BIO 103 - Principles of Biology I

First semester of a two semester introductory sequence providing a survey of major biological concepts and principles important to all living organisms. Topics include the chemistry of life (matter, water, carbon-based molecules), cells (prokaryotic and eukaryotic, membrane structure and function, metabolism, cell cycle), genetics (meiosis, Mendelian genetics, inheritance, gene expression), mechanisms of evolution (descent with modification, evolution of populations, origin of species), and the evolutionary history of biological diversity (including bacteria, archaea, protists, plants, and fungi). Integrates laboratory and classroom work. Limited to science majors and biology minors.

Corequisites BIO 103L

Credits: 4

Class Level First Year Undergraduate
Program Undergraduate