DIRECTOR OF THE MORSE ACADEMIC PLAN: Associate Professor Borenstein
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE MORSE ACADEMIC PLAN FOR FOUNDATIONS OF SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY: Clinical Assistant Professor Jordan

Science and technology play such a central role in the modern world that even individuals not directly engaged in scientific or technical pursuits need to have solid skills in quantitative and analytical reasoning and a clear understanding of scientific investigation. Even more than their forebears, citizens of the 21st century will need competence and confidence in dealing with the approaches and findings of science if they are to make informed decisions on vital political, economic, and social issues. Rather than striving for encyclopedic coverage of facts, Foundations of Scientific Inquiry (FSI) courses stress the process of scientific reasoning and seek to illustrate the role of science and mathematics in our understanding of the natural world. The objectives of the FSI sequence are to give students who will not be science majors a positive experience in scientific inquiry and to encourage learning about how science is done. The quantitative component of these courses emphasizes the critical role of mathematics in the analysis of natural phenomena. The courses within the FSI are collected into three groups—Quantitative Reasoning, Natural Science I, and Natural Science II. All lectures are taught by regular faculty, including some of the University’s most distinguished professors, and each course includes workshops or related laboratory sections led by graduate student preceptors.