(4 hr) A study of human structure and function, emphasizing an organ systems overview with application to lifestyle, nutrition, infectious diseases, and other common diseases such as cancer and cardiovascular disease. Three lectures and two hours laboratory per week.
A consideration of biology as a dynamic, unified science of life, emphasizing general principles. Three lectures and two hours laboratory per week.
The course provides an overview of environmental problems. Emphasis is placed on the interdependence, diversity, and vulnerability of the earth's life-support systems. Covers major aspects of interrelated problems of increasing human population, decreasing resources, and increasing stress on the environment.
- A study of fundamental biological principles as expressed in the structure and activities of animals. The major groups of the animal world are surveyed with reference to morphology, physiology, reporduction, evolution and ecology. Two lectures and four hours of laboratory per week. Prerequisite: BIO 111
(4 hr) This course studies the structure of the body and the function of its parts. Lectures cover the structure of the human body systems and are integrated with corresponding physical principles. Studies of the muscular system and human skeleton are emphasized in the laboratory. There are three hours of lecture and two hours of laboratory per week.
- This course covers the natural chemistry, physics and biology of lakes and rivers, and the impact of human activities on these systems. Topics include heat budgets; water movement; planktonic, benthic and other communities; light on water; oxygen and carbon dioxide cycling; trophic status; and nutrient cycling.
