BIOL 100 - Fundamentals of Biology

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

General Education Code(s): 23NS, 23RE

Prerequisite(s): None
Restriction(s): None

Corequisite(s): None

This course introduces the fundamental concepts of biology including cells, genetics, evolution, biodiversity, and ecology through lecture and laboratory activities. These concepts will be applied to contemporary issues in biology. This course is for non-nursing or non-science majors only.

Student Learning Outcomes of the Course: The general education requirement for natural sciences is satisfied by BIOL 100. 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 100. 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 100:

Describe the fundamental concepts of biology including cells, genetics, evolution, biodiversity and ecology
Apply these fundamental concepts to contemporary issues in biology.