Biology is a branch of science dealing with the study of life and living organisms.

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Biology Overview

  • MIT – Fundamentals of Biology (7.01SC), Lecturer: Eric Lander
    • 39 videos, approximately 45 minutes each
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  • MIT – Introductory Biology (7.014), Lecturer: Graham Walker
    • 34 lectures, approximately 45 minutes each
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  • Carnegie Mellon – Introduction to Biology (Open + Free)
  • UC Irvine – Mathematical Biology (MATH 113B)
    • 27 lectures, approximately 45 minutes each
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Adjacent Sciences

  • Missouri State – Fundamentals of Chemistry (CHM 105/106)
    • 54 lectures, approximately 45 minutes each
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  • MIT – Biological Chemistry (5.07SC), Lecturer: JoAnne Stubbe
    • 34 videos, approximately 15-30 minutes each
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  • Yale – Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (PHYS 200 ), Lecturer: Ramamurti Shankar

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Online Videos

  • Khan Academy – Biology
    • 62 lectures, approximately 5-15 minutes each
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  • CrashCourse – Biology
    • 40 videos, approximately 10 minutes each
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Complete the following exercises to apply your newly acquired knowledge.

  •  EXPERIMENT: Virtual Biology Lab Exercises
  • WRITE: Article Review (4-6 pages double spaced)
    • Find an academic article on a subject of interest to you in biology published no earlier than 2016. Summarize the article and review it (include discussion of the methodology, interpretation of findings, and persuasiveness of argumentation).

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