Life: Its Origin, Maintenance and Future

Catalog description

Life: Origin-Future Lab Component - First semester of a two-semester laboratory sequence (BIO 123L, BIO 124L). A presentation of the nature of living systems and the fundamental principles governing their creation in relation to current problems affecting the maintenance of life on earth. Special emphasis is placed on the interaction of biological and cultural evolution and the alternatives to extinction that challenge contemporary human beings. Three hours of laboratory per week. Co- requisite BIO 123. 1 credit. A co-requisite of BIO 123 is required.