Course overview
This course provides a comprehensive foundation to the diversity of life on earth, using the evolution of form and function of multicellular organisms as a unifying theme. Students will build depth of understanding of topics on the fundamentals of evolution, animal biology, plant biology and ecology. The knowledge synthesised during learning activities will be strengthened and applied in laboratory practicals. This course forms part of the fundamentals of the breadth of biology, complementing the different dimensions of the other Biology I courses. This course is foundational for majors in environmental biology, evolutionary biology, and plant and animal sciences disciplines.
- Evolution Part 1
- Evolution Part 2
- Protists And Fungi
- Plant Biology Part 1
- Plant Biology Part 2
- Plant Biology Part 3
- Animal Biology Part 1
- Animal Biology Part 2
- Ecology Part 1
- Ecology Part 2
Course learning outcomes
- Describe and discuss how evolution by natural selection has affected the diversity of organisms on earth
- Explain how plants' structures and associated functions fit with the natural history of that plant group, from non-vascular plants through to flowering plants. Describe and discuss how plants obtain water and nutrients and can respond to stimuli
- Explain how animals' structures and associated functions fit with the natural history of that animal group. Compare and contrast form and function across different animal classes, e.g. of embryonic development, various organ systems
- Formulate plausible hypotheses to explain the origin and function of biological traits in organisms
- Explain how key ecological processes affect the distribution and abundance of organisms, and how restorative processes might redress change
- Execute experiments to generate results, analyse and interpret experimental data, and present the results in an appropriate scientific format
Availability
Class details
Adelaide City Campus East
Group 1
Class number 32446
Section WS06
Size 90
Available 78
Class number 32447
Section WS05
Size 90
Available 74
Notes:
Class number 32448
Section WS04
Size 70
Available 52
Class number 32449
Section WS03
Size 70
Available 61
Class number 32450
Section WS02
Size 70
Available 65
Notes:
Class number 32451
Section WS01
Size 66
Available 53
Notes:
Class number 32111
Section PR07
Size 70
Available 66
Class number 32440
Section PR06
Size 70
Available 59
Class number 32441
Section PR05
Size 70
Available 56
Class number 32442
Section PR04
Size 70
Available 64
Class number 32443
Section PR03
Size 70
Available 45
Class number 32444
Section PR02
Size 70
Available 60
Class number 32445
Section PR01
Size 70
Available 67
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