Title: Introduction to Biology Code: DMC-112
Semester: 2nd Rating: 3 Credit Hours
Course Description:
This course will provide an introduction into the study of general biology, starting from basic scientific concepts and processing to chemistry, physics and the natural laws that govern life and all living things. The course continues with studies of living creatures, from the tiny and simple through to the complexities of plants and animals, ending with a basic understanding of ecology and the study of population dynamism.
Learning Outcomes:
The student will be able to
1. Experience using logic and sound deduction/induction for the critical evaluation of
information;
2. Understand basic biological process common to life;
3. Know the classification and taxonomy – comparing fundamental differences in the forms
and how they may differ;
4. Get and introduction to genetics, heredity and evolution – thus explaining how present-day
organisms may have arisen;
