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Introductory Biology II and LAB – BIOL 1012K

Description

This course covers the evolution and diversity of organisms, including microbes, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Additional topics include body systems, the immune system, reproduction and development, and ecology. For non-biology majors only.

Important Lab Information (Spring 2024 only)

This course requires lab materials and resources. Please access your course in GoView during the first week of class for information about lab materials and/or to complete the necessary order forms.


BIOL 1012K - Spring 2024

Course Instructor
BIOL 1012K 1AGDoug Wyatt
doug.wyatt@asurams.edu
BIOL 1012K 1BGVictor Esenabhalu
victor.esenabhalu@sgsc.edu
BIOL 1012K 1CGDaniel Brooks
dbrooks@westga.edu
BIOL 1012K 1DGEric Wruck
ewruck@westga.edu
BIOL 1012K 1EGChristopher Beals
cbeals@abac.edu
BIOL 1012K 1FGEjiroghene Ogaga
eogaga@highlands.edu
BIOL 1012K 1GGJenny Harper
jennifer.harper@abac.edu
BIOL 1012K 1HGMarina Smitherman
msmitherman@daltonstate.edu
BIOL 1012K 1IGValerie Crouse
vcrouse@westga.edu
4

Credit Hours


Prerequisites

  • See your home institution's prerequisite requirement.

Free Textbook

  • Open educational resources (OER)

Course Equivalency

After completing this course, you will be able to:

  • Describe the mechanisms of evolution and how speciation can occur.
  • Explain how and why biologists classify living things as they do.
  • Correctly name different groups of organisms and explain how organisms in these groups survive in their particular environments.
  • Define several of the important morphological traits for some groups, such as plants, fungi and animals.
  • Describe and explain the function of various animal organ systems, as well as the processes of reproduction and development.
  • Characterize the relationships of organisms to one another and to their physical surroundings, including how ecosystems as a whole are interconnected and interdependent.
  • Recognize the importance and methods of conserving biodiversity.
  • Unit 1: Evolution & Its Processes
  • Unit 2: Diversity of Life
  • Unit 3: Diversity of Microbes, Fungi, & Protists
  • Unit 4: Diversity of Plants
  • Unit 5: Diversity of Animals
  • Unit 6: The Body's Systems
  • Unit 7: The Immune System & Diseases
  • Unit 8: Animal Reproduction & Development
  • Unit 9: Population & Community Ecology
  • Unit 10: Ecosystems & The Biosphere
  • Unit 11: Conservation & Biodiversity

Your final grade will be based on the following breakdown. Please note that each instructor may choose to make modifications.

  • Attendance Verification - 1%
  • Discussions - 10%
  • Quizzes - 25%
  • Assignments - 9%
  • Labs - 25%
  • Midterm Exam - 15%
  • Final Exam - 15%

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