BIO 103L - Principles of Biology I Laboratory

Lab section which must be taken concurrently with BIO 103. 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). Limited to science majors and biology minors. Offered: Fall.

Corequisites BIO 103

Credits: 0

Class Level First Year Undergraduate
Program Undergraduate