Innovative Graduate Curriculum
This limnology curriculum is built to be implemented in a flipped-classroom environment and was developed through the support of the National Science Foundation Division of Graduate Studies. The course material was written at the level of first year graduate students but many lessons could be used for upper level undergraduates as well. Modules are made to be self-containing and can be used in any order, though we do give one possible example of how our course is arranged.
Course Modules are organized around a single topic in Limnology and are intended to be self-contained and completed individually by students.
Foundational Modules are provided to give background information about concepts outside of Limnology to support learning for students from a variety of undergraduate backgrounds.
In-Class Activities are intended to instructor-facilitated group work activities of various arrangements for Limnology or related courses.
Student Projects summarizes semester-long research projects we assign to our first-semester students.
Full Curriculum gives one example of how to organize modules, in-class work, and projects for a full semester course.