OCB 1000C - Biology of Marine Life

College of Natural Sciences

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 77
Effective Term Fall 2019 (565)

Requisites

(Prerequisite ENC 0025 and
Prerequisite REA 0017 and
Prerequisite MAT 0028) or
(Prerequisite EAP 1695 and
Prerequisite appropriate score on the college placement test.)

Course Description

This course is designed to provide the non-science major student with an understanding of basic biological principles using marine organisms as examples. The focus is on functional interactions at the cellular, organismal and community levels. The laboratory component will apply concepts through direct observations and experiments using the diversity of organisms in and from our local marine environment.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will explain the unity among all life forms in their cellular structure, chemical and energy requirements and their ability to reproduce, develop and respond by:
    1. identifying prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
    2. describing those characteristics common to all life, including metabolism; reproduction and inheritance; growth and adaptability.
    3. recognizing the necessity of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) and DNA to survival and reproduction of cells and organisms.
    4. comparing and contrasting organisms from a plankton tow according to:
      1. prokaryotic vs. eukaryotic
      2. cellular features, size
      3. producer vs. consumer
      4. behavior (eg. taxes)
  2. The student will design and analyze experiments using scientific methods by:
    1. devising investigations: setting up hypotheses, predictions based on those hypotheses and controlled experiments to test them.
    2. explaining dependent and independent variables; graphing techniques and rudimentary data analysis.
    3. linking the length of a food chain and numbers at each trophic level with primary productivity and nutrient levels.
    4. gathering pertinent bibliographies and information on studies being done by local marine research agencies.
  3. The student will describe the basic energy processes within organisms by:
    1. explaining photosynthesis in basic terms, then relating it to the importance of primary productivity in the sea.
    2. comparing photosynthesis and cellular respiration, including the reciprocity of components and the molecules used by each process for transferring energy.
  4. The student will compare and contrast energy flow within the individual organism with energy flow in the ecosystem by:
    1. recognizing the relationship between adequate energy production (or intake) and maintenance of homeostasis within an organism.
    2. demonstrating the flow of energy through a food chain in a marine ecosystem.
    3. linking the length of a food chain and numbers at each trophic level with primary productivity and nutrient levels.
  5. The student will compare the influences of genetics and environment on population growth and survival by:
    1. correlating the rate of population growth with compatibility between genetic requisites and environmental availability.
    2. explaining how terms such as eurythermal, euryhaline, and osmoregulation relate to survival in different areas in the sea.
    3. associating the better understanding of the concept of a species with genetic research such as race studies in fish schools and gel electrophoretic identification of proteins.
  6. The student will outline the evolution of diversity in marine life and how it parallels changes in time and environment by:
    1. explaining evolution in terms of natural selection.
    2. describing the changes in the marine environment with geologic time and how these changes have affected the kinds and abundance of marine organisms.
    3. describing the main marine environments, including the photic zone, benthic zone, intertidal zone, estuary and the coral reef.
    4. comparing marine environments using physical, chemical and geological characteristics as determining factors for their biotic communities.
    5. identifying and classifying local biota based on field work.
  7. The student will identify and describe major marine groups in the sea and correlate each with its specific niche by:
    1. distinguishing among the major representatives of the Monera, Protista, Plantae and Metazoa in the sea
    2. explaining adaptations in structure, life cycle and development of select organisms well enough to place those organisms in their particular niche.
    3. using biramous keys to identify common local marine plants and animals.
  8. The student will assess human impact on the marine environment and its inhabitants by:
    1. reviewing the balance in marine communities in general and discussing the preservation and maintenance of a healthy coral reef (eg. Florida Keys) in conjunction with use, growth, construction and shipping.
    2. describing the impact of commercial fisheries, mariculture and marine pollution on the ecological balances in the marine environment both locally and globally.

Criteria Performance Standard

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 2/25/97; DBT3/18/97 Effective 19963. SCNS.Eff 20011. 2008 3-year Review Amended prerequisites effective 20112(0450). C&I Approval: 01/25/2005, BOT Approval: 03/21/2005, Effective Term: Fall 2005 (355). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Spring 2018 (540).
C&I Approval: 02/14/2019, BOT Approval: 03/19/2019, Effective Term: Fall 2019 (565)

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