BIOL 110: General Biology I

Class Program
Credits 3
Catalog
Undergraduate

This course introduces learners to the general concepts of biology, including the chemical and cellular organization of living things, metabolism, cell division, traditional and molecular genetics, evolution and ecology. Emphasis will be given to the cellular structure, function, metabolism, molecular form, life function, reproductive and genetic patterns. This is an introductory biology course designed for non-science majors.

Prerequisite Courses
Prerequisites

Or taken concurrently.

Course Outcomes

After successfully completing the course, the learner will be able to:

  • Demonstrate competency in scientific reasoning adheres to a self-correcting systematic inquiry system and relies on empirical evidence to describe, understand, predict, and control natural phenomena.
  • To differentiate a scientific argument from a non-scientific argument; and reason by deduction, induction, and analogy.
  • Briefly describe unifying themes that pervade the science of biology.
  • Diagram the hierarchy of structural levels in biology.
  • Explain how the properties of life emerge from complex organization.
  • Demonstrate the ability to generate an empirically evidenced and logical argument;
  • Distinguish between causal and correlational relationships; recognize inquiry methods that lead to scientific knowledge;
  • Explain what is meant by “form follows function”.
  • State eight elements essential to life that make up most of living matter.
  • Explain the relationship between the polar nature of water and its ability to form hydrogen bonds.
  • List 7 major organic compound functional groups, their names, and their general chemical properties.
  • List four groups of organic compounds and describe their function in living systems.
  • Explain the naming of carbohydrates as to arrangements of carbons and functional groups.
  • Explain the general structure, chemical properties and functions of lipids.
  • Explain how enzyme activity can be regulated or controlled by environmental conditions, cofactors, enzyme inhibitors and allosteric regulators.