A general education course covering molecular biology, genetice, diversity, evolution, and ecology. Addresses the history of biological discovery, our current understanding of the science, and questions about where our research may lead us. This is the first semester of a two-semester sequence that is designed to develop an understanding of the basic concepts in biology from the molecular level to the ecosystem level. Topics include origins, anatomy, reproductive strategies, migration, flight, behavior, physiology, nutrition, and conservation. This 4-credit course is a survey of biological principles including cell theory, diversity of living organisms, bioenergetics, genetics and evolution.
Continuity is maintained via an ecological emphasis and the application of biology to everyday life.
Introduction to concepts of plant biology that are of human relevance using commercially important, edible, and medicinal plants as examples. Not for majors in the biological sciences. Environmental Biology 1134 is designed as an introductory course to the biological sciences with an environmental emphasis. The Mendelian basis of genetic analysis. Chromosomal mechanisms in mitosis and meiosis.