2019-2020 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2019-2020 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIO 116 - General Biology II (lecture)

Lecture Hours: 45
Lab Hours: 0
Total Hours: 45
Units: 3
This course is the second in a two part series covering a general study of life processes, emphasizing basic concepts of biology suitable for health science majors and as a general education elective for non-science majors. Concepts to be covered in this second part include: cellular division: mitosis vs. meiosis, basic genetics: chromosomes, replication and inheritance patterns, protein synthesis and the molecular functioning of cells, molecular biological techniques and their application to modern biological problems, comparative anatomy and physiology of animal organ systems, natural selection, evolution and speciation, diversity of Life, organisms and their environment; ecology and animal behavior.

Prerequisites: BIO 111  and BIO 111L  or equivalent
Corequisites: BIO 116L 
Restrictions: Accelerated Science



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