General Biology

Catalog description

This course is designed for biology majors and minors and other students majoring in a biological scientific discipline who will take additional biology courses. It serves as a general introduction to fundamental concepts and principles of biology: evolution, classification, ecology, basic chemistry, cell structure and function, energy transformations, cellular reproduction, genetics and molecular biology. The laboratory component of the course provides students with experience in the process of biological science through experimentation, inquiry-based labs, and specific laboratory techniques. Students may not receive credit for both BIOL 150 and BIOL 160.(F, Sp)