BIO 112 General Biology II

Lecture: 3 Lab: 3 Clinic: 0 Credits: 4

This course is a continuation of BIO 111 . Emphasis is placed on organisms, biodiversity, plant and animal systems, ecology, and other selected topics. Upon completion, students should be able to demonstrate comprehension of life at the organismal and ecological levels.

This course has been approved for transfer under the CAA as a general education course in Natural Science. This is a Universal General Education Transfer Component (UGETC) course. The laboratory component of this course includes cutting up preserved animal specimens.

Pre-requisite(s): BIO 111 .
Course is typically offered in Fall, Spring, Summer
Course has transfer restrictions - 20 years

Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs)
At completion of the course, the student should be able to do the following:

Apply modern systems of classification to groups of organisms.
Explain how evolutionary processes result in changes to species over time.
Differentiate the characteristics of the major groupings of living things.
Diagram the life cycles of plants, protists, fungi and animals.
Describe the components, function and structure of vertebrate muscular, skeletal, digestive, excretory, respiratory, circulatory, nervous, and endocrine systems.
Describe types of interactions between organisms and the factors that influence population growth
Use select lab equipment and techniques effectively.