BIOL 103 - Introduction to Botany

Credits: 5
Presents fundamentals of plants at the cellular, organism, and population levels to non-biology majors. Covers plant structure and function, genetics, photosynthesis, ecological principles, and their inter-relationships.

Satisfies Requirement: Natural Science or Lab Science

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Summarize and implement the steps of the process of science.
Identify plant structure/function relationships at the cellular level and the whole plant level.
Explain physiological processes pertinent to different members of Kingdom Plantae.
Summarize how DNA controls the phenotype of cells by encoding information for the production of protein.
Solve Mendelian and non-Mendelian genetic problems.
Explain the role of the environment in the evolution of plants.
Identify and explain ecological concepts using examples.

Program Outcomes
Recognize how scientists use the Scientific Method to guide their inquiry, generate hypotheses, experimental design, reasoning, and draw conclusions based on empirical data.

College-wide Outcomes

Critical Thinking - Critical thinking finds expression in all disciplines and everyday life. It is characterized by an ability to reflect upon thinking patterns, including the role of emotions on thoughts, and to rigorously assess the quality of thought through its work products. Critical thinkers routinely evaluate thinking processes and alter them, as necessary, to facilitate an improvement in their thinking and potentially foster certain dispositions or intellectual traits over time.