BIO 148U — Introductory Biology I
BIO 148 introduces the student to the biological mechanisms operating at the molecular cellular and population level that contribute to the origin maintenance and evolution of biodiversity including the origins and history of the evolutionary process. Course material is presented within a phylogenetic context emphasizing the shared history of all living organisms on earth through common ancestry. The first semester of an integrated one-year sequence (BIO 148 and BIO 152 ). (KCTCS equivalents: MA 109= MAT 150 ; CHE 105= CHE 170 ). Lecture: 3.0 credits (45 contact hours)