Biology | AS

The Associate of Science Biology Transfer Major is designed for students wishing to pursue various tracks within the field of Biology, including pre-medicine, Neuroscience, and Wildlife/Conservation Biology.  Students upon graduation with an AS Degree in Biology from Western Iowa Tech will be able to:

• Explain how the evolutionary process works, and how it gave rise to the diversity of organisms on Earth today.
• Recognize and categorize the important organic molecules that make up all living things.
• Describe how organisms are classified using the modern biological classification scheme, and the key criteria that are used to distinguish the major groups.
• Describe how genetic material is transmitted from one generation to the next in eukaryotes.
• Explain the levels of organization and structure in both plants and animals.
• Describe the functions of major structures within a cell, and how proteins are built within a cell.
• Explain the various ways that organisms may interact with one another ecologically, and with their non-living environment.
• Apply proper scientific terminology appropriately both verbally and in writing.
• Analyze scientific data both graphically and statistically to reach a reasonable conclusion.
• Relate and apply material learned in other coursework to the field of biology.