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Developed through backward design using program learning outcomes (PLOs), these signature assignments were used to track student achievement at multiple points throughout the degree plan. For a new laboratory course, we targeted introductory level skills through a slide\u2010based presentation that involved molecular modeling. In the lecture course that followed, higher level skills were evaluated through a poster presentation\u2010based signature assignment. These assignments targeted three PLOs, selected for their alignment with the course learning objectives: structure\u2013function, flow and transformation of energy and molecules in biochemical pathways, and communication. While students in the lecture course attained the communication outcomes readily, students in the introductory laboratory course required an additional checkpoint to achieve higher levels of PLO attainment (74%). In the lecture course, PLO achievement for structure\u2013function and flow of energy and molecules objectives dipped after transitioning from a partner project to individually prepared work. Following an instructional intervention, attainment of the structure\u2013function PLO rose significantly from 39% in Fall of 2024 to 74% in Spring of 2025. 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