Recent SemestersSpring 2026, Spring 2025, Spring 2024, Spring 2023, Spring 2022Class Size28 studentsCredits5PrerequisiteBIOL C180 . Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5C · Cal-GETC Area 5B · IGETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5B · CSU GE Area B2 · CSU GE Area B3DescriptionThis course is a survey of the basic biology and diversity of unicellular and multicellular organisms designed to satisfy the major requirements for an Associate or Baccalaureate degree in the Biological Sciences. It emphasizes general biological principles, such as phylogeny, classification, structure, function, evolution, and environmental interactions by focusing on ecological, evolutionary, anatomical and physiological relationships among major taxa of bacteria, archaeans, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. The laboratory portion of this course emphasizes hands-on learning through hypothesis development, data collection and analysis in the field and laboratory; dissection, microscopy, and identification of living and non-living specimens. C-ID: BIOL 140, BIOL 135 S. 