The Buc provides an opportunity for PC students to develop new skills, an opportunity to be informed, and inform others, of the issues facing PC, its staff and its students and an opportunity to be a part of something bigger than themselves."
Explore Career & Degree Pathways
Below is a list of our Areas of Study program maps that will prepare you to earn a degree or certificate.
Learning outcomes
Communications
- Comprehend the difference between written opinions vs ideas supported by scientific inquiry
- Demonstrate the ability to communicate scientific ideas and the process of science
Quantitative Reasoning
- Manipulate numbers (large and small), use common measurement systems, and solve simple linear algebraic problems
- Recognize functional relationships between and among measurable phenomena
- Apply systematic approaches and logic to solving quantitative problems
- Translate mathematical symbols into words and words into mathematical symbols
- Demonstrate the ability to use modeling and simulation to solve scientific problems
Information
- Recognize the difference between questions of high scientific impact vs those unlikely to provide critical information about a scientific phenomenon or process.
- Ability to apply the process of science
Critical Thinking
- Identify and troubleshoot scientific problems
- Demonstrate the ability to use quantitative reasoning and analyze data
- Demonstrate the ability to apply the process of science
Personal & Interpersonal
- Gain an understanding of the relationships between science and society
- Gain familiarity with and an appreciation for the interdisciplinary nature of science
- Demonstrate the ability to collaborate and understand the importance of collaboration in science.
Honors Program
If you are excited to learn, want to study with classmates who share your enthusiasm, and seek an opportunity to work with faculty mentors to explore your unique intellectual interests, our Honors Program is for you.
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