Biology for a Changing World

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This course introduces the principles and technologies of modern biology. It covers the cellular and molecular structure of organisms, how life works on the basis of energy and metabolism, and how life reproduces through cell division and inheritance. The course will provide an overview of the biological process from gene expression, epigenetic modification, cell cycle and differentiation, mutation and cancer, and the signaling pathways and mechanisms among the cells in a changing world. Prerequisite: None. Antirequisite: Students who have taken CHEM-SHU 125 Foundations of Chemistry I are not eligible. Fulfillment: CORE ED.