BIOL 101 introduces students to the process of science through the biological sciences including the historical development of scientific concepts and the interaction of society with science. BIOL 101 is primarily designed to serve non-science majors and presents a broad survey of biology with special emphasis on its relevance in our everyday lives.
Recommended Preparation
High school chemistry, CHEM 100, or a higher-level chemistry course; concurrent enrollment in BIOL 101L; placement in ENG 100
Course Outcomes
- Distinguish science as a way of knowing from other epistemological systems.
- Describe the historical development of the discipline of biology into what it is today, relating the contributions made by significant individuals and concepts of the past to modern biology.
- Explain the major integrating principles of biology, including, but not limited to the chemical basis for life, energy acquisition and utilization, cell theory, evolution, and inheritance.
- Describe the origin, history and organization of the diversity of life on Earth.
- Describe how living systems function as emergent properties of the organizational levels within the hierarchy of life from atoms to the biosphere.
- Present informed, rational and objective opinions on biologically-related issues important to human society.