This free and open online course in General Biology (with Lab) was produced by the WA State Board for Community & Technical Colleges [http://sbctc.edu/].
General Biology is intended to leave the student with an integrated view of the living world including the nature of sciences, evolution of biological organization, composition and organization of living substances, metabolism, control, reproduction, heredity and ecological relationships. This class meets the A.A. degree lab science requirement.
The course will be taught in a face-to-face setting, 4 hours in the laboratory and 3 hours in a non-lab setting each week. Although it will be taught face-to-face, this course will heavily integrate computers and some aspects of distance learning, primarily via ANGEL, a few biology web sites, and the library. Throughout the term, some of our face-to-face time may be substituted by online activities.
This module is part of the Open Course Library, a collection of shareable course materials created for faculty to use in their classes. As part of the Open Course Library this content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which means that you are free to reuse the course in its entirety, edit it and use a your own modified version, or pick out only pieces which can be incorporated into your own course, as long as you credit the original author for their work.
To access all materials for this course you may download either the ANGEL export file or the IMS Common Cartridge file. While the ANGEL file is specific to that system, the Common Cartridge file is compatible with many learning management systems. More information on Common Cartridge is available at http://www.imsglobal.org/cc/ .
