Welcome to BIO 11
The Biology of Living Organisms
Fall 2025
Fall 2025
During this 16-week course, you will be introduced to the general biological principles needed to understand life on earth. To do this, we will study life at all levels, from the atoms that comprise all matter on earth to the interactions of organisms with each other and the environment. We’ll tackle questions such as how human DNA is 96% identical to chimpanzees and yet we are still so different, what it means to “discover” a new species on our planet, and why one of our closest relatives is a sea squirt and not a crab – all while learning the process of science!
This course is a hybrid class where lectures are delivered online and labs meet face-to-face. The laboratory exercises are coordinated with lecture topics to increase comprehension and skill-building. Please read the Welcome Letter to make sure this is the right course for you.
For scheduling purposes, please plan to be available and attend your registered lab day and time listed in the class schedule. Your instructor will contact you with any schedule changes.
Please contact me through the Canvas Inbox (preferred) or by email at bibit.traut@mail.ccsf.edu. I will check both of these regularly and usually respond within 48 hours during the week and by Monday morning if you email me over the weekend (after 5PM on Friday).
Office Hours: check the CANVAS Calendar for times and locations (online or in my office in STEAM 203D).
Username: CCSF ID, examples: W12345678 or @12345678
Your Canvas password is your RAM ID password.
RAM ID instructions for students (Google Doc)
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