BSC 1005C - Biological Sciences with Lab

College of Natural Sciences

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 77
Effective Term Fall 2025 (655)

Requisites

Prerequisite ENC 1101or equivalent with a C or better.

Course Description

This course applies the scientific method to critically examine and explain the natural world including but not limited to cells, organisms, genetics, evolution, ecology, and behavior. State Core Course Description (State Rule 6A-14.0303). This course satisfies the Natural Sciences General Education Core. 

(Note: Credit is only given for (BSC 1005 and BSC 1005L) or (BSC 1005C or BSC 1005CH). 

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. *Students will evaluate data regarding validity.
  2. *Students will read and interpret a variety of scientific data.
  3. *Students will describe the natural world.
    1. The student will describe the underlying organization of nature, including the basic structure, function and homeostatic integration in select biological organisms by:
      1. recognizing levels of complexity in nature.
      2. identifying major cellular structures and their functions.
      3. defining the processes of cell division and its role in the life cycle of organisms.
      4. listing how organisms obtain and process energy, with special emphasis on photosynthesis and aerobic cellular respiration.
      5. explaining how organ systems function in order to provide homeostasis.
    2. The student will explain the diversity of life and identify the general characteristics of each of the major life groups by:
      1. recognizing characteristics of major biological taxonomic categories.
      2. comparing major taxonomic categories, distinguishing similarities and differences among them.
      3. listing specimens belonging to each of the major taxonomic groups.
    3. The student will describe the basic concepts and application of genetics by:
      1. defining genetic terms, such as chromosomes, genes, alleles, genotype and phenotype.
      2. solving genetics problems involving complete dominance, incomplete dominance, sex-linked traits, multiple alleles, multiple genes and simple pedigrees.
      3. summarizing the role of meiosis in heredity.
      4. naming technology that arises from our understanding of genetics and explaining its uses and implications.
    4. The student will identify basic ecological principles by:
      1. explaining the flow of energy through ecosystems with respect to the laws of thermodynamics governing flow through successive trophic levels.
      2. distinguishing between biotic and abiotic factors in ecosystems.
      3. listing community ecology and interactions among populations.
      4. describing population dynamics, human population growth and topics in sustainability.
    5. The student will explain the conceptual basis of evolutionary theory by:
      1. discussing the principles of evolutionary theory to the understanding of changes in abundance and kinds of life with time.
      2. describing different mechanisms of evolution such as natural selection, genetic drift, and gene flow.
      3. translating the importance of mutation in producing variation.
      4. listing the evidence of evolutionary change.
  4. *Students will articulate and practice the scientific method.
    1. The student will demonstrate basic laboratory techniques using scientific equipment by:
      1. using various types of scientific equipment in hands-on or simulated lab environments.
      2. applying the knowledge of the equipment to other lab experiments.
*Major Learning Outcome is set by and in compliance with DOE State Rule 6A-14.0303.

Criteria Performance Standard

This course applies the scientific method to critically examine and explain the natural world including but not limited to cells, organisms, genetics, evolution, ecology, and behavior. Contemporary issues are applied to topics in biology and include the scientific method, evolutionary theory, cell structure and function, basic biological chemistry, diversity of life, and genetic mechanisms. This course introduces the essential principles relevant to the biological sciences through combined lecture and laboratory activities. (Note: Credit is only given for (BSC 1005 and BSC 1005L) or (BSC 1005C or BSC 1005CH). 

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I Approval: 11/21/2014, BOT Approval: 02/17/2015, Effective Term: Fall 2015 (505).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2025 (655)

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