BIOL200 — Ecology, Evolution, Biodiversity and Human Impact
Add to Personal Bookmarks Number of Examine the foundational connections between species, evolution, ecology, and biodiversity. Explore Mendelian genetics, natural selection, population genetics, speciation, and genetic drift. Investigate the importance of ecological topics and biodiversity, including population growth and regulation, factors impacting species distribution, foundations of community and ecosystems, and the stewardship role of humans in protecting biodiversity. Engage in group work with active-learning and project-based assessments including a required service-learning component. Utilize scientific skills of formulating questions and hypotheses, collecting, analyzing, reporting, and interpreting data. The majority of lectures will be online with two-hour required face-to-face active learning sessions, including required service- learning activities. This is a 4-credit non-lab science course designed for students in non-allied health pathways. This course does not satisfy the requirements for pathways in allied health, nursing, PTA, exercise and health sciences, STEM, or psychology. Advanced Placement Exam (Biology with a score of 4) and CLEP (Biology with a score of 50) accepted. Students cannot use both BIOL-200 and BIOL-202 to fulfill General Education science requirements. (Spring) Four hours lecture each week. Four Credits. Four billable hours. GENERAL EDUCATION. Category: Biological and Physical Sciences Course
Prerequisites: BIOL100, BIOL101, ENGL101, MAT094, MAT015, MATH113