Description
This course introduces the organization of nature and the the nature of biological inquiry. It also provides students with the principles of cellular life such as life?s chemical basis, molecules of life, cell structure and function, metabolism, and photosynthesis. It continues with the principles of inheritance such as mitosis, meiosis, chromosomes, human inheritance, DNA structure and function. The principles of evolution and life?s origins are explored, along with the study of bacteria, viruses, fungi, plants, and animals. This course also has a required laboratory.