A laboratory designed to enable prospective elementary school teachers to become familiar with methods and techniques for teaching life sciences. An introduction to the principles of biological systems. Structural organization and functional interactions are studied at cellular, organismal and population levels. General Biology is a two semester course designed for students majoring in science. A study of the physiological factors affecting human performance during exercise.
Course includes lectures, laboratories and discussions.
Focused on the integration of several fields of science, the significance of those fields in contemporary life, and some women scientists who made significant contributions to those fields. Includes topics not regularly scheduled and not covered in other courses. A study of AIDS, including its history, causes and medical effects. Also included are current developments in treatment and prevention. Human anatomy and physiology are studied from a life cycle perspective.