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Principles of Biology
Course Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course will develop the following knowledge and skills:
- Basic level of understanding of how each of the following systems functions in humans: respiratory, circulation and gas exchange, renal, digestive, endocrine, skeletal, and reproductive. Students will have opportunities in lab to examine models of structures and conduct experiments in osmosis and diffusion, blood pressure, and muscle stimulation with electrical impulses. Student mastery of the topics will be evaluated by means of two multiple choice and short essay exams.
- Through a series of field trips, students will develop a basic level of knowledge of many of the important features of the ecology of three different ecosystems, arid grassland, wetland, and mixed coniferous forest.
- Students will develop skills in both plant and animal population field sampling techniques.
- Students will develop skills in recognition of many bird, mammal and plant species found in eastern Oregon.
- Students will develop writing skills related to field biology by writing a final report with information acquired on the field trips. The report will include four different types of field biology writing, including species lists, observation of animal behavior, data analysis, and ecological summary.