BIOL 135 - General Biology II

Credit Hours: 4
Lecture Hours: 3
Laboratory (or Other) Hours: 3

General Education Code(s): 23NS, 23RE
Prerequisite(s): BIOL 130 or permission of the instructor
Corequisite(s): None
Restriction(s): None

Topics covered include evolution and adaptation, theories concerning the origin of life, taxonomy, a phylogenetic survey of the kingdoms of living organisms, a study of the anatomy and physiology of the vertebrate body, animal behavior, and fundamentals of ecology.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The general education requirement for natural sciences is satisfied by BIOL 135. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including an understanding of the methods scientists use to explore natural phenomena, including observation, hypothesis development, measurement and data collection, experimentation, evaluation of evidence, and employment of data analysis or mathematical modeling; and
demonstrate scientific reasoning applied to the natural world, including application of scientific data, concepts, and models in one of the natural sciences.

The general education requirement for critical thinking is satisfied by BIOL 135. To meet this General Education requirement, students will be able to:

clearly articulate an issue or problem;
identify, analyze, and evaluate ideas, data, and arguments as they occur in their own or others’ work;
acknowledge limitations such as perspective and bias; and
develop well-reasoned (logical) arguments to form judgments and/or draw conclusions.

Course-specific SLOs for BIOL 135:

Describe fundamental concepts of biology including the origin of life, taxonomy, and ecology.
Apply the theory of evolution to various concepts in biology