Chapter 1: THE SCIENCE OF BIOLOGY
Student Learning Outcomes
- Define Biology.
- State that the Holy Quran instructs to reveal the study of Life.
- Define major fields of Biology as Botany, Zoology and Microbiology.
- Define the sub- fields of Biology.
- Relate that Biology connects with other natural sciences.
- Distinguish in terms of the broad subject matter the fields (Biophysics, Biochemistry, Computational Biology, Biogeography, Biostatistics, Biotechnology, Bio- economics).
- Identify the careers in Biology.
- Explain with examples how Biology is a subset of the natural sciences and of the life sciences.
- Justify with examples that science is a collaborative field that requires interdisciplinary researchers working together to share knowledge and critique ideas.
- Describe the steps of the scientific method.
- Evaluate the terms 'hypothesis', 'theory' and 'law' in the context of research in the natural sciences.