Preparing those who will
Educate Leaders for the
Technological Age . . .
The University of Mary Program in Biology Teaching:
- Provides students with the opportunity to develop and exercise leadership skills through various activities calling for organization, presentation of ideas, making and defending decisions and serving others.
- Engages students in a series of laboratory and field experiences using scientific, computer-based technology, and traditional methods of assessment and investigation.
- Demonstrates the relevance of the sciences to everyday life and the physical environment by doing problem-solving, designing experiments, and doing case studies.
- Gives students opportunities to construct laboratory exercises and research projects which will provide models for curriculum development in a high school setting.
- Provides the essential background for entrance into graduate school or professional programs.
- Teaches students how to learn and how to become lifelong learners.
As a biology teaching major at the University of Mary, you'll be part of an academic environment that employs a variety of learning strategies to ensure your success. Many courses offer students the opportunity to design and carry out research protocols based on real-world problems. We use the Bismarck Zoo as a field site for some of our labs, and offer a Marine Biology course in which students participate in hands-on field work in the Caribbean. We also offer a number of courses which use some of the latest molecular techniques.
Mission
We provide our majors a thorough and relevant foundation of knowledge in the biological and physical sciences. We offer academic programs in a Benedictine environment that prepare students to function as lifelong learners and servant-leaders in their chosen career of teaching or in some other professional science field.
Philosophy
Our philosophy is drawn from the university's foundations which are Christian, Catholic and Benedictine. We are a community of learners with students and faculty participating in the learning process. We seek to personalize learning, taking students from where they are to where they need to go. For students to become lifelong learners they need to discover how to learn. Thus we intend to equip students with the skills and knowledge base necessary to exhibit excellence as professionals who employ Benedictine values as servant leaders and team builders.
Outcomes
Graduates of the University of Mary Biology Teaching Program will:
- Be able to effectively communicate in both written and oral formats.
- Demonstrate a broad, relevant knowledge base in biological science and physical sciences.
- Exhibit analytical and critical-thinking skills as professionals and community leaders.
- Demonstrate the skills of lifelong learners.
- Demonstrate technical skills appropriate to their professions.
- Be successful in gaining admittance to graduate schools, or in securing employment requiring a baccalaureate degree in education.
Faculty
Sister Kathleen Angel, Ph.D.; Margaret Nordlie, D.A.; and Douglas Schelhaas, Ph.D.
