Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 5B · Cal-GETC Area 5C · IGETC Area 5B · IGETC Area 5C · CSU GE Area B3 · CSU GE Area B2DescriptionThis course is intended for non-science majors and gives an overview of the basic diversity of life on earth with focus on organisms, evolution, and biological systems. Topics include, but are not limited to the following: Darwin and origin of species, Earth history and macroevolution, basic systematics, prokaryotes, protists, animal evolution and diversity, including invertebrates and vertebrates, fungi, evolution of plants, major plant groups, plant structure growth and reproduction, the biosphere, basic ecology, communities, population dynamics, animal behavior, and conservation biology. Indoor and field laboratory exercises will illustrate course concepts using local organisms, communities, and ecosystems. *UC unit/course limit 