FIRST II
Survey 2004 Course Data
May 2004
Data from 90 of 178 participants (~50% completion)
Courses being reformed by FIRST II faculty
| Discipline |
# of Courses |
% of Courses |
| Applied Course (e.g. Agriculture) |
10 |
4.7 |
| Chemistry and Biochemistry |
13 |
6.1 |
| Cell and Molecular (includes Genetics) |
25 |
11.8 |
| Ecology and Evolution |
31 |
14.6 |
| Introductory Biology |
43 |
20.3 |
| Limnology and Oceanography |
5 |
2.4 |
| Math (includes Statistics) |
10 |
4.7 |
| Microbiology |
12 |
5.7 |
| Plant Biology |
9 |
4.2 |
| Physiology (includes Neuro, Imm, Nutr) |
15 |
7.1 |
| Geology, Geography, Astronomy |
7 |
3.3 |
| Zoology |
11 |
5.2 |
| Other |
21 |
9.9 |
| Total | 212 |
FIRST II courses by size:
| # Students |
Category |
# of Courses |
% of Courses |
| <15 |
S |
68 |
22 |
| 16-30 |
S/M |
144 |
46 |
| 31-60 |
M |
56 |
18 |
| 61-100 |
M/L |
21 |
7 |
| 100-200 |
L |
17 |
6 |
| >200 |
XL |
4 |
1 |
FIRST
II courses by audience:
these will not add to 100% since many courses include mixtures of these audiences
| Audience |
# of Courses |
% of Courses |
| Undergraduate non-science majors |
93 |
30 |
| Lower division undergraduate science majors |
95 |
30 |
| Upper division undergraduate science majors |
126 |
40 |
| Graduate Students |
35 |
11 |
| Pre-Service Teachers |
38 |
12 |
| Other |
10 |
3 |
# of students in FIRST II reformed classes each year:
10,800