APPROVED COURSE OUTLINE
BSC 1005 BIOLOGICAL
SCIENCE ___3__
Prefix Number Course
Title Cr.Hrs.
A. Course
Description:
Prerequisites: (ENC 0020, REA 0002 and MAT 0024) or EAP 1695 and MAT 0024. This is a survey course for students who choose a major other than science. Topics included are the scientific method, basic chemistry of life, plant and animal kingdoms, the cell, selected human systems including human reproduction and embryological development, genetics, evolution, and selected contemporary issues in biology. (This course may not be taken for credit subsequent to receiving a grade of "C" or better in BSC 2010, BSC 2011.) 47 contact hours.
B. Major
Learning Outcomes:
1. The student will be familiar with the basic
chemistry of life.
2. The student will be able to describe the
structure of the cell and understand current theories pertaining to its
functioning, including cell division.
3. The student will understand how plants and
animals obtain, transfer and use energy on the community, organismic and
molecular levels.
4. The student will be familiar with several
body systems: structure, function, current applications and homeostatic
integration.
5. The student will understand the concepts of
genetics and use them to explain basic inheritance patterns.
6. The student will be familiar with an overview
of major life groupings; be able to recognize relationships in terms of
evolutionary theory and understand the basic principles that link all life.
7. The student will be able to apply the
scientific method in defining, analyzing and solving problems throughout the
course and in life situations.
C. Course
Objectives Stated in Performance Terms:
1. The student will be familiar with the basic
chemistry of life by:
a. illustrating and explaining atoms, bonding,
pH and buffers.
b. naming the four basic groups of organic
compounds (proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, nucleic acids), their components,
their procurement, and their location and use in the organism.
2. The student will be able to describe the
structure of the cell and understand current theories pertaining to its
functioning, including cell division by:
a. illustrating the model for cell membrane
structure and explaining how the processes of diffusion, osmosis and active
transport are carried on.
b. identifying the constituents of the
cytoplasm, elaborating on its ‘sol-gel’ consistency, and naming its organelles
and their functions.
These
include:
(1) microtubules, microfilaments,cytoskeleton (5) lysosomes
(2) endoplasmic reticulum (6) golgi apparatus
(3) ribosomes (7) mitochondria
(4) vacuoles (8) chloroplasts
c. describing the nucleus, its parts and its
unique functions in all phases of mitosis and meiosis.
3. The student will understand how plants and
animals obtain, transfer and use energy on the community, organismic and
molecular levels by:
a. explaining the flow of energy through
ecosystems, the laws of thermodynamics governing that flow and the significance
of different amounts of energy available at successive trophic levels.
b. defining photosynthesis in a chemical
equation and correlating the steps of the process with the structure of the
plant taking into consideration the source of all the reactants and the fate of
all the products.
c. explaining cellular respiration in three
major steps, its significance, and its adaptations to produce ATP with changes
in kinds and amounts of reactants.
d. understanding biotic and abiotic
contributions to ecosystems.
4. The student will be familiar with several
body systems: structure, function, current applications and homeostatic
integration by:
a. identifying parts of and overall functions of
some (or all) of these systems:
(1) digestive (5) skeletal (9) integumentary
(2) cardiovascular (6) nervous (10) endocrine
(3) respiratory (7) urinary
(4) muscular (8) reproductive including embryonic development
b. defining homeostasis and applying it to the
optimal functioning of a whole organism.
5. The student will understand the concepts of
genetics and use them to explain basic inheritance patterns by:
a. stating Mendel’s laws and relating these to
the process of meiosis.
b. solving genetics problems involving complete
dominance, incomplete dominance, sex-linked traits, multiple alleles, multiple
genes and simple pedigrees.
c. understanding genetic engineering and explain
its effects and uses.
6. The student will be familiar with an overview
of major life groupings; be able to recognize relationships in terms of
evolutionary theory and understand the basic principles that link all life by:
a. being able to classify major life groupings,
listing similarities and differences among them.
b. being able to summarize the underlying
principles that unite living things:
(1) basic energy production, storage and use
(2) adaptations of structure and function to use
for the individual and for the species.
c. applying the principles of evolutionary
theory to the understanding of changes in abundance and kinds of life with
time.
7. The student will be able to apply the
scientific method in defining, analyzing and solving problems throughout the
course and in life situations by:
a. understanding the terms (including dependent
and independent variables) and premises involved in solving problems
scientifically.
b. being able to define and present solutions
regarding contemporary issues and problems using scientific methodology. These issues can include but are not limited
to: genetics, fertility and the environment, conservation, medical technology
and ethics.
D. Criteria
Performance Standard:
Upon
successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70%
accuracy,
demonstrate
mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures
developed by individual course instructors.
7/27/83
Reviewed C&I 2/5/91
SCN Change 6/24/92
Effective Session 19931
DBT 5/16/95
Effective Session 19951
Effective Session 19981 online
State change effective yr tr 20011.
C&I
11/13/01, BT 12/18/01,
Effective
yrtr 20012.
C&I
10/22/02, BOT 12/17/02,
Effective
20022.
Effective
20032 (BSC number changes from level 1 to 2).