THE INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES OF A FRESHMAN COURSE IN GENERAL BIOLOGY ARE ORGANIZED FOR THE STUDENT'S EASE OF REFERENCE. THE COURSE IS OUTLINED, BY DEGREE OF COMPLEXITY, AS FOLLOWS--(1) ORIENTATION AND INTRODUCTION, (2) ORIGIN AND ORGANIZATION OF LIFE, (3) CYTOLOGY, (4) METABOLISM AND BIOCHEMISTRY, (5) PLANT LIFE (VASCULAR AND NON-VASCULAR), (6) INVERTEBRATES (PROTOZOAN AND METAZOAN), (7) VERTEBRATES AND CHORDATES, (8) PHYSIOLOGY, (9) REPRODUCTION, EMBRYOLOGY, GENETICS, (10) ECOLOGY, DIVERSITY, AND ADAPTATION. THE STUDENT WILL ALSO BE EXPECTED TO KNOW STANDARD EXPERIMENTS. AT ALL TIMES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE STUDENT, BY KNOWING WHAT IS EXPECTED OF HIM AT EACH STEP, CAN BE AWARE OF HIS PROGRESS AS COMPARED WITH THE INSTRUCTOR'S PURPOSE. ALL OBJECTIVES ARE STATED IN BEHAVIORAL TERMS. (HH)