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Undergraduate Record 2006-2007 
    
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Undergraduate Record 2006-2007 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

BIOL 149 - Survival Biology for the New Millennium

Biological/Biomedical research has advanced to the extent that everyone’s lives are likely to be deeply affected. BIOL 149 will introduce a select set of new technologies and concepts such as genetically modified organisms, cloning animals including humans, stem cells and the human genome. No science background required. (Y)

Prerequisites & Notes
Note: Biology courses numbered from 201-204 are intended for premed students and for Biology majors who have not earned AP credit in previous biology courses. The lecture courses BIOL 201 and 202 are required for the Biology major but do not count towards upper-level course requirements.  The laboratory courses BIOL 203 and 204 are not specifically required for the major but they, or their high school equivalents, are prerequisites for some upper level courses.  These courses and BIOL 201, 203, 204, 206, 206L, 207, 207L have no prerequisites.

Credits: 3