BIOL 180 - FS: First-Year Seminar

FDR: SC
Credits: 3
Planned Offering: Offered occasionally. Each first-year seminar topic is approved by the Dean of The College and the Committee on Courses and Degrees. Applicability to FDRs and other requirements varies.

First-year seminar. Prerequisite: First-year standing. Topical description when offered.

Topic for Fall 2011:

BIOL 180: FS:Human Biology and Nutrition (3). First-year seminar. This course investigates the importance of nutrition in the context of normal human biology and as it relates to poor nutritional choices on the proliferation of a suite of human diseases. Topics covered include diabetes, obesity, atherosclerosis, and hyperlipidemia. After developing comprehension of these topics through course content and group discussion of topics from primary scientific literature, students develop instructional science materials for K – 5th grade school children designed to fulfill biological and life science goals required by the Science Standards of Learning for Virginia’s Public Schools. (SC) Hamilton