Development of practical liberal courses for students with non-biology majors under the

Yingyi Huo; Aijun Huang; Zhijian Yang; Cheng XU; Fan Yang; Ying Shi; Lei HE; Guoqiang Wang; Min WU

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Development of practical liberal courses for students with non-biology majors under the "Double First-class" background.

Author: Yingyi HUO ¹ ; Aijun HUANG ¹ ; Zhijian YANG ¹ ; Cheng XU ¹ ; Fan YANG ¹ ; Ying SHI ¹ ; Lei HE ¹ ; Guoqiang WANG ¹ ; Min WU ¹
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1. National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biology Education (Zhejiang University), Hangzhou 310058, Zhejiang, China.
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: life sciences; practical liberal courses; students with non-biology majors
MeSH: Biological Science Disciplines; Curriculum; Humans; Students; Universities
From: Chinese Journal of Biotechnology 2021;37(8):2976-2983
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Life sciences are the disciplines most closely related with human beings. As experimental disciplines, life sciences develop rapidly and highly intersect in many scientific fields. Under the "double first-class" initiative, the comprehensive development-oriented talent training system has put forward an urgent need for life sciences literacy and comprehensive ability training of college students. Taking the reform of liberal education curriculum system as an opportunity, we developed a series of eight life sciences practical liberal courses for students with non-biology majors. The courses cover all sub-disciplines or directions of life sciences, and aim to foster interdisciplinary talents with life sciences knowledge and literacy, as well as practical and innovative abilities. These courses could serve as references for experimental teaching centers in colleges and universities to set up practical liberal and experimental courses.