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Catalog Description
Introductory biology for all life science majors. Cell structure and chemistry, growth, reproduction, genetics, evolution, viruses, bacteria, and simple eukaryotes. (3 hrs. lect.)
Prerequisite: Credit for or registration in CHEM 151 or CHEM 161 or equivalent preparation or consent of the instructor.
Corequisite: BIOL 171L or consent of the instructor.
Recommended Preparation: High school biology.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Explain the process and philosophical basis of scientific inquiry;
- Distinguish between living things and inanimate objects.
- Describe the classification of living things, the kinds of criteria used to classify them, and the formal protocol in naming them.
- Describe the chemical architecture of living things and the functions of the major groups of biological molecules.
- Describe the parts, their structure and functions, of cells, diversity of cell types, cell metabolism, cell communication, and cell division processes (mitosis and meiosis).
- Solve problems in Mendelian genetics.
- Describe the processes whereby genes are expressed as the characteristics of the whole organism.
- Describe evolution as the unifying principle of biological science; and present the evidence supporting evolution and natural selection.
- Discuss current hypotheses/theories regarding the evolutionary process and the origins of life, eukaryotic cells, sexuality, and multicellularity.
- Describe the characteristics, systematics, and biology of viruses, prokaryotes, protists, and fungi.
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