BIO101
General Biology
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Course Description: [return to top]
| General Biology is an entry-level general education course for the non-biology major; it provides a broad perspective of biological concepts and principles. While often the human will be the chief organism of focus, the course emphasizes fundamental themes and understanding of basic principles drawing from a diverse range of unicellular, multicellular, plant and animal species. The course is designed to create an understanding of topics such as the structure and function of life, metabolism and manipulation of energy by plants and animals, cell division, classical and molecular genetics, development, and the evolution and adaptation of living organisms in order to provide the student with the ability to make effective decisions regarding contemporary issues in life science. Bio101 is a 3-unit course; meets GE (life science, area B2) and IGETC (area B5) requirements. |
BIO101 Course Objectives: [return to top]
| 1. analyze the scientific method and evaluate hypotheses for scientific merit. 2. explain basic evolutionary fact and relate this to theories of the origin of life. 3. illustrate evolutionary fact as it relates to proposed mechanisms of evolutionary change (natural selection) 4. describe, in general outline, some of the modern biological discoveries and evaluate their impact on science. 5. describe the basic chemistry of biomolecules in plants and animals. 6. examine fundamental biological principles using the human species as the primary organism of discussion. 7. explain the process of information flow in biological systems from DNA to RNA to protein. 8. correlate molecular genetics with heredity and treatment of heritable diseases . 9. compare and contrast the structure and function of bio-organic molecules, cells, tissues, organs and systems. 10. compare and contrast orgaizational patterns of systems in various organisms . 11. evaluate the human species in the context of biodiversity in a broad taxonomy. 12. read, analyze, and interpret articles in selected journals and the public press for biological principles and basis. |