Course Description

This course is a survey of the basic biology and diversity of unicellular and multicellular organisms designed to satisfy the major requirements for an Associate or Baccalaureate degree in the Biological Sciences. It emphasizes general biological principles, such as phylogeny, classification, structure, function, evolution, and environmental interactions by focusing on ecological, evolutionary, anatomical and physiological relationships among major taxa of bacteria, archaeans, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. The laboratory portion of this course emphasizes hands-on learning through hypothesis development, data collection and analysis in the field and laboratory; dissection, microscopy, and identification of living and non-living specimens. C-ID: BIOL 140, BIOL 135 S.