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BIO 012: Introduction to Organismal Biology


Units: 4

Introduces the major concepts in biology including origin of life, evolutionary processes from populations to species, organismal diversity and the tree of life, plant and animal physiology, organismal behavior in their environments, and principle of ecology.

Course Details
Repeats Allowed for Credit: 0

Discussion included
Normal Letter Grade only

GE Requirements
  • Approaches to Knowledge: Life Science
  • Intellectual Experience: Sustainability

Requisites and Restrictions
Prerequisite Courses: BIO 011
Corequisite Courses: BIO 012L
Open only to following major/minor(s):
  • Applied Math Minor (Undergraduate) - MTHM
  • Bioengineering (Undergraduate) - BENG
  • Chemistry (Undergraduate) - CHM
  • Cognitive Science (Undergraduate) - COGS
  • Environmental Systems Science (Undergraduate) - ESY
  • Psychology (Undergraduate) - PSY
  • Physics (Undergraduate) - PHYS
  • Chemical Engineering (Undergraduate) - ECHE
  • Materials Sci & Engineering (Undergraduate) - MSE
  • Data Science and Computing (Undergraduate) - NDSC
  • Public Health BA (Undergraduate) - PH
  • Public Health BS (Undergraduate) - PH
  • Biochemistry (Undergraduate) - BCHM
  • Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Biology (Undergraduate) - EECB

Instructor Permission Required: No


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