Dec 05, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

BIO 252 - Organisms, Evolution, and Ecology

4 credits (Spring)
Investigations of the evolutionary causes and ecological consequences of organismal structure and function, including studies of why organisms acquire and expend energy, acquire and transport materials, regulate internal conditions, transmit information, reproduce, develop, grow, and move. Course includes lectures and lab each week.

Prerequisite: BIO 251  and MAT 124  or MAT 131 , with grades S, C, or better.
Note: Students who have completed the Biology 251/252 course sequence receive the equivalent of a standard undergraduate introductory genetics course, relevant for pre-professional programs and graduate schools.
Instructor: Staff