Courses
Introductory courses lay the foundation for the major. Introduction to cells provides a basic treatment of cell biology, emphasizing, the things all life forms have in common. By contrast, diversity of life offers a systematic approach to the five kingdoms of life, stressing the evolutionary relationships apparent from the taxonomic classification of organisms. Central’s biology courses include:
- Human anatomy and physiology
- Diversity of life
- Introduction to cells
- Genetics
- Principles of ecology
- Vertebrate natural history
- Natural history of the great plains
- Comparative vertebrate anatomy
- Field botany
- Human physiology
- Histology
- Mammalogy
- Limnology
- Microbiology
- Biochemistry
- Evolution