2025-2026_College Catalog 
    
    Apr 06, 2025  
2025-2026_College Catalog

BIO 105 - Environmental Biology


Credits: 4
Lecture: Three lecture.
Lab: Three lab.

Basic concepts of ecology and the importance of human interaction with the natural ecosystem. Field trips.

 

Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:

  1. demonstrate an understanding of ecological relationships between organisms and their environment;
  2. demonstrate an understanding of key concepts in evolutionary biology;
  3. demonstrate scientific quantitative skills, such as collection and analysis of data and hypothesis testing;
  4. demonstrate the ability to communicate scientific ideas in writing supported with credible citations;
  5. demonstrate an understanding of major anthropogenic effects on global, regional and local biological systems;
  6. utilize diagrams, graphs and/or tables to communicate data and scientific observations;
  7. communicate the results of laboratory experiments in a written format;
  8. analyze and test experimental hypotheses related to core concepts using the scientific method.


General Education: Physical and Biological Sciences
Special Requirement(s): Contemporary Global and International Awareness, Historical Awareness