Sinclair Community College

Biology (BIOE.S.AS)

61.0 Credit Hours

The Associate of Science in Biology is designed for students who are planning to transfer to a four-year college or university and pursue a baccalaureate degree program in Biology. The curriculum fulfills the freshman and sophomore general education requirements of most four-year colleges and universities. As part of this degree program, students must complete the requirements of the Ohio Transfer Module in order to graduate.

Program Outcomes

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Communicate effectively in a variety of ways with varied audiences through: writing skills, oral communication skills, listening skills, reading skills, and computer literacy.

Demonstrate the ability to think logically and demonstrate problem solving using analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Demonstrate a strong foundation in the natural sciences and the reasoning skills needed for successfully executing laboratory protocols.

Curriculum

Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective
6 credit hours

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective
6 credit hours

Multicultural Elective
3 credit hours

BIO 1171

Principles of Biology I

5 credit hours

BIO 1272

Principles of Biology II

5 credit hours

CHE 1211

General Chemistry I

5 credit hours

CHE 1221

General Chemistry II

5 credit hours

CHE 2111

Organic Chemistry I

5 credit hours

CHE 2121

Organic Chemistry II

5 credit hours

ENG 1101

English Composition I

3 credit hours

ENG 1201

English Composition II

3 credit hours

MAT 2270

Calculus & Analytic Geometry I

5 credit hours

MET 1131

Personal Computer Applications for Engineering Technology

1 credit hour

SCC 1101

First Year Experience

1 credit hour

Course Option
(COM 2206 OR COM 2211 OR COM 2225)
3 credit hours

Biology (BIOE.S.AS)

61.0 Credit Hours

Program Outcomes

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Communicate effectively in a variety of ways with varied audiences through: writing skills, oral communication skills, listening skills, reading skills, and computer literacy.

Demonstrate the ability to think logically and demonstrate problem solving using analysis, synthesis and evaluation.

Demonstrate a strong foundation in the natural sciences and the reasoning skills needed for successfully executing laboratory protocols.

Curriculum

6 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective

6 credit hours Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

3 credit hours Multicultural Elective

5 credit hours BIO 1171: Principles of Biology I

5 credit hours BIO 1272: Principles of Biology II

5 credit hours CHE 1211: General Chemistry I

5 credit hours CHE 1221: General Chemistry II

5 credit hours CHE 2111: Organic Chemistry I

5 credit hours CHE 2121: Organic Chemistry II

3 credit hours ENG 1101: English Composition I

3 credit hours ENG 1201: English Composition II

5 credit hours MAT 2270: Calculus & Analytic Geometry I

1 credit hour MET 1131: Personal Computer Applications for Engineering Technology

1 credit hour SCC 1101: First Year Experience

3 credit hours Course Option: (COM 2206 OR COM 2211 OR COM 2225)

Ohio Transfer Module: Social & Behavioral Sciences Elective

Ohio Transfer Module: Arts & Humanities Elective

Multicultural Elective

BIO 1171 Principles of Biology I
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Biology
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

The first course of a two-semester university-parallel sequence for biology and science majors. Topics include scientific method; chemical and biochemical foundations; cell structure, function and reproduction; cellular respiration, photosynthesis, Mendelian genetics, chromosomal genetics, molecular genetics, protein synthesis, gene regulation, genomes, viruses and biotechnology. Three classroom, six lab hours per week.

BIO 1272 Principles of Biology II
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Biology
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

The second course of a two-semester university-parallel sequence for biology and science majors. Topics include Darwinian evolution, evolution of populations, origin of species, history of life on Earth, phylogeny and systematics, prokaryotes, protists, plants, fungi, animals and ecology. Three classroom, six lab hours per week.

CHE 1211 General Chemistry I
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Chemistry
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

A university-parallel course in chemistry for the science major. The first half of a comprehensive first-year survey of chemistry. Topics include the basics of matter, atoms and molecules, chemical reactions, bonding, organic chemistry and biochemistry. Students registering for this course should have previously taken high school chemistry or equivalent. Four classroom hours, three lab hours per week.

CHE 1221 General Chemistry II
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Chemistry
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

The second half of a university-parallel course in chemistry for the science or engineering major. Topics include states of matter, solutions, chemical reaction kinetics, chemical equilibrium, acid/base chemistry and nuclear chemistry. Four classroom hours, three lab hours per week.

CHE 2111 Organic Chemistry I
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Chemistry
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

The study of alkanes, stereochemistry, alkyl halides, organometallic compounds, alcohols, ethers, epoxides, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic hydrocarbons and spectroscopic methods of organic analysis. Four classroom, three lab hours per week.

CHE 2121 Organic Chemistry II
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Chemistry
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

The study of aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, derivatives of carboxylic acids, enolates, carbanions, amines, polycyclic and heterocyclic aromatic compounds, pericyclic reactions, polymers, composite materials and biochemistry. Four classroom, three lab hours per week.

ENG 1101 English Composition I
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

In English Composition I students learn reflective, analytical and argumentative writing strategies, incorporating sources and personal experience. Students will negotiate between public and private rhetorical situations and purposes to achieve academic literacy. They will write multiple drafts using a recursive writing process as they work toward fluency in style and mechanics.

ENG 1201 English Composition II
Credit Hours: 3.0
Department: English
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

English Composition II, building on the skills in English Composition I, develops rhetorical literacy through research, critical reading and multigenre writing tasks. Through major and minor, cumulative and stand-alone assignments, students construct arguments and analyses, ethically incorporating academic sources while developing their own voices as writers and citizens.

MAT 2270 Calculus & Analytic Geometry I
Credit Hours: 5.0
Department: Mathematics
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Cartesian coordinate system, functions, limits and continuity of functions, the derivative and its applications, the integral and the Fundamental Theorem of Calculus. Derivatives and integrals involving piecewise, polynomial, rational, algebraic, exponential, logarithmic, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric and hyperbolic functions and their inverses.

MET 1131 Personal Computer Applications for Engineering Technology
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Mechanical Engineering Tech
Division: Science, Mathematics and Engineering

Applied computer tools to solve engineering technology problems, emphasizing the integration of word processing, spreadsheets, presentation software and engineering research skills using the Internet. Applications of an integrated approach to research papers, engineering technology analysis, technical laboratory reports and technical presentations. One-half classroom, one and one-half lab hours per week.

SCC 1101 First Year Experience
Credit Hours: 1.0
Department: Sinclair Community College
Division: Liberal Arts, Communication and Social Sciences

This course is designed to help new students make a successful transition to Sinclair Community College. Topics include college resources; academic, career and personal goals; learning styles; the learning process; financial responsibility; stress and wellness; and an introduction to the general education competencies at Sinclair.

COMPLEX REQUIREMENT
(COM 2206 OR COM 2211 OR COM 2225)

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