Recent ProfessorsNot yet assignedRecent SemestersNo scheduled sections on recordClass SizeNot publishedCredits5PrerequisiteCHEM 001A or equivalent and MATH 013 both with C or better, or placement by multiple measures Transfers ToNot transferableDescriptionThis is the first course in a two term majors-sequence for students preparing for careers in the sciences, science education, biochemistry, or medicine. This lecture and laboratory course emphasizes the nature of science and the scientific method, and fundamental principles and theories in biology at the molecular and cellular level. Topics will include biological chemistry, cell structure and function, bioenergetics, cell reproduction, Mendelian inheritance, molecular genetics, biotechnology, evolution of the genome, and some biochemical laboratory techniques for proteins and DNA. Field trips may be required.d. (C-ID BIOL 190) 