This course is a core introductory science course, transferrable to most Canadian universities as one semester of a first-year level Biology course, emphasizing principles with wide applications to all living organisms, including the scientific process, principles of ecology, evolution via natural selection, and the origin and diversity of life. A comparative approach to the unity and diversity of organisms is stressed. Weekly mandatory lab sessions reinforce subject matter presented in lectures.

Students must also register in the mandatory lab component of the course, BIOL 101L.

Prerequisites: BIOL 11 or Biol 050 or BIOL 12 or BIOL 060 or CHEM 11 or CHEM 050
Co-requisite (s): Math 12 or Math 060