Biology attempts to identify, explain, and predict the phenomenon of life from the molecular, cellular, individual, and ecological levels. Units focus on (1) food (units of general chemistry, chemicals of life, movement through membranes, & bio energy), (2) shelter (units on ecological principles and conservation of resources and theories of natural selection), (3) a mate (units on DNA, cell structures and functions, plant and animal reproductive systems, and genetic), and (4) types of life (units on taxonomy). Scientific methodology of experimental design and the collection, display, and interpretation of data to logical conclusions is integrated throughout the units of study.

The course gives an introduction to zoology, with particular emphasis on the morphology and systematics of both vertebrates and invertebrates. In addition, the students should acquire basic knowledge in ethology, evolution, and human ecology (including an introduction to the biosphere and biodiversity). Zoology is a course that will survey the nine major phyla of the kingdom Animalia. Zoology is the study of animal life. Zoologists research everything they think to ask about animals, including their anatomy and interrelationships, their physiology and genetics, and their distributions and habitats. Human beings have been zoologists for as long as there have been human beings. As humans, we are intricately tied to animal life.