Foundations of Biological Systems

Introduces cellular, organismal, evolutionary, ecological, and systems perspectives on life.

Course outcomes

What students develop

Explain organization across biological scales

Use evolutionary reasoning to interpret variation

Connect structure, function, environment, and adaptation

Evaluate biological claims using experimental evidence

Course content

Methods & resources

Evaluation

Program relationships

Combines ecology, climate, earth science, remote sensing, environmental data, and field monitoring.

Connects biological foundations to genetics, genomics, evolution, physiology, ecology, computation, and laboratory practice.

Culture, health, embodiment, care systems, environment, inequality, ethnography, and biosocial interpretation.

Course inquiry

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