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.

A comprehensive course emphasizing cellular structure, function and metabolism; molecular form and functioning of life; reproductive and genetic patterns. Taxonomy is introduced and applied to a taxonomic and morphologic survey of Monera, Protista, and Fungi Kingdoms. (This course is designed for the biology major/minor and satisfies the science requirement in pre-dentistry, engineering, premedical technology, pre-medicine, pre-nursing, or pre-pharmacy curricula.)   (Same as RODP BIOL 1110) PREREQUISITES: High school Biology, or BIOL 1030; high school Chemistry, or CHEM 1030; an acceptable placement score, or DSPR 0800; an acceptable placement score, or DSPW 0800. COREQUISITES: None.

A continuation of BIOL 1110 with emphasis on Kingdoms Animalia and Plantae in terms of tissue structure, comparative morphology and physiology, life patterns, and taxonomy. Consideration will also be given to the evolutionary and ecological interrelationships between these and all life forms. PREREQUISITES: Successful completion of BIOL 1110 with a grade of C or better or permission of the instructor. COREQUISITES: None.