ethics & Human Values
separate forms
IV: Expressive Arts
IX: American & European
if requesting
V: Literary & Artistic Studies
X: Indigenous & Global
more than one
VI: Historical & Cultural Studies
XI: Natural Sciences
general
w/ lab  w/out lab X
education
group
*Courses proposed for this designation must be standing requirements of
designation)
majors that qualify for exceptions to the modern and classical language
requirement
Dept/Program Biological Sciences
Course #
BIOB 191N
Course Title
Prerequisite
Human Genetics, Your Family, and Global Health
Credits
II. Endorsement/Approvals
Complete the form and obtain signatures before submitting to Faculty Senate Office
Please type / print name Signature
Instructor
Phone / Email
3
Date
9/21/11
Sarah Certel
x6479
sarah.certel@umontana.edu
Program Chair Charlie Janson
Dean
Chris Comer
III. Type of request
New
X
One-time Only
Change
Remove
Reason for Gen Ed inclusion, change or deletion
Description of change
IV. Description and purpose of new general education course: General Education courses
must be introductory and foundational within the offering department or within the General
Education Group. They must emphasize breadth, context, and connectedness; and relate course
content to students’ future lives: See Preamble:
http://umt.edu/facultysenate/archives/minutes/gened/GE_preamble.aspx
See attached Course Description
V. Criteria: Briefly explain how this course meets the criteria for the group. See:
http://umt.edu/facultysenate/documents/forms/GE_Criteria5-1-08.aspx
Courses engage students in inquiry-based
Although not a lab course, this course will
learning activities where they formulate a
use case studies and genetic interactives to
hypothesis, design an experiment to test the
form inheritance hypotheses, understand. and
hypothesis, and collect, interpret, and present
test the hypotheses in class discussions, and
the data to support their conclusions.
present the results.
Courses explore a discipline in the natural
Students will learn how the science of
sciences and demonstrate how the scientific
human genetics is used to draw conclusions
method is used within the discipline to draw
on the risk of genetic disease.
scientific conclusions.
Courses address the concept of analytic
Students will learn how molecular biological
uncertainty and the rigorous process required to technology and processes are used to
take an idea to a hypothesis and then to a
rigorously test aspects of genetic inheritance
validated scientific theory.
and disease risk.
VI. Student Learning Goals: Briefly explain how this course will meet the applicable learning
goals. See: http://umt.edu/facultysenate/documents/forms/GE_Criteria5-1-08.aspx
Students will learn the general principles
1. understand the general principles
associated with human genetics.
associated with the discipline(s) studied;
2. understand the methodology and activities Students will understand the methods of
scientists use to gather, validate and interpret DNA and protein analysis used in genetic
testing.
data related to natural processes;
Students will learn how to accurately
 3. detect patterns, draw conclusions,
interpret risk hypotheses and the appropriate
develop conjectures and hypotheses,
methods to test their hypotheses.
and test them by appropriate means
and experiments;
Students will acquire an appreciation for
5. understand the means by which analytic
uncertainty is quantified and expressed in the country- and culture-specific differences in
attitudes toward the use of genetic
natural sciences.
information but still be able to verify and
defend the accuracy of the scientific
methods and results.
VII. Justification: Normally, general education courses will not carry pre-requisites, will carry
at least 3 credits, and will be numbered at the 100-200 level. If the course has more than one
pre-requisite, carries fewer than three credits, or is upper division (numbered above the 200
level), provide rationale for exception(s).
VIII. Syllabus: Paste syllabus below or attach and send digital copy with form.  The syllabus
should clearly describe how the above criteria are satisfied. For assistance on syllabus
preparation see: http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/syllabus.html
(attached)
See attached Course Description (with syllabus)
Please note: Approved general education changes will take effect next fall.
General education instructors will be expected to provide sample assessment items and
corresponding responses to the Assessment Advisory Committee.