Address 338 Wolf Hall Office Hrs. The biology of cells, including structure and function, heredity, and gene expression. An introduction to evolution.
Laboratory focuses on experimentation and data analysis.
Introductory Biology is intended to be a survey course which introduces students to the breadth of biological sciences and prepares them for higher level courses in biology or other science majors. Therefore a broad-based understanding of content is important. But so are the skills which will be needed to continue learning later in life. Although the lecture format of teaching has the potential to deliver content, there is no assurance that a student will develop the skills mentioned above, since listening to lecture is a very passive activity. For each major topic of the course, a learning guide will be posted on-line with suggested readings, questions and learning objectives.