BIOL 110Biology: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity
A study of the fundamental concepts of biology including the evolution of the major groups of organisms. BIOL 110 Biology: Basic Concepts and Biodiversity (GN)(BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements. This is the first biology course taken by students who intend to major in biology. It provides a foundation in the basic concepts that govern life, including the evolutionary processes that have led to the biodiversity seen today. The course provides students with a fundamental understanding of: 1) the features of life from the cellular through organismal levels; 2) how cell division and genetic processes provide continuity between generations; 3) how genetic variation arises and leads to evolution ; 4) how organisms acquire and use energy; 5) how structure relates to function at all levels; 6) the evolution and diversity of life.
Prerequisites
None listed in the catalog.
General education
Natural Sciences (GN)
Where it sits in degree plans
Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Fall (38 programs).
Required in (38)
- Animal Science, B.S.
- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (Behrend)
- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (Capital)
- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (Health and Human Development)
- Biobehavioral Health, B.S. (University College)
- Biology, B.S. (Behrend)
- Biology, Minor
- Chemistry, B.S. (Behrend)
- Earth Science and Policy, B.S.
- Earth Sciences, B.S.
- Environmental Science, B.S.
- Environmental Studies, B.A.
- and 26 more
One of the options in (24)
- Agricultural Science, B.S.
- Agricultural and Biorenewable Systems Management, B.S.
- Arboriculture, Minor
- Biological Engineering, Minor
- Biology, B.S. (Abington)
- Biology, B.S. (Altoona)
- Biology, B.S. (Berks)
- Biology, B.S. (Capital)
- Biology, B.S. (Science)
- Biology, B.S. (University College)
- Environmental Inquiry, Minor
- Environmental Studies, Minor
- and 12 more
Courses that list BIOL 110 as a prerequisite (82)
- AGECO 418 Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems
- ANSC 211 Introduction to Avian Biology
- ANSC 213 Introduction to Animal Biotechnology
- ANSC 322 Animal Genetics and Selection
- ANSC 415 Companion Animal Behavior
- ANSC 418 Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems
- ANSC 423 Comparative Physiology of Domestic Animals
- ANSC 431 Physiology of Animal Reproduction
- ANSC 447 Equine Exercise Physiology
- BBH 210 Biobehavioral Aspects of Genetics
- BBH 311 Interdisciplinary Integration in Biobehavioral Health
- BBH 477 Sleep and Biobehavioral Health
- BIOL 220M Honors Biology: Populations and Communities
- BIOL 220W Biology: Populations and Communities
- BIOL 222 Genetics
- BIOL 230M Honors Biology: Molecules and Cells
- BIOL 230W Biology: Molecules and Cells
- BIOL 240M Honors Biology: Function and Development of Organisms
- BIOL 240W Biology: Function and Development of Organisms
- BIOL 403 Biological Writing and Communication for Research
- BIOL 417 Invertebrate Zoology
- BIOL 418 Biology of Human Infectious Diseases
- BIOL 425 Biology of Fungi
- BIOL 429 Animal Behavior
- BIOL 434 Pathobiology of Emerging Infectious Disease
- BIOL 449 Ecological Importance of Native Plants
- BIOL 462 History of Biology
- BIOL 474 Astrobiology
- BIOL 482 Coastal Biology
- BIOL 484 Biodiversity of Pennsylvania
- BIOL 489 Biology of Ecohealth in Tanzania
- ENT 402W Biology of Animal Parasites
- ENT 410 Insect Structure and Function
- ENT 419W Pesticide Science
- ENT 420 Introduction to Population Dynamics
- ENT 424 Sensory Biology of Insects
- ENT 440 Plant-Insect Interactions
- ENT 484 Insect Behavior
- ERM 430 Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems
- ERM 431 Environmental Toxicology
- ERM 435 Limnology
- FOR 409 Tree Physiology
- FOR 410 Elements of Forest Ecosystem Management
- FOR 431 Conservation Genetics
- FOR 465 Restoration Ecology
- GEOSC 474 Astrobiology
- HORT 301 Principles of Arboriculture
- PLANT 200 Introduction to Agricultural Crop Growth, Form, and Function
- PLANT 202 Introduction to Crop Genetics, Biotechnology and Genomics
- PPEM 405 Microbe-Plant Interactions: Plant Disease and Biological Control
- PPEM 416 Plant Virology: Molecules to Populations
- PPEM 417W Mechanisms of Bacterial Pathogenesis in Plants
- PPEM 425 Biology of Fungi
- PPEM 427 Mycotoxins: Effects of Fungal Toxins on Human and Animal Health
- PPEM 430 Air Pollution Impacts to Terrestrial Ecosystems
- PPEM 454 Virus Ecology
- PSYCH 462 Physiological Psychology
- SOILS 412W Soil Ecology
- SOILS 418 Nutrient Management in Agricultural Systems
- VBSC 230 The Science of Poisons
- VBSC 280N Current Topics in Veterinary Medicine
- VBSC 300 Veterinary Medical Terminology and Diagnostics
- VBSC 402W Biology of Animal Parasites
- VBSC 405 Laboratory Animal Science
- VBSC 409 Wildlife Diseases
- VBSC 430 Principles of Toxicology
- VBSC 431 Environmental Toxicology
- VBSC 438 Introduction to Molecular Pharmacology
- VBSC 444 Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
- WFS 300 The Vertebrates
- WFS 407 Ornithology
- WFS 408 Mammalogy
- WFS 422 Ecology of Fishes
- WFS 425 Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology
- WFS 431 Conservation Genetics
- WFS 435 Limnology
- WFS 452 Ichthyology
- WFS 453 Ichthyology Laboratory
- WFS 454 Field Ichthyology
- WFS 460 Wildlife Behavior
- WFS 461 Animal Welfare: Science and Ethics
- WFS 465 Restoration Ecology