0 or 4 credits
Spring 2026 Laboratory Lecture Lower Division
This course is an introduction to fundamental biological concepts designed to prepare students for more specialized study. Lectures and laboratory exercises will cover mechanisms and processes of genetics, molecular biology and cell biology. Our goal is to convey how these levels of organization are integrated. Throughout the course, emphasis will be made on the means by which scientific data is collected and interpreted, and key experiments performed in the lab component will be used to illustrate this process.
Learning Outcomes1Understand the structure and function of nucleic acids in plants.
2Understand the means by which genetic information is passed on from cell to cell and generation to generation.
3Understand the ways that the genetic composition of plants can be altered and manipulated.
4Identify and describe the properties of life and levels of organization among living organisms.
5Outline the structure of biomolecules and relate their structure to function.
6Identify basic cell components and discuss their cellular functions and relationships.
7Explain how plants develop from a single cell into a complex organism.
8Practice qualitative and quantitative analytic and communications skills.
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