This course is designed to provide science-majors with a foundation of knowledge to enable them to succeed in further course work in the life sciences. This first semester course covers a range of topics, from atoms to organisms, energetics to genetic engineering. Students will follow the concept of the relatedness of structure and function from the molecular level to the organismal level. There is an integrated laboratory component in all of CCCC's Biology courses, and thus they are all four credit hour courses.
All instructors use a common course syllabus .
If any change in the syllabus is made by an individual instructor,that information should be provided in an addendum handed out at the beginning of the semester. Some students encounter difficulty in this course because they are not realistic about the time demands of college science courses in general, and General Biology in particular. You may well spend as much time studying for this course as you would for two 3 credit hour non-science courses combined. We hope that this web page will assist you in your studies and thus increase your chances of success in biology. Explore the resources provided here and please give us feedback to let us know how we can make this powerful tool more beneficial for everyone.