BIOL 101 - Biology for Non-Majors

Credits: 4

Semesters Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer
Campus/Sites Offered: Charleston, Henderson, North Las Vegas, Online
Offering Note: Many sections are online.

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

Assess the methodology and perspective of science and its application to advancement of knowledge and problem solving.
Evaluate the hierarchical nature of life, in both structure and function, from the atomic level to the biosphere.
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.
Recognize human influences on the living world.
Apply laboratory and problem-solving skills such as observation, description, measurement, summarizing and interpreting data, and analyzing experimental design.

Prerequisite: None
Corequisite: None

Graded: Letter Grade