Introduces the properties of life, morphology and physiology of cells, cell chemistry, energy transformation, homeostasis and vertebrate organ systems. A laboratory science course designed for non-biology majors. Audit available.
ADDENDUM TO COURSE DESCRIPTION:
The format for this course is a traditional lecture and laboratory presentation. Lecture will be presented utilizing a variety of multimedia and interactive presentations. Laboratory experiences will be largely hands-on, team based and collaborative utilizing a variety of resources including but not limited to: multimedia, prepared microscope slides, human and animal specimens.
Clarification of the teaching of evolution in the classroom:
Science is a fundamentally non-dogmatic and self-correcting investigatory process. In science, a theory is neither a guess, dogma, nor myth. The theories developed through scientific investigation are not decided in advance, but can be and often are modified and revised through observation and experimentation. The theory of evolution meets the criteria of a scientific theory and is the major organizing theory in the discipline of the biological sciences. It will be presented as such in Tillamook Bay Community College science courses.