Republic of the Philippines

COMPOSTELA VALLEY STATE COLLEGE

College of Arts, Sciences and Education

SYLLABUS IN BIOLOGY

Course Name: BIOLOGY

Course Credits: 3 Units
Contact Hours/Week
3 hours every week for 18 weeks or 54 hours in a semester
Pre-requisite: None
Course Objectives: At the end of the semester, the learners are expected to:
1. Distinguish the similarities and differences in the various forms of plants and animals;
2. Explain the different classifications of plants and animals;
3. Describe plants and animals based on their external features;
4. Recognize plants and animals based on their possession of specific adaptive features.

Course Outline and Timeframe

Week Course Content/Subject Matter
1-2 Living Organisms
3 Algae
4 Bryophytes
5 Pteridophytes
6 Seed Plants (Gymnosperms and Angiosperms)
7 Animal Kingdom (Invertebrates and Vertebrates)
8 Phylum Porifera
9 Phylum Coelenterata
10 Phylum Platyhelminthes
11 Phylum Aschelminthes
12 Phylum Annelida
13 Phylum Mollusca
14 Arthropods
15 Phylum Echinodermata
16 Vertebrata/Vertebrates (Fishes)
17 Amphibians and Reptiles
18 Aves (Birds) and Mammals