For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected.
The Science Program at Seward County Community College provides opportunities to improve and enhance each student's understanding and comprehension of the natural world through a variety of courses and experience to develop a scientifically literate citizen.
Outcome #1: Read with comprehension, be critical of what they read, and apply knowledge gained from their reading to broader issues of the day.
Outcome #2: Communicate ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.
Outcome #3: Communicate their ideas clearly and proficiently in speaking, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations
Outcome #4: Demonstrate mathematical skills by using a variety of techniques and technologies.
Outcome #5: Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.
Outcome #6: Exhibit skills in information and technological literacy.
Outcome #7: Understand each other, moving beyond simple acceptance to embracing and celebrating the rich dimensions of other cultures by working as a team to learn, engage communities, exhibit cultural awareness, and create equity.
- Summarize and explain the processes and mechanisms of evolution
- Interpret organismal diversity using phylogenetic hypotheses
- Relate structure to function in organisms
- Explain how organisms interact with their environments
- Design and perform experiments
- The process of science
- Evolutionary history and the classification of life
- Ecology and sustainability
- Prokaryotes - diversity, classification, structure, and function
- Protists - diversity, classification, structure, and function
- Fungi - diversity, classification, structure, and function
- Plants - diversity, classification, structure, and function
- Animals - diversity, classification, structure and function
- Lecture and discussion
- Laboratory experiments, activities, and reports
- Use of biology software
- Demonstrations
- Computer simulations
- Microscopes and slides
- Models
- Outdoor classroom
- eBook and on-line resources
SCCC Outcome 1 will be assessed using class discussions, tests, and reports
SCCC Outcome 2 will be assessed using quizzes, exams, and reports
SCCC Outcome 3 will be assessed using class discussions and presentations
SCCC Outcome 4 will be assessed using quizzes and lab reports
SCCC Outcome 5 will be assessed using reports and lab activities
SCCC Outcome 6 will be assessed using tests, reports, and lab activities
SCCC Outcome 7 will be assessed based on group work
SCCC Policy
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Seward County Community College (SCCC) is committed to ensuring digital and physical accessibility for all students, in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. In alignment with the U.S. Department of Justice Title II accessibility compliance deadlines, SCCC continues to enhance the accessibility of its instructional materials, technology, and online content.
SCCC utilizes tools to evaluate and improve the accessibility of digital course content and help the College reach its compliance goals.
If you need support or academic accommodations due to a documented disability, please contact the Mental Health Counselor at 620-417-1106 or visit the Student Success Center in the Hobble Academic Building, Room A149.
To promote equal access, SCCC strives to provide captions and transcripts for all course videos and multimedia materials. If you encounter any issues with captions, transcripts, or other accessibility features in this course, please notify your instructor immediately so the issue can be addressed and corrected as quickly as possible.
SCCC remains committed to creating a learning environment that ensures all students can fully participate in academic programs and college activities.