BIOL 106 Biology of Women

General

• Demonstrate understanding of scientific facts and theories in biology.
• Formulate and test hypotheses by performing laboratory experiments in biology, including the collection of data, statistical and graphical analysis of results, and an interpretation of its sources of error and uncertainty.
• Communicate their experimental findings, analyses, and interpretations both orally and in writing.
• Explain and apply knowledge of health and disease concerns for women (heart disease, stroke, cancer, osteoporosis, menstruation, pregnancy, infertility) and the biological systems involved cardiovascular, neurological, skeletal, endocrine, and reproductive etc.
• Understand and apply knowledge of measurement and use of lab equipment and use that knowledge in the proper conduct and interpretation of laboratory investigations.
• Demonstrate quantitative reasoning skills and competency with arithmetic and statistics at a level appropriate for graduates of bachelors degree programs.
• Demonstrate mastery of the biology concepts and vocabulary necessary for success in a general biology course for biology majors, in programs that require a one-semester introduction to human biology or the biology of women, and for informed citizenship.