This course is designed to be the equivalent of a college introductory biology course usually taken by biology majors during their first year. Some AP students, as college freshmen, are permitted to undertake upper-level courses in biology or to register for courses for which biology is a prerequisite. Other students may have fulfilled a basic requirement for a laboratory science course and will be able to undertake other courses to pursue their majors.

Prerequisite: Developmental or enhanced reading, writing and math with a C or higher; Corequisite: BIOL 1111;Description: A principles course for students majoring or minoring in biology or other sciences. Topics include scientific methodology, an overview of the physiological processes of living organisms including metabolism and energy transfer, concepts of inheritance and the nature of genes, and foundational concepts of evolution and ecology. A brief overview of the kingdoms of life and the rudiments of classification will be presented.

Prerequisite: BIOL 1110/1111 or equivalent with a grade of C or higher; Corequisite: BIOL 1121;Description: Continuation of Principles of Biology I (BIOL 1110). Topics include an overview of the evolutionary history of biological diversity and an introduction to plant and animal form and function including and an overview of plant, animal, protist, and fungus diversity.