2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Apr 19, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIOL 095 - Basic Biology


Credits: 3
Description
An introduction to the principles of math, chemistry, cell biology, energetics, and molecular genetics designed to prepare students for college freshman biology. The application of study skills to biology courses will also be emphasized. This course is non-transferable.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Improve skills related to success in college courses, such as verbal and written communication, active reading, note taking, study skills, time management, and group interaction.
  2. Recognize the themes that recur in biology, the order of living things, and the principles of classification.
  3. Demonstrate how atomic structure and chemical bonding creates macromolecules within living organisms.
  4. Integrate the organization and structure of cells with the functions of cells and organelles.
  5. Explain the structural organization of biological membranes and describe how structure relates to membrane transport.
  6. Describe the various forms of energy, and analyze the role of energy in an ecosystem, including the general characteristics of cellular respiration.

Prerequisite: None



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