Students investigate principles and applications of cell biology.
Topics include the scientific method, cell structure and function, basic chemistry of life, gene structure and function, cell division, and genetics. This course is designed for non-science majors. This is an investigative laboratory to support BIOL 1401. This course introduces the non-science major student to the variety of living organisms, including animals, plants, fungi, protozoa, algae, bacteria, and viruses, and the biological principles that unite them. Attention is given to the evolution of these forms and their ecological interactions with each other and with humanity.