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Explain the evolution of quality systems in the United States as they apply to food and drug industries
Assessment Strategies
Essay
Criteria
Essay formulates a clear argument for or against the regulation of dietary supplements
Essay supports the argument with at least three credible references
Essay meets requirements for format, grammar, spelling and clarity as described in essay assignment
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Apply the Code of Federal Regulations and current Good Manufacturing Practices regulations
Assessment Strategies
Project plans for a GMP (Good Manufacturing Practices) facility for DNA isolation and testing
Criteria
Project plans clearly identify workers and their roles in each area of facility
Project plans present a clear and defensible workflow to minimize product contamination
Project plans describe the reasoning supporting the specific design
Project plans are clear, neat, and easily understood
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Perform quality laboratory work, focusing on proper lab technique, documentation, and calibration
Assessment Strategies
Skills demonstration, Laboratory notebook documentation
Criteria
Skills demonstration verifies correct use of balances, micropipettors, and pH meters
Skills demonstration displays proper calibration of instrumentation
Skills demonstration practices troubleshooting of equipment
Laboratory notebook documentation follows industry-accepted standards
Laboratory notebook documentation analyzes laboratory measurements for accuracy, precision, and linearity
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Prepare laboratory solutions correctly
Assessment Strategies
Skills demonstration, Laboratory notebook documentation
Criteria
Skills demonstration displays proper solution-making technique
Skills demonstration produces solutions of the correct concentration and purity
Skills demonstration verifies proper use of equipment, including calibration and performance verification
Laboratory notebook documentation follows industry-accepted standards
Laboratory notebook documentation analyzes solutions for accuracy and precision
Laboratory notebook documentation provides traceability for solutions as required by industry
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Characterize solutions using spectrophotometry
Assessment Strategies
Skills demonstration, Laboratory notebook documentation
Criteria
Skills demonstration displays proper use of qualitative spectrophotometry to identify compounds
Skills demonstration displays proper use of quantitative spectrophotometry to determine the concentration of solutions
Laboratory notebook documentation follows industry-accepted standards
Laboratory notebook documentation analyzes absorbance spectra data correctly to identify compounds
Laboratory notebook documentation illustrates proper analytical techniques to create and use standard curves
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Explain applications of a biology innovation
Assessment Strategies
Oral Presentation
Criteria
Oral presentation describes a current biology innovation
Oral presentation explains applications of this innovation
Oral presentation discusses ethical impacts of this innovation
Oral presentation meets requirements for format, grammar, spelling and clarity as described in presentation assignment