Module: 3
Sponsoring Program: BMS
Administrator: Priscilla Pereira

STUDY LIST INFORMATION
Course Number: BMS 270
Course Name: Science is Story: The Biology of Storytelling and the Role of Narrative in Science Education
Units: 3
Grading Option: S/U
Course Director: Scott Kogan

MORE COURSE INFORMATION
Dates: May 12, 2025 - May 30, 2025
Campus: PH
Location: CS 1111
Schedule: M-F: 10:00am-11:00am
Minimum Class Size: 4
Maximum Class Size: 12

The iteration of the course includes:

(i) proposing the idea that story is a method that can be useful in science, just as proteomics can be useful in science
(ii) a framework of story arching across the course with each unit being recognized as a chapter in the larger story
(iii) the structure of topic units with pre-class self-assessment of knowledge and goals, non-synchronous topic exploration, synchronous topic presentation and discussion, and post-class self-assessment of learning.

Planned units include Introduction, Concepts in Story and Education, The Neurobiology of Story, Story in Science Education, Story in Science Communication: communication within scientific communities, Story in Science Communication: scientists communicating with the public, Science Inclusion and Access through Story, Telling your Science Story, Metacognition of Story, and A Life in Science.