Fundamentals of Life Science

Catalog description

This course includes a lab. Biology 189 is a comprehensive course which serves to build a cornerstone of biological knowledge for students in health science majors, and fulfills the prerequisite for anatomy and physiology, and microbiology courses. The topics include biochemistry, cell structure and function, cellular metabolism, physiology, genetics, and gene expression. Biology 189 is a 4-credit, lecture and lab course, and includes 3 hours of lecture and 3 hours of lab per week. Biology 189 has a prerequisite of ENG 100 or ENG 101 or ENG 110 or ENG 113 with a C- or better; and a pre/co-requisite of MATH 104B or MATH 116 or higher (excluding MATH 122 and MATH 123) with a C- or better. The Biological Sciences Department HIGHLY RECOMMENDS that students complete their required Math course before enrolling into Biology 189.