BIO 146 - Environmental Biology

Lecture - Lab - Credit Hours: 3-0-3
IAI Code: L1 905
Course emphasizing scientific inquiry through a breadth of selected concepts focusing on environmental issues and sustainable solutions. Concepts include ecology, biodiversity, evolution, physiology and health, and human populations. The concept of sustainability will be an underlying theme of the Environmental Biology course. Biological issues with personal and social implications will be clearly integrated throughout the course emphasizing current environmental issues and solutions. Development of scientific literacy will be a foundation of the course to enable students to make informed decisions.Prerequisite: COMPASS placement into ENG 101 or minimum grade of “C” in one of the following: ENG 021 and ENG 099 or the EAP course sequence ENG 079 and ENG 089 , or ENG 096 ; and COMPASS placement into MATH 094 or higher or minimum grade “C” in MATH 090 .