BIO 155 SU - Human Cell Biology & Genetics

4 Credit(s)

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.

Prerequisite(s): placement into ENG 110; completion of CHEM 110 or CHEM 120; placement into MATH 101, MATH 114A or higher is required; completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 101, MATH 114A, or equivalent is recommended; students cannot receive credit for both BIO 155 and any of the following: BIO 151, BIO 152, BIO 181, or BIO 182.