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BIO 105 Human Biology Course Objectives

1. To provide a survey of human biology from various levels of biological organization and complexity.
2. To develop an understanding of and an appreciation for the complexity of human body organization and regulation and the relationships of humans to other living things.
3. To develop a sense of the scientific process and the critical thinking skills involved in scientific inquiry.
4. To provide students with a firm grasp of how their bodies function and how the human population can become more fully integrated into the biosphere.
5. To enable students to realize that science is fun!
6. To define science (and non-science) and review the scientific method from a biological perspective.
7. To present how biological systems are hierarchically organized and how these organizational levels inter-relate.
8. To review biological classification (taxonomy) using human beings as an example organism and illustrating how humans relate to other organisms by emphasizing evolutionary relationships.
9. To provide an overview of human anatomy (structure) and physiology (function) from cellular organelles through organ systems. 
10. To emphasize how the body maintains a constant internal environment (homeostasis) by interaction of body systems.
11. To review the structure and function of carbohydrates, lipids, and proteins and their role in maintaining homeostasis.
12. To illustrate body metabolism by reviewing the interactions between the digestive, respiratory, cardiovascular, and urinary systems so that an understanding of the complexity of life is achieved. 
13. To review concepts of heredity and chromosomal inheritance by focusing on visible heritable characteristics and blood type.