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Bi­ol­ogy 1101 is an in­tro­duc­tory Bi­ol­ogy course. It fo­cuses on the fun­da­men­tal prin­ci­ples of bi­ol­ogy, in­clud­ing tax­on­omy, struc­ture, re­pro­duc­tion, hered­ity, de­vel­op­ment and evo­lu­tion. Since Bi­ol­ogy is gov­erned by Chem­istry, a large em­pha­sis will be placed on basic Chem­istry early in the course. Learn­ing Out­comes: Upon com­ple­tion of the course, stu­dents will be­come con­ver­sant on the fol­low­ing top­ics: 1. The Sci­en­tific Method and gen­eral sci­en­tific in­quiry 2. Gen­eral In­or­ganic and Or­ganic Chem­istry 3. Bio­chem­i­cal make-up of or­gan­isms (specif­i­cally Bi­o­log­i­cal Macro­mol­e­cules) 4. Or­ga­ni­za­tion of cells and clas­si­fi­ca­tion of or­gan­isms based on cel­lu­lar com­plex­ity and or­ga­ni­za­tion 5. En­ergy, en­ergy pro­duc­tion and uti­liza­tion 6. Re­pro­duc­tion 7. In­her­i­tance 8. Mol­e­c­u­lar Bi­ol­ogy (DNA, gene func­tion, gene reg­u­la­tion) 9. Biotech­nol­ogy and Ge­nomics The Lab­o­ra­tory as­so­ci­ated with this course is meant to re­in­force the con­cepts learned in the lec­ture and to pro­vide hands-on ex­pe­ri­ence in sci­en­tific in­quiry and ex­plo­ration. From the lab­o­ra­tory com­po­nent, we will bet­ter un­der­stand data ac­qui­si­tion and data analy­sis. Most im­por­tantly, com­mu­ni­ca­tion of the find­ings in the lab will demon­strate the full un­der­stand­ing of learned con­cepts.

Biology 1101 is an introductory Biology course. It focuses on the fundamental principles of biology, including taxonomy, structure, reproduction, heredity, development and evolution. Since Biology is governed by Chemistry, a large emphasis will be placed on basic Chemistry early in the course. Learning Outcomes: Upon completion of the course, students will become conversant on the following topics: 1. The Scientific Method and general scientific inquiry 2. General Inorganic and Organic Chemistry 3. Biochemical make-up of organisms (specifically Biological Macromolecules) 4. Organization of cells and classification of organisms based on cellular complexity and organization 5. Energy, energy production and utilization 6. Reproduction 7. Inheritance 8. Molecular Biology (DNA, gene function, gene regulation) 9. Biotechnology and Genomics The Laboratory associated with this course is meant to reinforce the concepts learned in the lecture and to provide hands-on experience in scientific inquiry and exploration. From the laboratory component, we will better understand data acquisition and data analysis. Most importantly, communication of the findings in the lab will demonstrate the full understanding of learned concepts.