Biology Courses
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  Biol 101- General Biology 4 Credits Instructor: Arwyn Larson
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Studies scientific method, taxonomy, cell organelles and
cell membrane, tissues and homeostasis, nervous system and brain, senses, musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system
and heart, immunity and respiratory system.

  Biol 102- General Biology 4 Credits Instructor: Arwyn Larson
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Studies digestive, endocrine, renal and reproductive
systems, patterns of inheritance, genetics, DNA structure and synthesis, genetic engineering and evolution.

  Biol 103- General Biology 4 Credits Instructor: Arwyn Larson
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Studies photosynthesis, plant tissue, nutrition, transport
and reproduction, community interactions, population ecology, social interactions, ecosystems and human impact on the biosphere.

WEB- Biol 101W- General Biology 4 Credits Instructor: Arwyn Larson
 

A web delivered course designed for non-science majors. Studies scientific method, taxonomy, cell organelles and
cell membrane, tissues and homeostasis, nervous system and brain, senses, musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular system
and heart, immunity and respiratory system.

WEB- Biol 102W- General Biology 4 Credits Instructor: Arwyn Larson
 

A web delivered course designed for non-science majors. Studies digestive, endocrine, renal and reproductive
systems, patterns of inheritance, genetics, DNA structure and synthesis, genetic engineering and evolution.

WEB- Biol 103W- General Biology 4 Credits Instructor: Arwyn Larson
 

A web delivered course designed for non-science majors. Studies photosynthesis, plant tissue, nutrition, transport
and reproduction, community interactions, population ecology, social interactions, ecosystems and human impact on the biosphere.

  Biol 211- Biology 5 Credits Instructor: Kerby Winters
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for science and related majors. Provides an introduction to the basic concepts of
biology with special emphasis on molecular and cellular biology including genetics and adaptation.

  Biol 212- Biology 5 Credits Instructor: Kerby Winters
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for science and related majors. Surveys representative animal phyla placing special
emphasis on vertebrate biology, especially human.

  Biol 213- Biology 5 Credits Instructor: Kerby Winters
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for science and related majors. Surveys the world of plants and provides an
introduction to the principles of ecology. Preparation of a plant collection of herbarium quality is expected.

  Biol 231- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits Instructors: Arwyn Larson and Kerby Winters
 

A sequential lecture and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human anatomy
and physiology. Details total body organization and function including tissues, integumentary system, skeletal and muscular
systems, cell structure, metabolism, and basic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 104, 121, or 221 or concurrent enrollment
in chemistry. BIOL 101 strongly recommended.

  Biol 232- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits Instructors: Arwyn Larson and Kerby Winters
 

A sequential lecture and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function including nervous endocrine, immune and
cardiovascular systems, and special senses. Prerequisite: BIOL 231 or Instructor permission.

  Biol 233- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits Instructors: Arwyn Larson and Kerby Winters
 

A sequential lecture and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function including respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune,
and reproductive systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 232 or Instructor permission.

WEB- Biol 231W- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits Instructors:Kerby Winters
 

A sequential web delivered and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human anatomy
and physiology. Details total body organization and function including tissues, integumentary system, skeletal and muscular
systems, cell structure, metabolism, and basic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 104, 121, or 221 or concurrent enrollment
in chemistry. BIOL 101 strongly recommended.Web student DO NOT sign up for a lab section. All Web students are required
to attend one weekend on campus per quarter for the lab component.

WEB- Biol 232W- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits Instructors: Kerby Winters
 

A sequential web delivered and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function including nervous endocrine, immune and
cardiovascular systems, and special senses. Prerequisite: BIOL 231 or Instructor permission. Web student DO NOT sign up for a
lab section. All Web students are required to attend one weekend on campus per quarter for the lab component.

WEB- Biol 233W- Anatomy and Physiology 4 Credits Instructors: Kerby Winters
 

A sequential web delivered and laboratory course for students whose career objectives require a thorough study of human
anatomy and physiology. Details total body organization and function including respiratory, digestive, urinary, immune,
and reproductive systems. Prerequisite: BIOL 232 or Instructor permission. Web student DO NOT sign up for a lab section. All
Web students are required to attend one weekend on campus per quarter for the lab component.

  Biol 234- Microbiology 4 Credits Instructors: Arwyn Larson and Kerby Winters
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for science and related majors. Studies the fundamental principles and
techniques of microbial study. Emphasis is placed upon the structural, functional, and disease causing properties of
bacteria and viruses. Prerequisite: CHEM 104 or concurrent enrollment in CHEM 104. BIOL 101 or BIOL 231
strongly recommended.

Chemistry Courses
  Chem 104- Survey of Chemistry (Health) 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A survey of chemistry for students in nursing, allied health field, and liberal arts. This lecture and lab course studies
the fundamental concepts of chemistry, including metric system, measurement, atomic structure, chemical bonding,
chemical formulas, reactions, gas laws, and nuclear chemistry. Prerequisite: MATH 060, concurrent enrollment in
MATH 060, or suitable placement score.

  Chem 105- Survey of Chemistry (Health) 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A lecture and lab course that studies the fundamental concepts of chemistry, including solutions, acids, bases and
organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 104.

  Chem 106- Survey of Chemistry (Health) 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A lecture and lab course that studies the fundamental concepts of chemistry, including organic chemistry, carbohydrates,
lipids, proteins, enzymes, heredity, bio-transformations, and biochemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM105.

  Chem 121- General Chemistry 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen and Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

A general lecture and lab course in chemistry intended for students majoring in agriculture, natural resources and liberal
arts that includes chemical change, standards of measurement, matter, atomic theory, nomenclature and mole concept.
Prerequisite: MATH 060 or suitable placement score.

  Chem 122- General Chemistry 4 Credit Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen and Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

A general lecture and lab course in chemistry included for students majoring in agriculture, natural resources and liberal
arts that includes chemical reactions, stoichiometry, periodic law, chemical bonding, gases and solutions.
Prerequisite: CHEM 121.

  Chem 123- General Chemistry 4 Credit Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen and Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

A general lecture and laboratory course in chemistry intended for students majoring in agriculture, natural resources and
liberal arts that includes: acids and bases, chemical equilibrium, oxidation and reduction, nuclear chemistry, and introduction
to organic chemistry. Prerequisite: CHEM 122.

  Chem 221- College Chemistry 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A college chemistry course with three hour lab designed for preprofessional students including: the study of math,
measurement, chemical reactions, stoichiometry, thermochemistry, atomic structure, chemical bonding and gas laws.
Prerequisite: MATH 070.

  Chem 222- College Chemistry 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A college chemistry course with three hour lab designed for preprofessional students including: solutions, chemical
kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases and chemical thermodynamics.
Prerequisite: CHEM 221.

  Chem 223- College Chemistry 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A college chemistry course with three hour lab designed for preprofessional students including: oxidation and reduction,
electrochemistry, nuclear chemistry, a survey of non metals and metals, introduction to organic and bio chemistry.
Prerequisite: CHEM 222.

  Chem 227- Organic Chemistry 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A college organic chemistry course with three hour lab designed for pre-professional students and chemistry majors
including: alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, ethers and alkylhalides. Prerequisite: CHEM 223.

  Chem 228- Organic Chemistry 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A college organic chemistry course with three hour lab designed for pre-professional students and chemistry majors
including: aromaticity, aromatic substitution, arenes, spectroscopy, NMR, CMR, IR, aldehydes and ketones and
carboxylic acids. Prerequisite: CHEM 227.

  Chem 229- Organic Chemistry 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A college organic chemistry course with three hour lab designed for pre-professional students and chemistry majors
including: amines, phenols, molecular orbital theory, heterocyclic compounds, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins and
nucleic acids. Prerequisite: CHEM 228.

Nutrition Courses
  FNUT 225- Nutrition 4 Credits Instructors: Dr. Marie Theisen and Arwyn Larson
 

Introduces the student to the chemistry of foodstuffs, their acquisition and utilization in metabolism, and addresses
nutritional concerns for various human populations. A research report on Therapeutic Nutrition is among the
course requirements.

Geology Courses
  Geol 201- Physical Geology Instructor: Bill Strowd
 

This is the first term in a three-term lecture and laboratory sequence in the study of physical and historical geology.
The course will investigate the nature and distribution of minerals and rocks; igneous, weathering, sedimentary, and
metamorphic processes; extraction of mineral resources; and the theory of plate tectonics.

  Geol 201- Physical Geology Instructor: Bill Strowd
 

This is the second term in a three-term lecture and laboratory sequence in the study of physical and historical geology.
The course will investigate the nature and distribution of landforms; mass wasting, stream, groundwater, glacial, shoreline,
wind, and tectonic processes; and the effects of human interaction with geological processes.

  Geol 201- Physical Geology Instructor: Bill Strowd
 

This is the third term in a three-term lecture and laboratory sequence in the study of physical and historical geology.
This course in geology emphases the theories of formation and history of the earth.

Physical Science Courses
  GSCI 104- Physical Science Physics 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: The general principles of physics, heat,
light, energy, nuclear energy and the applications of these.

  GSCI 105- Physical Science Chemistry 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Marie Theisen
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: The general principles of chemistry, the
chemistry of common household substances, nomenclature, the development and use of the scientific method, radiation, gas
laws, environmental chemistry.

  GSCI 106- Physical Science Geology 4 Credits Instructor: Bill Strowd
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: A general survey of the principles of
geology, erosion, plate tectonics and structure of the earth.

  GSCI 107- Physical Science Astronomy 4 Credits Instructor: Bill Strowd and Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: Solar and Galactic astronomy, a study
of the sun and planets, stars and galaxies, and modern discoveries in the field of astronomy.

  GSCI 108- Physical Science Oceanography 4 Credits Instructor: Bill Strowd
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: Study of the ocean and its phenomena,
including the chemical, biological and physical structure. Oceanographic instruments, shoreline and pollution.

  GSCI 110- Physical Science Energy 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

A lecture and laboratory course designed for non-science majors. Course includes: Heat and thermodynamics, solar energy,
geothermal energy, nuclear energy, fossil fuels and conservation of energy.

Physics Courses
  Phys 201- General Physics 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

An introduction to classical mechanics emphasizing problem solving, for students without a calculus background.
Lab included. Prerequisite: MATH 112.

  Phys 202- General Physics 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

An introduction to electric and magnetic theory and problem solving, for students without a calculus background.
Lab included. Prerequisite: PHYS 201.

  Phys 203- General Physics 4 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

Course covers various topics, including fluids, waves, heat, optics, and modern physics, for students without a calculus
background. Lab included. Prerequisite: PHYS 202.

  Phys 211- Classical Physics 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

An introduction to classical mechanics emphasizing problem solving, for pre-professional students. Lab included.
Prerequisite: MATH 112 or MATH 251. Co-requisite: MATH 251.

  Phys 212- Classical Physics 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

An introduction to electric and magnetic theory and problem solving, for pre-professional students. Lab included.
Prerequisite: PHYS 211 and MATH 252. Co-requisite: MATH 252

  Phys 213- Classical Physics 5 Credits Instructor: Dr. Rick Reynolds
 

Course covers various topics, including fluids, waves, heat, optics, and modern physics, for pre-professional students.
Lab included. Prerequisite: PHYS 212 and MATH 253. Co-requisite: MATH 253.

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