Biology Taught Functionally

Catalog description

Biomimicry teaches biology through the lens of function, thereby providing a core understanding in biology for all students, no matter their background. Explores how biologists gather and research information and how that knowledge can inform other disciplines. Also introduces the art of translating biological concepts into strategies for application, which is then carried throughout all the courses. Students learn how to work with biologists on a biomimicry team and how to weave biology and biomimicry together. The biologists in the cohort not only learn to look at nature through the function lens, but also act as subject matter experts for their interdisciplinary teams and teaching assistants.