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Credit: 1 course unit
Elective course
Catalog Description:
This course will provide Penn undergraduate students with the
opportunity to learn fundamental engineering concepts behind a wide-range
of bioengineering applications in the world. Students will reinforce
their learning of these concepts by teaching them to high school
students.
For the Fall 2005 semester, this will take place at the Science,
Engineering, and Math
Academy at
University City High School (UCHS).
Students will spend a portion of their time teaching at the high
school. At UCHS the Penn students
will teach the bioengineering topics, relate them to familiar elements of
students’ lives, and lead UCHS students in hands-on inquiry based
activities. The activities are intended to compliment the curriculum of
an elective class recently begun at UCHS.
In addition, the Penn students will develop activities for use in
future semesters, and will present their new activities to each other in
class. The course will be capped
by a poster project performed by teams of UPenn
and UCHS students.
Prerequisites: None
Textbook(s) and/or other required material: Coursepack
Course Objectives:
- Learn and develop effective methods for
teaching technical concepts
- Learn fundamental concepts behind
bioengineering applications
- Discuss ethical questions related to each
topic
- Reinforce their own learning by teaching
concepts to high school students
Topics covered
- Principles of teaching science
- DNA and Genetics
- Gene Therapy
- Stem Cells and Neuroengineering
- Tissue Engineering
- Biomechanical Engineering
- Imaging
- Medical Devices
Class/Laboratory Schedule:
Lecture: 3 hr/week
Contribution towards Professional Component:
50% Basic science
50% General education / ethics
Contribution
towards Program Outcomes:
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Multidisciplinary
Ability
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High
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Problem Solving
Approach
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Low
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Problem Solving
Methods
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Low
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Experimentation
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Low
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Design
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Low
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Professional
Orientation
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High
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Person Preparing Description and Date:
Dawn M. Elliott
July 2007
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