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BIO 155 SU - Human Cell Biology & Genetics

Minimum Credit(s) Awarded: 4
Maximum Credit(s) Awarded: 4

This is a one-semester exploration of the biological chemistry of the human cell organized around the unifying theme of the relationship of chemistry of biomolecules to the functional biology of a cell. Topics include the nature of science, biochemistry of water, proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids, cellular structures, energy transformations in the cell, mitosis, meiosis, relationship between genotype and phenotype, transmission genetics and cancer. The material is covered in a combination of lecture, discussion and laboratory. A semester long project in the laboratory will be used to allow students to engage in scientific inquiry. This course is the second semester of the chemistry-biology sequence for Nursing majors.

Offered Fall, Spring

Course Fee: Yes
Prerequisite(s): Completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, or placement into ENG 110 ; completion of, or concurrent enrollment in, MATH 114A  or higher, or math placement level 2. Students cannot receive credit for both BIO 155 and BIO 152 , or BIO 155 and BIO 182 .


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