TABLE 1.

Alignment between learning goals and course assessments.

Learning Outcomes	Assessment
Design and execute a dietary intervention plan to study the gut microbiome, with proper sample collection and storage	Assessed through data meeting reports, lab notebook points, and poster presentation
Become proficient in microbiome laboratory and computational techniques and skills	Assessed through data meeting reports, lab notebook points, and poster presentation
Apply basic microbiome principles and concepts to solve experimental problems	Weekly quizzes
Apply the scientific method in different ways, including writing hypotheses, analyzing results, reporting data, and proposing further experiments	Assessed by poster presentation, lab meeting reports and grant proposal writing
Report hypotheses, proposed research, results, and conclusions both orally and in writing to an audience of scientists and peers	Discussions of research articles, lab reports, and grant proposal writing
Interpret and evaluate results from lab experiments and primary research articles	Lab reports, lab meetings, poster presentations
Critically analyze scientific publications, research proposals and results	Lab discussions and problems and analysis of research articles, grant proposal writing, data meetings, poster presentations