Catalog Course Search Details

 Department:    HSC

 Course #:    74

 Credits:    5

 Variable:     No

 IUs:    5

 CIP:    320204

 EPC:    n/a

 REV:    2024

 Course Description  

Students explore the structure and life cycle of plants and their role in our ecosystem and in society.

 Prerequisite  

Prerequisite/Corequisite: HSC/ELA 018 with a C or higher (or concurrent enrollment).

Contact Hours (based on 11 week quarter)

Lecture: 55

Lab: 0

Other: 0

Systems: 0

Clinical: 0

Intent: Distribution Requirement(s) Status:  

Academic Basic Education N/A  

Equivalencies At Other Institutions

Learning Outcomes

After completing this course, the student will be able to:

1. Illustrate the growth and development of plant tissue from seed to plant, flowers, then fruit by creating a model. Next Generation Science Standards High School Life Science (HS-LS1-5)
2. Illustrate how photosynthesis transforms light energy into stored chemical energy. (HS-LS1-5)
3. Use the scientific method and inquiry to analyze problems or phenomena in the plant world.
4. Demonstrate basic lab skills through the collection, synthesis, and analysis of data.
5. Evaluate the arguments and specific claims that changes in environmental conditions may result in (1) increases in the number of individuals of some species, (2) the emergence of new species over time, and (3) the extinction of other species.

General Education Learning Values & Outcomes

Revised August 2008 and affects outlines for 2008 year 1 and later.

Course Contents

1. Life cycle of higher and lower level plants and connection to animals reproduction
2. Photosynthesis
3. Plants within the ecosystem and the value to humans
4. Effects of changes in temperature and moisture on plants
5. Role of plants in environment
6. Genetics