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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

BIO 1028 - Principles of Biology II

Credits: 4
The Unity and Diversity of Life: Organisms, Ecology and Evolution. An introduction to biological principles centered on organisms, adaptation and evolution. The course will focus on the process of evolution and the diversity of higher organisms. The course will explore how and why all living organisms must deal with the transmission of information, with the capture and expenditure of energy, with transport of materials, and with self-regulation. The course will have an integrated lecture and laboratory and will stress the relationships between organismal adaptation, form, function, ecological relationships and evolution.
Prerequisite(s): BIO 1027  or BIO 1025  or consent of instructor.
Corequisite(s): BIO1028L
Fulfills: STEM in LS Core.
3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab