Lee Gass
Photo by Lucretia Schanfarber

At the Vancouver
Institute at UBC in spring
2003 I spoke about interdiscip-
linary undergraduate programs we
were developing in the Faculty of
Science.  Here is the blurb
distributed before
my talk.

Professor Gass
helped change how thousands
of students learn. A 3M National
Teaching Fellow, he was instrumental in
creating three integrated, interactive UBC
programs: Science One and the Coordinated
and Integrated Sciences Programs. They
all bring disciplines together, enabling
a broader, deeper grasp
of science.

For example,
“with assistance from
a physicist, mathematician,
and chemist, a biologist can teach
photosynthesis at a much deeper level,”
explains Gass. “When students and fac-
ulty embrace this kind of learning,
it can be life changing for
both of them.”

A Decade of Innovation in Science Education

Edited June 2022