Course Description

Full course for one semester each, taught by several staff members. The course furnishes an understanding of biological principles and the properties of life. Among topics considered are structure and function of plants and animals, relations of organisms to each other and to their environment, energy relations of organisms, integrative and coordinating mechanisms of organisms, cell biology principles, genetics, molecular biology, reproduction, development and growth, and the evidence for organic evolution. The laboratory work deals with the descriptive and experimental aspects of the topics covered in the lectures. Biology 101 or consent of the instructor is a prerequisite for Biology 102. Lecture-laboratory.