HMDV-161 STEM Seminar II

This course is a special one-credit course for the students in the STEM Learning Community. In Seminar II, the focus is on teamwork. Workshops are given in communications and ethics in the sciences. Students get to experience teamwork as they work in pairs on a competitive project for the end of the semester. Field trips and activities beyond the classroom are also planned. Enrollment is limited to those with STEM majors.

Credits

1

Hours Weekly

1 hour weekly

A graduate should be able to

1. 1. Recognize, describe, and use various styles of communication.
2. 2. Work in a team to create an innovative and imaginative means of doing a task using creative analysis and problem-solving methods.
3. 3. Assess, reflect, and critically analyze your/your team’s creative process and products.
4. 4. Develop techniques to help deal with the challenges of working in teams.
5. 5. Identify ethical issues in mathematics and science context and content areas and apply ethical perspectives in dealing with these.

A graduate should be able to

1. 1. Recognize, describe, and use various styles of communication.
2. 2. Work in a team to create an innovative and imaginative means of doing a task using creative analysis and problem-solving methods.
3. 3. Assess, reflect, and critically analyze your/your team’s creative process and products.
4. 4. Develop techniques to help deal with the challenges of working in teams.
5. 5. Identify ethical issues in mathematics and science context and content areas and apply ethical perspectives in dealing with these.