Recommend students that have not had previous biology course take BIOL 102 prior to this course. The study of cultural man in regional environmental patterns, with emphasis on interrelationships of cultures and distribution of resources. Investigating the interrelationships of physical, psychological, social, spiritual, intellectual, and environmental health, also current health issues in the news. Emphasis is on a proactive, wellness approach to decision-making and health behavior, exploring education, cultural norms, social supports and barriers as determinants of behavior. Course requirements include a wellness project involving library research and a 4-5 page paper.
Shorter assignments allow students to apply course content to their personal situation.
Students are expected to develop a cinematic vocabulary and to be able to distinguish between realistic and expressionistic styles of directing and editing. Feature length films, mostly current and some foreign, are viewed and discussed. A study of the properties of real numbers, the properties of exponents and radicals, the arithmetic of polynomial and rational expressions, linear and quadratic equations and inequalities, and systems of linear equations, and an introduction to functions. Problem solving skills and critical thinking skills are emphasized. Meets 4 hours per week.