2022-2023 College Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2022-2023 College Catalog [***ATTENTION: THIS IS AN ARCHIVED CATALOG***]

BIO 100 - Biology Concepts


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

Basic principles and concepts of biology. Explores methods of scientific inquiry and behavior of organisms and energy in biological systems.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
  1. utilize the scientific method in developing and testing hypotheses;
  2. analyze significant current events in science and explain their significance;
  3. evaluate the significance of changes in basic environmental variables to ecosystem function;
  4. discuss the basic phenomena important to population dynamics and organismic interactions;
  5. analyze the essential arguments for the theory of evolution;
  6. apply basic mendelian genetics;
  7. explain the fundamentals of human genetics and human inherited disease;
  8. evaluate the main biotechnologies and explain the implications of genetic engineering from both a societal and individual point of view;
  9. list the basic molecules of living systems;
  10. demonstrate an understanding of fundamental cellular organization and energetic principles.


Prerequisite(s): ENG 099  or placement.
General Education: Physical and Biological Sciences.