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| Discipline and Nbr:
BIO 10 | Title:
INTRO PRIN BIOLOGY |
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| Full Title:
Introduction to Principles of Biology |
| Last Reviewed:2/10/2025 |
| Units | Course Hours per Week | | Nbr of Weeks | Course Hours Total |
| Maximum | 4.00 | Lecture Scheduled | 3.00 | 17.5 max. | Lecture Scheduled | 52.50 |
| Minimum | 4.00 | Lab Scheduled | 3.00 | 8 min. | Lab Scheduled | 52.50 |
| | Contact DHR | 0 | | Contact DHR | 0 |
| | Contact Total | 6.00 | | Contact Total | 105.00 |
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| | Non-contact DHR | 0 | | Non-contact DHR Total | 0 |
| | Total Out of Class Hours: 105.00 | Total Student Learning Hours: 210.00 | |
Title 5 Category:
AA Degree Applicable
Grading:
Grade or P/NP
Repeatability:
00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
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Catalog Description:
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Students will explore introductory topics in biology including: scientific literacy, ecology, biodiversity, physiology and anatomy, chemistry of life, cell and molecular biology, genetics, and evolution.
Prerequisites/Corequisites:
Completion of intermediate algebra or higher or AB705 placement into Math Tier 1 or higher
Recommended Preparation:
Limits on Enrollment:
Schedule of Classes Information
Description:
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Students will explore introductory topics in biology including: scientific literacy, ecology, biodiversity, physiology and anatomy, chemistry of life, cell and molecular biology, genetics, and evolution.
(Grade or P/NP)
Prerequisites:Completion of intermediate algebra or higher or AB705 placement into Math Tier 1 or higher
Recommended:
Limits on Enrollment:
Transfer Credit:CSU;UC.
Repeatability:00 - Two Repeats if Grade was D, F, NC, or NP
ARTICULATION, MAJOR, and CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
| Associate Degree: | Effective: | Fall 1981
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| Area: | C
| Natural Sciences
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| CSU GE: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | B2 | Life Science | Fall 1981 | |
| | B3 | Laboratory Activity | | |
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| IGETC: | Transfer Area | | Effective: | Inactive: |
| | 5B | Biological Sciences | Fall 1981 | |
| | 5C | Fulfills Lab Requirement | | |
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| CSU Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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| UC Transfer: | Transferable | Effective: | Fall 1981 | Inactive: | |
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Certificate/Major Applicable:
Both Certificate and Major Applicable
COURSE CONTENT
Student Learning Outcomes:
At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
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1. Explain and integrate the core concepts of biology (evolution and adaptation, structure and function, systems and biology, flow of information, flow of energy and matter) as they apply to topics of cell and molecular biology, organismal biology, genetics, evolution, and ecology.
2. Demonstrate skills in biology's core competencies.
Objectives:
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At the conclusion of this course, the student should be able to:
1. Discuss relationship and connections between the five core concepts.
2. Evaluate how evidence for evolution relates to the scientific process and be able to construct an argument to counter common evolution misconceptions.
3. Apply the core concept of evolution and adaptation to all course content, cell and molecular biology, genetics, organismal, and ecology.
4. Integrate microevolutionary mechanisms with macroevolution.
5. Correlate the structure and function of plant and animal organ systems, organs, tissues and cells.
6. Compare and contrast the cell structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells and of plant and animal cells.
7. Integrate concepts of diffusion and osmosis with cell membrane structure and mechanisms of transport.
8. Explain the relationships between the structure of atoms, molecules, and biological polymers, and their significance to cells, physiology, genetics, and evolution.
9. Integrate knowledge of molecular genetics, inheritance, and cell division (mitosis and meiosis), and apply these to evolutionary biology.
10. Apply understanding of negative feedback loops at the cellular and physiological level.
11. Integrate concepts of molecular, cellular, physiological, and ecological energy flow and nutrient cycling.
12. Apply knowledge of ecological principles to current ecological problems.
13. Integrate different levels of the biological hierarchy and examine emergent properties.
14. Test ideas with evidence, applying the scientific process to biological investigation including data analysis and interpretation.
15. Evaluate evidence as part of a scientific community.
16. Apply laboratory techniques, including proper microscope use, to observe and experiment with biological phenomena.
17. Apply personal histories and lived experiences to course content.
Topics and Scope
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I. Evolution and Adaptation
A. Evolution and taxonomy: macroevolution and biodiversity including biological species, reproductive isolation mechanisms, and speciation (optional topics may include adaptive radiation, cladistics, and analysis of evolutionary relationships)
B. Evolution theory: Mechanisms of evolution (natural selection/adaptation, gene flow, mutation, genetic drift, sexual selection), evidence for evolution, and evolution misconceptions
II. Structure and Function
A. Cell and molecular: atomic structures and chemical bonding, water chemistry*, organic molecules, protein structure/function, enzymes*, membrane structure and function*, and cell structures of prokaryotes and eukaryotes*
B. Plant: anatomy and physiology (structure and function of cells and tissue types*, transpiration and translocation, and plant growth and development)
C. Animal: anatomy and physiology* (three of the following organ systems: digestive, respiratory, circulatory, immune, reproductive)
III. Information Flow, Exchange, and Storage
A. Molecular genetics: transcription, translation, gene expression, and mutations and mutagens
B. Inheritance: mitosis*, meiosis*, Mendelian*, and post-Mendelian
C. Negative feedback loops: molecular, cellular, and physiological
IV. Pathways and Transformations of Energy and Matter
A. Cell and molecular biology: photosynthesis, cell respiration, and enzyme pathways
B. Ecosystems: nutrient cycles (water, carbon, nitrogen) and energy flow through ecosystems
V. Systems Biology and Emergent Properties
A. Biological hierarchy
B. Population ecology: growth and regulation, human populations
C. Community ecology*: niches, species interactions and co-evolution, succession
VI. Core Competencies
A. Science as a process*: exploration and discovery, testing ideas with evidence, peer review, relationship between science and society (such as ethical research design and application of scientific knowledge, historical origin of discipline, historically overlooked contributors, and colonization of knowledge production)
B. Compound and dissecting microscope use*
*These sections are covered in the lab portions of the course.
Assignments:
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Lecture-Related Assignments:
1. Exams, including short answer and free response questions (3-5)
2. Assigned reading (approximately 25 pages/week)
3. Homework assignments (0-15), including genetic problems
4. Essay assignments (0-4) 2-4 pages each
Lab-Related Assignments:
1. Laboratory exercises and reports: scientific method of analysis and interpretation of data (8-22)
2. Microscope skills quiz (1)
3. Laboratory exams (2-3)
Methods of Evaluation/Basis of Grade.
| Writing: Assessment tools that demonstrate writing skill and/or require students to select, organize and explain ideas in writing. | Writing
5 - 20% |
| Essay assignments and/or lab reports | |
| Problem solving: Assessment tools, other than exams, that demonstrate competence in computational or non-computational problem solving skills. | Problem Solving
5 - 20% |
| Homework assignments; laboratory exercises | |
| Skill Demonstrations: All skill-based and physical demonstrations used for assessment purposes including skill performance exams. | Skill Demonstrations
1 - 5% |
| Microscope skills quiz | |
| Exams: All forms of formal testing, other than skill performance exams. | Exams
50 - 80% |
| Lecture and lab exams | |
| Other: Includes any assessment tools that do not logically fit into the above categories. | Other Category
0 - 10% |
| Class participation | |
Representative Textbooks and Materials:
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Campbell Biology, Concepts and Connections. 10th ed. Taylor, Martha and Simon, Eric and Dickey, Jean and Hogan, Kelly. Pearson. 2021
Concepts of Biology. Fowler, Samantha and Roush, Rebecca and Wise, James. 2024. https://openstax.org/details/books/concepts-biology/ OpenStax is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution License v4.0
Instructor prepared lab manual
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