Orange County
115 South St Middletown, NY 10940
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The following is fulfilled by this course:
- Natural Sciences (and Scientific Reasoning)
Orange County has listed this a core course in the following categories:
The core course can be applied to following SUNY Transfer Paths:
BIO 204
General Botany
This is a general botany course that will study plant morphology and physiology of herbaceous and woody plant divisions within the plant kingdom as well as other related plant-like organisms. Topics covered include plant structure and function, plant growth, transpiration, photosynthesis, evolution, and reproductive cycles. The course concludes with the diversity of flowers and plant life. Laboratory work includes: microscopic examination of cells and tissues of typical plants, set up and monitoring of a hydroponics experiment that will utilize the scientific method and allow for continual plant growth observations. Students will also be assigned seeds from differing plant families to germinate and tend to until plant maturity. The course will also require a plant collection prepared by each student.Prerequisite: One year of biological science, including BIO 101