BIOL 145 Content Review
Prerequisite Reading - 1 Level Prior to Transfer	Students in this course will read college-level scientific texts and other essays and research materials. Students will need to be adept enough in their reading skills to interpret this relatively difficult level of academic language. Reading Level 1 skills ensure that students will have the ability to identify central points, evaluate sources, distinguish fact from opinion, identify bias, and draw inferences.
Prerequisite Writing - 1 Level Prior to Transfer	Students in this course will write an 8-10 page paper or several shorter papers. Writing Level 1 skills ensure that students are able to compose a formal research paper from multiple sources including finding, evaluating, organizing, synthesizing college-level and popular reading materials, and to construct a detailed outline and annotated bibliography that projects the structure of the research paper and reflects the extent of their literature search and the relevance of the sources chosen. Writing Level 1 skills prepare students to use their outline to draft a research paper that is properly formatted, written in clear and grammatically-correct prose, and to revise the draft so that their paper is free of both major and minor errors, is properly formatted, and structured and focused for general and academic audiences.