1. Realize three changes in ideological understanding. First, from the mode of thinking of planned economy to the mode of market economy, the scale of professional enrollment and the mode of talent training must establish the market concept; Second, from focusing on scale and quantity to quality and construction, we should focus on four aspects: the construction of basic teaching conditions, the cultivation of quality and innovative spirit, the weak link of close integration between upstream and downstream, and the enrichment, improvement and construction of teachers; Third, pay attention to the change from the ups and downs cycle to the positive and steady connotation development, not seeking scale, paying attention to quality, adapting to local conditions and running characteristics.
2. In the construction practice, three combinations, three highlights and one emphasis should be achieved, and three combinations should be achieved: first, the combination of reality and advancement of specialty setting; Second, the combination of professionalism and complexity of personnel training specifications; Third, the combination of basic and cutting-edge teaching content. Three stresses: first, emphasize application and practice in the teaching process and strengthen practical teaching links; The second is to emphasize the cultivation of students' comprehensive quality; The third is to emphasize students' innovation and entrepreneurial spirit. One key point is to attach importance to the close combination of teaching and scientific research, lay a solid foundation and continuously improve the running level of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering. In the teaching and training base, the research and development of scientific research products will take students' graduation practice and graduation thesis experiment, forming a close combination of Industry-University-Research.
Second, the orientation of the School of Biological Sciences and Engineering: a teaching and research section.
We think it is mainly based on three reasons. First, biological science itself is an experimental science; Second, it basically has the conditions for running schools for teaching and scientific research. The party and government of the school have established the guiding ideology of running an agricultural university featuring biotechnology, and attached great importance to the construction of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering. A relatively complete laboratory and training base have been built, with a high starting point and large investment. Third, the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering has a stable scientific research direction and remarkable scientific research achievements, which are quite distinctive. During the Tenth Five-Year Plan period, the scientific and technical personnel of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering presided over 26 projects, including 3 national projects, 8 provincial and ministerial projects, 5 horizontal projects, and the school-funded project 10 (including CAI courseware), and obtained 2,097,500 yuan in research funding. Three. Characteristics of specialty teaching in College of Biological Sciences and Engineering.
In the construction and school-running practice, the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering has initially formed the advantages and characteristics of "attaching importance to basic education of biological sciences, strengthening the construction of engineering specialty with downstream technology, paying attention to the integration and infiltration of modern biotechnology, and realizing the transformation and upgrading of traditional fermentation engineering".
1. With deepening reform as the driving force, optimize the talent training program.
Under the general principle of the Ministry of Education on the training objectives and business requirements of different majors, according to the characteristics of bioengineering and biotechnology majors in our department and the advantages of related disciplines, and drawing lessons from the experience of sister universities, the training plan and teaching plan of bioengineering and biotechnology majors were revised four times to better meet the requirements of the Ministry of Education on the modernization, diversification, personalization and popularization of higher education. It can also give full play to the advantages of biology in our school, reflecting that the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering of our school has set up the curriculum system based on the principle of "strengthening the foundation, broadening the majors, optimizing the structure, streamlining the contents, expanding the elective courses, highlighting the personality, paying attention to practice and forming characteristics". Construct the curriculum system in the form of "platform+module+elective course". The first platform: general education platform. Offering such courses is the basic way to carry out general education and quality education for students, mainly including "two courses", foreign languages, physical education, university information technology foundation, management, university Chinese foundation, situation and policy. The second platform: the platform for basic courses and professional basic courses. The third platform: professional course platform+module. "Elective course" is an interdisciplinary and interdisciplinary course and elective course which is closely related to bioengineering and biotechnology majors and teaches the knowledge of emerging disciplines and marginal disciplines. Elective courses include limited elective courses (also known as specialized elective courses) and elective courses (also known as public elective courses).
In the course setting of the second platform basic courses and professional basic courses for bioengineering and biotechnology majors, one is to highlight the engineering foundation and pay attention to strengthening the teaching hours of compulsory courses such as mathematics, physics and chemistry for engineering majors; The second is to increase the content of science, and increase the important basic theories of life sciences such as general biology, cell biology, basic biochemistry, genetics, microbiology, molecular biology, instrumental analysis, chemical engineering principles and mechanical drawing.
The third platform specialized course+module, bioengineering specialized course includes five main courses, such as fermentation engineering, bioengineering equipment, biomass separation engineering, biochemical detection and control, and introduction to modern biotechnology. At the same time, two modular courses are added, namely module 1: industrial fermentation direction and module 2: biopharmaceutical direction, each module has 9- 10 modular courses respectively. The major courses of biotechnology include industrial microbiology, fermentation engineering and equipment, biological material separation engineering, genetic engineering, enzyme engineering and cell engineering. At the same time, two modular courses are added, namely module 1: molecular biology direction and module 2: protein engineering direction. Each module has 8-9 specialized module courses. Respect students' autonomy in choosing their major interests, mobilize students' initiative in the development of science and engineering majors, combine the discipline development direction with the school's professional characteristics, make full use of the school's teaching and scientific research advantages in the field of life sciences, and fully reflect the respective characteristics of bioengineering specialty based on fermentation engineering and biotechnology science specialty based on cell engineering and the professional characteristics of talent training.
2. Promote the construction of teaching staff with curriculum construction as a link.
When the School of Biological Sciences and Engineering was founded, the status of faculty and staff. 199 when the college of biological sciences and engineering was founded, there were 10 professional teachers and 3 teaching assistants, totaling 13, with an average age of 35 years. Over 50 years old 1 person, 4 people over 40-46 years old and 8 people under 40 years old. There are 3 people with master's degree, 7 people with bachelor's degree and 3 people with junior college degree. Full professor 1 person, 2 associate senior titles, 5 intermediate titles and 5 junior titles. Such a teaching staff is unreasonable in terms of quantity, academic qualifications and professional titles. Therefore, enriching and strengthening the construction of teaching staff is the main task of discipline construction in the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering. The school has always insisted on putting the construction of teaching staff in an important position. The College of Biological Sciences and Engineering is actively introducing high-quality talents, mainly based on the teachers needed for basic courses and specialized courses of bioengineering and biotechnology, and at the same time paying attention to the cultivation and improvement of existing teachers, mainly adopting the following methods:
Some measures for the construction of teaching staff in the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering.
The core of discipline construction is the construction of teaching staff. Without a team of high-quality professional teachers, it is impossible to cultivate high-quality professional and technical personnel. To give students half a bucket of water, teachers must have a bucket of water. The faculty construction of the School of Biological Sciences and Engineering has been strongly supported by the Party and government, the Academic Affairs Office, the Personnel Office and relevant functional departments. In the implementation of the "curriculum construction as a link to promote the construction of teaching staff" plan, the party and government of our department have done the following work in recommendation, organization and coordination:
(1) Accelerate the cultivation and introduction of highly educated talents and improve the overall quality of teachers.
A. Select outstanding young teachers to apply for directional training of doctoral and master's students.
1998-2002 During the four years, according to the needs of curriculum construction, the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering recommended four young teachers with master's degrees to apply for in-service orientation training of doctoral students in the core courses of bioengineering in famous universities in China. 1998 Comrade Guo Meijin was admitted as a doctoral student by the School of Life Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology; In 2000, Comrade Huo Guanghua was admitted to Nanchang University as a doctoral student majoring in food science and food resources development. 200 1, Comrade Sun was admitted as a doctoral student in molecular biology major of Shanghai Jiaotong University. In 2002, Comrade Wu Xiaoyu was admitted as a doctoral student in biochemistry major of East China University of Science and Technology. In 2003, Comrade Chen Minghui was admitted as a master of directional on-the-job training in biomaterial separation engineering.
B. A new teacher. Select excellent graduates with high academic qualifications to enrich the teaching staff. Since its establishment four years ago, the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering has introduced eight young teachers from different universities and professions, including four masters and four undergraduates.
(2) Send young teachers to famous universities for further study.
In 2000 and 20001year, our department sent Professor Bo Gu and Assistant Professor Chen Minghui to the School of Life Sciences of Huazhong Agricultural University and the School of Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering of East China University of Science and Technology to further their studies in biotechnology and molecular biology, and returned to school to undertake the teaching tasks of the corresponding advanced courses.
(3) The tutorial system shall be implemented for young teachers, and on-the-job training shall be conducted.
For all the courses of bioengineering major undertaken by teachers with senior professional titles in our department, the department arranges young teachers to attend the whole course, implements the tutorial system for young teachers, carries out curriculum-based training, and is a good lecturer's teaching assistant. The lecturer and the teaching assistant prepare lessons together. For example, Professor Tu teaches microbiology, and compiles teaching plans, handouts, CAI courseware scripts, microbiology question bank, etc. according to the syllabus. Assistant professors assist Professor Tu in developing CAI courseware, printing question bank, attending lectures throughout the course, correcting homework in question bank, and answering questions after class and online. Professor Wu Xiaoyu gave a lecture on Industrial Microbiology Physiology and Genetic Breeding, and Comrade Li Xunhang served as a teaching assistant. So did he. The tutorial system for young teachers is of great benefit to improving the teaching level of young teachers.
(4) Select professional scientific and technological talents with practical experience from school-run enterprises to enrich the teaching staff.
From 200/kloc-0 to 2002, with the strong support of the personnel department, our department successively transferred three professional and technical talents with bachelor degree or above from Jiangnan Pharmaceutical Factory to our department as teachers. Two comrades, Wei, received teacher qualification training, and obtained the teacher qualification of ordinary colleges and universities in People's Republic of China (PRC). Comrade Wei undertook the teaching tasks of modern instrumental analysis for graduate students and fermentation analysis for undergraduate students, microbiology, agricultural antibiotics and insecticidal microbiology, and Zeng Jian, a senior engineer, served as the deputy director of the teaching and training base of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering, responsible for arranging the teaching and graduation practice for students of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering.
(5) Hire well-known experts and professors outside the school as part-time professors in our department.
Since 1999, the School of Biological Sciences and Engineering has been recommended and approved by the school, and has hired 8 well-known professors, experts and entrepreneurs inside and outside the school as part-time professors in our department. They are Professor Zhang Siliang and Professor Chu Ju, doctoral supervisors of School of Biochemistry and Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology respectively. Professor Deng and Professor Zhou Xiufen, doctoral supervisors of School of Life Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiaotong University; Professor Yu, doctoral supervisor of School of Life Science and Technology, East China Agricultural University; Sun Jianguo, Chairman of Shandong Shengli Co., Ltd., and Sun, General Manager; Zhou Huabao, vice mayor of Jingdezhen and alumnus of Agricultural University, is a senior engineer. These part-time professors come to the school for academic visits and reports from time to time, which plays a positive role in strengthening the close relationship between schools and enterprises, arranging graduation internships and expanding the external influence of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering. After four years' implementation of "taking curriculum construction as a link to promote the construction of teaching staff", the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering has achieved remarkable results. The number of professional teachers and teaching assistants has doubled, and the academic level and professional titles of professional teachers have improved significantly. The College of Biological Sciences and Engineering has 36 faculty members, including 2 full-time teachers and 8 teaching assistants, with an average age of 32. Full-time teachers and teaching assistants account for 58.33% and 22.22% of the teaching staff respectively, and the ratio of students to teachers is 21:6,81=1:32.43. Number and proportion of teachers with different educational levels: 1 doctor (3 students are studying), accounting for 4.76%; Master's degree 9 people, accounting for 42.86%; Undergraduate students 1 1 person, accounting for 52.38%. Number and proportion of teachers with different titles: 1 full professor, accounting for 4.76%; There are 7 deputy senior titles, accounting for 33.33%; There are 5 people with intermediate titles, accounting for 23.81%; There are 8 junior professional titles, accounting for 38. 10%.
3. Reform the experimental teaching system with the goal of cultivating innovative talents.
In view of the strong application characteristics of bioengineering and biotechnology, we pay attention to the reform and improvement of experimental teaching system. First, under the overall planning of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering, the traditional pattern that experimental courses of professional basic courses in our department are subordinate to theoretical courses and laboratories are attached to teaching and research sections has been reformed. According to the principle of "unified management, optimized allocation and resource sharing", the teaching experiment center of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering was established, with Zhang Hongyu, deputy director of the department, as the director of the center, to standardize laboratory management and improve the utilization rate of laboratories, instruments and equipment; Second, the experimental teaching reform of "organically reorganizing the experimental teaching content of microbiology series courses into five modules, including basic operation skills, basic theory verification, microbial genetic improvement, microbial technology application and microbial research topics" was carried out, which enabled bioengineering students to acquire systematic and standardized basic experimental operation skills of microbial strains, species protection and genetic improvement, and received very good teaching results; Third, in the practical teaching of the 99-grade bioengineering major, the teaching practice of the three major courses of fermentation engineering and equipment, biotechnology and metabolic control fermentation makes full use of eight sets of fully automatic stainless steel fermentation tanks and their supporting equipment in the pilot workshop of our teaching and training base as practice places; Fourth, the seventh graduation internship of the 99-grade bioengineering major lasts for 15 weeks, and 60-70 students are arranged to practice in more than one internship base off campus 10. About half of the students stay in the practice base of the department for graduation practice and research product development (compound microbial fertilizer). The practice content is based on three technologies: aseptic operation technology, pure culture technology and micromanipulation technology. Through the three technologies of fermentation technology, detection technology and product preparation technology, students can make full use of advanced fermentation equipment, detection equipment and post-processing equipment in the training base to ferment one or more products with different microbial strains, so that each student can get comprehensive practical training during the internship. In the 4th "Xing-Gan Cup" Science and Technology Paper Competition organized by the Academic Affairs Office and the Youth League Committee of our school, students of Grade 99 in bioengineering submitted 7 scientific papers, of which 4 won the first and second prizes 1 and 2 won the third prize. And two outstanding papers were recommended by the school to participate in the final of the eighth "Challenge Cup" extracurricular academic works competition for college students, and won the second prize of outstanding works in Jiangxi Division respectively.
4. Strengthen the construction of laboratories and teaching and training bases.
The laboratory construction and training base construction of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering have been highly valued by the party and government of the school and strongly supported by funds. In the past four years, the school has invested nearly 4 million yuan for the construction of our laboratory and training base, as well as the purchase of teaching instruments and equipment. Laboratory construction. From 2000 to 2003, the school invested more than 800,000 yuan to rebuild 10 high-standard professional laboratories. In 2000, it invested nearly 654.38+million yuan to transform 200 m2 on the east side of the second floor of the bioengineering building into a fermentation analysis laboratory, which mainly undertakes the experimental teaching tasks of biotechnology, metabolic fermentation analysis and instrumental analysis, and can accommodate more than 100 students to carry out experiments at the same time. 200 1 year, with an investment of more than 400,000 yuan, 800 m2 on the fifth floor of the bioengineering building was transformed into a microbiology laboratory and an industrial microbiology physiology and genetic breeding laboratory according to the national key laboratory standards. Each experiment is equipped with three experiments of nearly 70 square meters. The experimental tables in the laboratory are all made of imported corrosion-resistant and fireproof physical and chemical materials, and six laboratories can accommodate more than 200 students to conduct experiments at the same time. Microbiology laboratory mainly undertakes the experimental teaching tasks of 8 courses, including microbiology, soil microbiology, environmental microbiology, energy microbiology, food microbiology, edible fungi, virology and microbial fertilizer. Industrial Microbiology and Genetics and Breeding Laboratory mainly undertakes the experimental teaching tasks of five courses, including microbial physiology, microbial genetics and breeding, agricultural antibiotics and insecticidal microbiology, enzyme engineering and biopharmaceuticals. In 2003, nearly 300,000 yuan was invested to transform 800 square meters on the first floor of the bioengineering building into a molecular biology laboratory, which is expected to be completed in August this year. After the completion of the molecular biology laboratory, it will undertake the experimental teaching tasks of five courses, including molecular biology, cell biology, general biology, genetic engineering and cell engineering.
2) Construction of teaching and training base.
During 200 1-2003, the school invested more than 2.2 million yuan to build a new teaching and training base for our department, of which 400,000 yuan was used for 700 square meters of civil engineering construction. The civil works of the base include 120m2 pilot fermentation workshop, strain preparation room, shake flask culture room, intermediate detection room, instrument room, fermentation product post-treatment preparation room, medicinal materials warehouse, student practice classroom, etc. The base covers an area of about 10000m2. The fermentation pilot plant is equipped with two sets of fully automatic stainless steel fermentation tanks, with a value of1.4000 yuan, including 15 liters, 50 liters, 500 liters, 1.000 liters, and its supporting automatic air, steam and power systems. Each experimental platform in the base is equipped with instruments and equipment worth nearly 400,000 yuan. Every year, a training base is built for graduates majoring in bioengineering and biotechnology, such as fermentation engineering and equipment, biotechnology, metabolic control fermentation, enzyme engineering, protein project, biopharmaceuticals, microbial fertilizers, agricultural antibiotics and insecticidal microbiology, and bioengineering and biotechnology. The experimental training base of the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering covers an area of 5,000m2, with average students.
3) Purchasing of instruments and equipment.
From 2000 to 2003, the school has invested nearly 1 10,000 yuan to purchase 100 sets of high-powered biomicroscopes, centrifuges, spectrometers, purification tables, bottle shakers, incubators, refrigerators, autoclaves and other high-end instruments and equipment for four laboratories specializing in bioengineering and biotechnology. The total amount of instruments and equipment in the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering is 8.29 million yuan, and the average amount of instruments and equipment per student is 12, 173 yuan. The construction of teaching conditions in the College of Biological Sciences and Engineering, from the school's point of view, the construction of laboratories and training bases has a large investment and a high starting point, which provides a good hardware environment for undergraduates majoring in biological engineering and biotechnology to improve their experimental and practical operation skills and lays a good foundation for improving the quality of undergraduate education.