Credit Hours:4 Lecture Hours:3 Lab Hours:3 Contact Hour Total:96 Fundamental biological concepts relevant to animals, including systematics, evolution, structure and function, cellular and molecular metabolism, reproduction, development, diversity, phylogeny, and ecology. Lab activities reinforce lecture topics. This course is intended for science majors. Prerequisite(s): A student must be college ready in reading according to TSI college-ready standards.Recommended: MATH 1314 or co-enrollment in a higher MATH. Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Lower Division Academic Course Guide Manual (ACGM) course