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Spring 2009
| Instructor: Christopher L.
Higgins, Ph.D. Office: 213I
Science building
Phone: (254) 968-9019
Email:
higgins@tarleton.edu
Office hours:
 | MWF: 11:00 - 12:00 |
| TR: 9:30 - 12:00 |
| By appointment |
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Course Description:
BIOL 120 is the first part
of a two-semester sequence designed to prepare biology majors for upper
level courses in biology and to provide non-majors a firm foundation in
the principles of biology. Course content includes cell biology,
developmental biology, classification and taxonomy, and evolutionary
theory. The course also introduces the way scientists approach and
attempt to solve problems leading to the discovery of and development of
new knowledge.
Major Learning Outcomes:
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Students should develop a
general understanding of the basic attributes of life,
including cell structure and function, cell metabolism, and
cell division. |
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Students should develop a
general understanding of the inheritance of characteristics,
including advances in gene technology as they relate to
changes in genomes |
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Students should gain an
appreciation for life processes of prokaryotic and
eukaryotic cells. |
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Students should be able
to compare and contrast the five kingdoms of organisms and
criteria used to assign species to each kingdom.
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Students should develop a
general understanding of the various theories of, and
evidence for, the origin of life and evolution.
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This page was last updated on
01/07/09
Copyright © 2005 - Christopher L. Higgins
(Tarleton State University)
Contact:
higgins@tarleton.edu
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