Biology Major

BIO 111 - Principles of Biology 1.

Designed for biology, allied health, and other science majors. Emphasis at cellular level: chemical and physical organization of life, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell structure and function, bioenergetics, cell division, genetics, gene expression, protein synthesis, and evolution. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: one year of high school chemistry, one semester of college chemistry, or the equivalent.

BIO 112 - Principles of Biology 2.

Examines the diversity, evolutionary relationships, ecology, and physiology of organisms in the animal kingdom with an introduction to the protozoans. Emphasizes structure and function at the organismal level, classification, and phylogenetic relationships. Lecture and laboratory.

BIO 210 - Introduction to Botany.

Examines evolutionary solutions to problems of survival and reproduction faced by plants and their allies (plants, fungi, protists). Problems are investigated from a structure-function basis in an evolutionary- phylogenic survey. Physiological processes are emphasized, including the selective pressures involved in the evolution of these mechanisms. Lecture and laboratory. Prerequisite: BIO 112. Prerequisite recommended: BIO 111.

BIO 214 - Genetics.

Basic principles of heredity and variation emphasizing meiosis, Mendelian inheritance and probability considerations, sex and gene transmission and expression, linkage and crossing-over, the nature of the hereditary material, gene action, and genetic control of development. Prerequisite: BIO 111, 112.

BIO 215 - Cell Biology.

An introduction to the biology of the cell, including cell differentiation and growth, the nature of the organization of the cell, basic bioenergetics and enzyme function, cell environment, membrane structure and function, cell metabolism, and the work performed by cells. Prerequisite: BIO 111, 112; CHEM 231 or permission of the department chairperson.

BIO 216 - Ecology.

Effects of physical and biotic conditions on the distribution, abundance, and diversity of plants and animals. Dynamics of ecological systems at population, community, ecosystem, landscape, and global levels, and from an evolutionary perspective. Practical applications of ecological knowledge to environmental problems. Prerequisite: BIO 111, 112.

BIO 217 - Methods in Ecology.

Introduction to scientific study designs, measurements, data analysis, and the logic of inference as applied to ecological research. Focuses on a field research project that culminates in a written report and an oral presentation. Prerequisite or parallel: BIO 216.

CHEM 111 - General Chemistry 1.

Chemistry of the elements and their compounds with emphasis on basic principles. Atomic and molecular structure, chemical bonding, stoichiometry, properties of solutions, and nature of matter. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour recitation-laboratory period weekly. Prerequisite: one year of secondary school algebra or the equivalent.

CHEM 112 - General Chemistry 2.

Continuation and extension of CHEM 111, including chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, chemical equilibrium, chemistry of metals and nonmetals, and radioactivity. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour recitation-laboratory period weekly. Prerequisite: CHEM 111; MATHS 108.

CHEM 231 - Organic Chemistry 1.

Nomenclature, structure, bonding, and functional group chemistry of organic compounds. Three hours of lecture and one three-hour laboratory period weekly. Prerequisite: CHEM 112. Not open to students who have credit in CHEM 234.

PHYCS 110 - General Physics 1.

Studies the laws of Newtonian mechanics. Introductory fluid statics and dynamics, heat and thermodynamics, and wave motion and sound. Recommended background: one year of college preparatory physics in high school. Prerequisite: MATHS 112, trigonometry or appropriate trigonometry sub scores on Mathematics placement exam or passing grade in high school physics. Parallel: PHYCS 111 is recommended for students who have not attained the recommended background.