2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog w/ November Addendum 
    
    Oct 05, 2024  
2022-2023 Undergraduate Catalog w/ November Addendum [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIOL 102 - General Biology


(3 semester hours)
Prerequisites: None
Corequisite: BIOL 103  
Description: This course introduces the student to the major themes of biology, including properties of living organisms, comparison of eucaryotes vs. prokaryotes, patterns of inheritance, the central dogma, mitosis and meiosis, the diversity of life in both plants and animals, classification of organisms, evolution, metabolism, photosynthesis, cell structures, basic structure of the body, infectious disease, the Hardy-Weinberg principle, biodiversity, ecosystems, and the biosphere. A broad understanding of biology and living organisms in the biosphere is developed through hands-on, multimodal engaged learning opportunities in both the classroom and the companion laboratory component. Three hours of lecture, three hours of laboratory per week. Offered Fall and Spring semester, annually.



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