BIOL111
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Contemporary Biology
Course Prerequisite
Approved reading placement score, or equivalent.
Course Description
This course explores big ideas in biology—cells and molecular biology, genetics, heredity and reproduction, and lastly, evolution—and shows students how they connect to our everyday lives. Along the way, students will discover how biotechnology breakthroughs are changing our understanding of the world including crime solving, vaccine development and disease treatment, and uncovering evolutionary history.
Credit Hours
4
Course Credit Type
Transfer Course (TC)
CIP Code Classification
26.0101
Lecture Hours per week (full semester)
3
Lab hours per week (full semester)
2
Course Typically Offered
Fall Spring Summer
Department
Is the course Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) approved?
General Education Core Curriculum (GECC)
Meets an Associate Degree General Education Requirement For
Arts (AA), Science (AS), Applied Science (AAS), General Studies (AGS), Engineering Science (AES), Associate in Fine Arts (AFA)
General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) Distribution Area
Life Science (Lab)
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) approved code
L1 906L
Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) approved code (2)
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Illinois Articulation Initiative (IAI) General Education Core Curriculum (GECC) Distribution Area(s)
Life Science (L)