BIOS 1400 Introduction to Botany

3.5 - 3.0 - 4.5

Prerequisite

(2) College-level reading, writing, and math proficiency; and HORT 1100 (course is HLSM 1010 beginning 13/FA), BIOS 1010, or MCC Biology placement exam

Course Description

This is an introductory botany course that studies plant morphology and physiology of herbaceous and woody plant divisions within the plant kingdom as well as other related plant-like organisms (algae and fungi). Topics covered include plant structure and function, plant growth, transpiration, photosynthesis, evolution, and reproductive life cycles. The course concludes with the diversity of flowers and plant life. Laboratory work includes microscopic examination of cells and tissues of typical plants, experiments in photosynthesis and transpiration, observation of the plant life cycle through gametophyte and sporophyte stages, and an introduction to plant identification techniques.