2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2021-2022 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors


Credits: 4
Description
An introduction to biology with emphasis on human concerns. Topics include aspects of organism structure, function, ecology, and evolution which provide a biological perspective for issues facing modern society. Intended to satisfy the lab science general education requirement.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Assess the methodology and perspective of science and its application to advancement of knowledge and problem solving.
  2. Evaluate the hierarchical nature of life, in both structure and function, from the atomic level to the biosphere.
  3. Assess the structure and function of DNA, including the roles it plays in the inheritance of traits by individuals; in the process of speciation; and in the concept of common ancestry.
  4. Recognize human influences on the living world.
  5. Apply laboratory and problem solving skills such as observation, description, measurement, summarizing and interpreting data, and analyzing experimental design.

Prerequisite: None



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