Truman State University, Kirksville, MO 63501, USA.
CBE Life Sci Educ. 2010 Fall;9(3):284-9. doi: 10.1187/cbe.10-03-0046.
Inspired by BIO2010 and leveraging institutional and external funding, Truman State University built an undergraduate program in mathematical biology with high-quality, faculty-mentored interdisciplinary research experiences at its core. These experiences taught faculty and students to bridge the epistemological gap between the mathematical and life sciences. Together they created the infrastructure that currently supports several interdisciplinary courses, an innovative minor degree, and long-term interdepartmental research collaborations. This article describes how the program was built with support from the National Science Foundation's Interdisciplinary Training for Undergraduates in Biology and Mathematics program, and it shares lessons learned that will help other undergraduate institutions build their own program.
受 BIO2010 的启发,并利用机构和外部资金,杜鲁门州立大学建立了一个本科数学生物学项目,以高质量的、教师指导的跨学科研究经验为核心。这些经验教会了教师和学生弥合数学和生命科学之间的认识论差距。他们共同创建了目前支持多个跨学科课程、一个创新的辅修学位和长期跨部门研究合作的基础设施。本文描述了该项目如何在国家科学基金会生物学和数学跨学科培训本科生项目的支持下建立,并分享了将帮助其他本科院校建立自己项目的经验教训。