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Aug 24, 2024
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BIOL 334 - Humans and the Living Planet Units: 3 ; Breadth Area: GE-UDB; Sustainability An overview of biological principles through the lens of human impacts on the biosphere, with a focus on issues of emerging concern, such as climate change, genetically modified organisms, and loss of biodiversity.
Strongly Recommended Preparation: Upper division status (greater than 60 earned semester units) and completion of lower division Areas B1-B3. Prerequisites: Completion of GE Areas A1, A2, A3 and B4 with grade C- (CR) or better. Credit Restrictions: Not for Biology major credit.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous. Grading: A-F or CR/NC (student choice). Breadth Area(s) Satisfied: GE-UDB- Upper Division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning, Overlay - Sustainability Course Typically Offered: Variable Intermittently
Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Explain foundational biological principles such as biodiversity, genetics, physiology, ecology, and global biogeochemical cycles;
- Describe ways in which human activities are affecting the biosphere, and how, in turn, these changes may affect humans themselves;
- Apply biological principles to explain current ‘hot-topic’ issues, such as climate change, genetically modified organisms, and endocrine disruptors;
- Critically evaluate the merit of scientific research findings as presented in the popular media, including whether or not results are based on peer-reviewed research or pseudoscience.
UD-B. Upper-division Science Inquiry and Quantitative Reasoning Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate advanced and/or focused science or quantitative content knowledge in a specific scientific field, using appropriate vocabulary and referencing appropriate concepts (such as models, uncertainties, hypotheses, theories, and technologies);
- apply advanced quantitative skills (such as statistics, algebraic solutions, interpretation of graphical data) to scientific problems and evaluate scientific claims;
- demonstrate understanding of the nature of science and scientific inquiry and the experimental and empirical methodologies used in science to investigate a scientific question or issue; and
- apply science content knowledge to contemporary scientific issues (e.g., global warming) and technologies (e.g., cloning), where appropriate.
Sustainability Overlay Learning Outcomes
- identify the environmental, social, and economic dimensions of sustainability, either in general or in relation to a specific problem;
- analyze interactions between human activities and natural systems;
- describe key threats to environmental sustainability;
- explain how individual and societal choices affect prospects for sustainability at the local, regional, and/or global levels.
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