BIO 141 : Organisms to Ecosystems

This course is designed as an introductory biology course that will provide foundational knowledge for upper division Life Sciences electives such as Evolution, Evolutionary Genetics PBL, Zoology, Human Physiology, and Marine Ecophysiology PBL). This course is also designed for those students who are interested in science courses offered in Environmental Studies. This course, combined with the biology portions of IBC 200 (Integrated Biology and Chemistry), is equivalent to the material in a year-long Introductory Biology sequence.
This course focuses on the five fundamental characteristics of life:
1. All living things evolve
2. All living things are made of cells
3. All living things reproduce/replicate themselves
4. All living things process information, either information encoded in their genes or information from their environment
5. All living things acquire, use, store, and transport energy