BIO 1130 syllabus spring 2013 MW
Biology 1130 ( Principles of Biology: Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior )
Sections LD-01 (Monday Lab ) and LD-02 ( Wednesday Lab )
Lecture M , W 11:00 – 12:15
Prince George’s Community College, Spring 2013
Professor Peter Paul Panyon office: CH 210-B 301.341.3022 panyonpp@pgcc.edu
Welcome!
On behalf of Prince George’s Community College, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Division and the Department of Biological Sciences, I, your humble professor, welcome you to BIO 1130. For most of you this will be your first majors’-level biology course on your way to a career in science and/or medicine. I promise you an excellent adventure.
It has often been said that living things, including humans, cannot be well-understood without looking at the evolutionary forces that have shaped them. Biological science and medicine are becoming increasingly more evolutionary as our exponentially-growing knowledge base at all levels – from DNA to the process of biological inheritance; from the biology and genetics of populations and species to the evolutionary processes that shape them; from cells to multicellular beings, and from individuals to the planetary biosphere – reveals more and more clearly how living systems work.
Using lecture presentations, laboratory exercises, field experiences, and on-line interactive assignments, BIO 1130 will acquaint you with the evolutionary processes that result(ed) in Earth’s enormous diversity of living organisms, and the complex behavioral and ecological interactions that occur within and among species. Our mission is not merely to build an information base that will serve you well in higher-level biology classes; we intend to cultivate an evolutionary way of thinking about and understanding living things.
About your instructor:
I teach full-time at Prince George’s Community College, and have had long part-time faculty affiliations with the Catholic University of America (1988-2000)
Sections LD-01 (Monday Lab ) and LD-02 ( Wednesday Lab )
Lecture M , W 11:00 – 12:15
Prince George’s Community College, Spring 2013
Professor Peter Paul Panyon office: CH 210-B 301.341.3022 panyonpp@pgcc.edu
Welcome!
On behalf of Prince George’s Community College, the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Division and the Department of Biological Sciences, I, your humble professor, welcome you to BIO 1130. For most of you this will be your first majors’-level biology course on your way to a career in science and/or medicine. I promise you an excellent adventure.
It has often been said that living things, including humans, cannot be well-understood without looking at the evolutionary forces that have shaped them. Biological science and medicine are becoming increasingly more evolutionary as our exponentially-growing knowledge base at all levels – from DNA to the process of biological inheritance; from the biology and genetics of populations and species to the evolutionary processes that shape them; from cells to multicellular beings, and from individuals to the planetary biosphere – reveals more and more clearly how living systems work.
Using lecture presentations, laboratory exercises, field experiences, and on-line interactive assignments, BIO 1130 will acquaint you with the evolutionary processes that result(ed) in Earth’s enormous diversity of living organisms, and the complex behavioral and ecological interactions that occur within and among species. Our mission is not merely to build an information base that will serve you well in higher-level biology classes; we intend to cultivate an evolutionary way of thinking about and understanding living things.
About your instructor:
I teach full-time at Prince George’s Community College, and have had long part-time faculty affiliations with the Catholic University of America (1988-2000)