Introductory Biology 1 and 2 Genetics Go to an over-view of the requirements for the Biology Major .
Biology is a fragmented discipline subdivided into a myriad of specializations.
Biology 131 attempts to provide a coherent, unified picture of biology by ordering principles around structural levels of organization from macromolecules to ecosystems. Emphasis is placed upon interrelationships among the structural levels, and topics discussed are chosen to illustrate the correlation of structural and functional properties at each level. In addition, the basic principles of genetics, development, behavior, and evolution are discussed. The primary goal of the laboratory is to begin to introduce students to the practical application of scientific thinking to biology. Exercises are designed to provide the student not only with some of the factual basis of modern biology, but more importantly, they center on an introduction to the rigorous application of scientific methodology including statistics and modeling.