BIO 107 - Biology of the Environment

4 Credits

Presents the basic concepts of environmental science through a topical approach. Includes the scientific method, population growth, and migration, use of natural resources and waste management, ecosystem simplification recovery, evolution, bio-geochemical cycles, photosynthesis and global warming, geological formations, atmosphere and climate, and ozone depletion and acid deposition. Lecture and laboratory must be taken in the same semester.

Lecture 3 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 6 hours per week.

Prerequisite(s): VPT placement into ENF 3, or SAT Critical Reading score of 500 or greater, or ACT score of 21 or greater; AND completion of MTE 1-MTE 5 or placement test score equivalent.
Corequisite: BIO 107 lab