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BIO 102 · Biology

Organismal Biology & Diversity

Comparative morphology, physiology, and evolutionary adaptations of plants, animals, fungi, and protists, with weekly laboratory dissection and field observations.

How to enroll Where it fits Catalog Entry

Catalog overview

Course Essentials

Credits
4
semester credit hours
Level
100
Lower division
Typically offered
Spring
Spring semester only
Subject
Biology
10 courses in the catalog

Prerequisites

BIO 101 with a grade of C- or higher.

100-level courses: introductory, lower-division courses primarily for first-year students. Details: Undergraduate Catalog §9.2.

Generative AI in this course

Every syllabus must state one of three levels: Level 1 (AI not permitted for graded work), Level 2 (AI permitted with disclosure for specified tasks), Level 3 (AI permitted broadly with disclosure). Check your section's syllabus in Canvas. Unless it says otherwise, the university default applies: generative AI tools may be used for brainstorming, studying, and feedback on your own drafts, but not to produce work you submit for a grade.

Details: Student Handbook §5.7 and Student Handbook §5.8. See what each AI level allows.

Offered by

Department of Biology

Questions: Academic Advising Center

Office
Lovell Hall 101
Phone
(555) 555-0158
Email
advising@university.alkimi.ai

Degree planning

Where BIO 102 fits

What to take first, what this course opens up, and the requirements it can satisfy, from the Undergraduate Catalog.

Take first

Catalog wording: BIO 101 with a grade of C- or higher.

This course

BIO 102

Organismal Biology & Diversity

4 credits · 100-level · Spring

Counts toward

Every course also counts toward the 120 credits needed for a bachelor's degree. Confirm your plan with your advisor or the Academic Advising Center.

AP credit

No AP exam awards credit for BIO 102. See the full AP equivalency table (Undergraduate Catalog §3.11).

2026–27 Instructors

Who teaches BIO 102

Portrait of Dr. Lucía Gómez

Dr. Lucía Gómez

Assistant Professor of Environmental Science

Instructor for BIO 102, Spring 2027

Office
Meridian Science Center 330
Email
lgomez@university.alkimi.ai

Meeting times and rooms for each term are listed in AlkimiHub when registration opens.

Department chairs make teaching assignments each year (Faculty Handbook §5.1), and every instructor posts the syllabus in Canvas by the first day of classes (Faculty Handbook §5.2).

Registration

How to enroll in BIO 102

  1. Check the prerequisites

    BIO 101 with a grade of C- or higher.

  2. Add it in AlkimiHub

    BIO 102 is typically offered in the spring semester. Register through AlkimiHub self-service registration, which opens by credit standing. Until the add deadline, you don't need instructor permission as long as seats remain and you've met the prerequisites. Details: Student Handbook §3.3.

  3. If the section is full, join the waitlist

    When a seat opens, AlkimiHub offers it to the first student on the waitlist and emails you. You have 24 hours to claim it before it goes to the next student. Details: Student Handbook §3.10.

Spring 2027 registration opens

By credit standing, in AlkimiHub.

Spring 2027 add deadline

Last day to add a course or change sections (11:59 p.m.).

All dates: academic calendar. Registration help: Office of the Registrar.

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