Awards, 14, 108, 109, 110, 111, 142

study panel members, 125, 126, 127, 128, 132-136 (passim), 153, 154-155, 163, 165, 166, 167

B

Being Fluent with Information Technology, 173

BioComplexity in the Environment, 13

Biomedical Research Abroad;

Vistas Open, 92-93

BioQUEST, 62, 181

BioSciEdNet, 62

Bridging Support for Physical/Computational Scientists Entering Biology, 14

Burroughs Wellcome Foundation, 14

C

Calculus, 5, 37, 41, 42, 48, 51, 56, 69, 169

Career planning, vii, 2-3, 5, 6, 24, 27, 28

interdisciplinary approaches, general, 14

non-medical biologists, 22-23, 27-28, 158

Carnegie Mellon, 98

Case studies, 53, 78

committee study at hand, methodology, 18, 123

computer science, 69-71, 98

ecology, 69

engineering, 71

genetics, 69

foreign exchange, research abroad, 92

mathematics, 68-71, 98

neurobiology laboratory, 80

physics, 82

plagues, 96

statistical analysis, 69

Cellular processes, 10, 11, 13, 29, 30, 32, 33, 40, 56, 57, 58, 80, 160, 161-162

Centers for Learning and Technology, 109

Chemistry, vii, 1, 4-5, 10, 11, 94, 99

see also Molecular processes accreditation, 146-147

atomic structures and dynamics, 30, 33, 35, 38, 47, 148, 156

basic concepts, 35-36, 137, 143-144, 147-151

committee study methodology, 2, 123, 124, 147

curriculum development, 29, 32, 34-36, 48, 50-51, 52, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 138, 143-145

introductory courses, 50, 56, 57, 58, 137-138

laboratory work, 85-86, 141-143

modules, 64-65, 66, 144

panel roster, 130

panel summary, 132-151

reactions, 30, 32, 34, 35, 36, 50, 66, 77, 81, 85, 86, 134, 135-136, 138, 139, 141, 143, 150-151, 154, 160

spectroscopy, 36, 38, 52, 56, 67, 84-86, 145, 151, 155, 156, 161

The Chronicle of Higher Education, 15

Coalition for Education in Life Sciences, 21

Computer science, ix, 1, 3-4, 10, 11, 13, 61, 72, 97, 99, 107, 143

see also Interdiscipinary approaches;

Internet

algorithms, 41, 42, 45-46, 52, 56, 164, 165, 168, 173, 174

basic concepts, 42-43

case studies, 69-71, 98

committee study methodology, 2, 29, 123

computational biology, 12, 13, 14, 29, 98, 99, 162-163

Front Matter (R1-R16)

Executive Summary (1-9)

1. Introduction (10-26)

2. A New Biology Curriculum (27-59)

3. Instructional Materials and Approaches for Interdisciplinary Teaching (60-74)

4. Engaging Students With Interdisciplinary and Project-Based Laboratories (75-86)

5. Enabling Undergraduates to Experience the Excitement of Biology (87-100)

6. Implementation (101-116)

References (117-120)

Appendix A: Charge to the Committee (121-124)

Appendix B: Biographical Information on Committee Members (125-129)

Appendix C: Membership of the Panels and Workshops (130-131)

Appendix D: Chemistry Panel Summary (132-151)

Appendix E: Physics and Engineering Panel Summary (152-162)

Appendix F: Mathematics and Computer Science Panel Summary (163-175)

Appendix G: Workshop on Innovative Undergraduate Biology Education (176-182)

Index (183-192)