A study of the scope and limitations of biological science.
Scientific information is integrated with important social issues.
Emphasis is on the study of the evolutionary development, classification, morphology and ecology of representatives of the major animal phyla. A study of the structure, function and importance of plants including a survey of the major divisions of the plant kingdom. A study of the biological basis of man's inheritance and genetic diversity, including chromosome behavior and modes of inheritance, interplay of genes and environment, and abnormalities related to genes and chromosomes. A comparative and theoretical coverage of basic aspects of cell structure and function common to most biological systems, including integration of cell theory, metabolism and gene action. A study of the major principles of biological inheritance through lectures, readings and discussions.