Course Format: Three hours of laboratory and one hour of discussion
per week.

Prerequisites:  P: or concurrent Biol L112; R: L111.

Course Description: L113 is a general, introductory biology laboratory
course intended for science majors.

The course has three goals: (1) to introduce students to the
essentials of experimentation with a focus on investigative logic and
methods; (2) to familiarize students with some of the principles of
biology with emphasis on cell biology, genetics, and evolutionary
biology; (3) to integrate different disciplines within biology so that
students see the interrelationships.

The hour discussion, which precedes the three-hour laboratory, relates
the experiments done in the lab to other aspects of biology.

Required Text: TBA

Weekly Assignments: Readings in Discussion Topics Manual, Lab Manual,
and textbook; weekly (pop) quizzes, flow charts, "think pieces"
possible in the discussion period and/or lab.

Exams/Papers: Four-six lab reports (mini reports); paper associated
with independent project.