COURSE DESCRIPTION: 

Biodiversity (BIO 104) is an in-depth three credit course designed particularly for first year students majoring in Biology at the University of Belize. The course is purely theoretical and emphasizes in an evolutionary context, the multiplicity of living things and their exclusive adaptations to survive in a specific environment. Topics covered will include a variety of organisms from all Kingdoms with specific reference to their anatomy, patterns of development, mode of nutrition, level of organization, and other noteworthy characteristics. Theory covered will be re-emphasized in a practical co-requisite course called Biodiversity Lab (BIOL 104).