# BIOL 200 — Diversity of Life (AUB) > BIOL 200 Diversity of Life at American University of Beirut. 9 student reviews · 2 shared files. Source: https://studiety.com/aub/course/504 Retrieved: 2026-09-17 ## Facts - Course code: BIOL 200 - Title: Diversity of Life - University: American University of Beirut (AUB) - Subject: Biology - Department: Biology - Faculty: Faculty of Arts and Sciences - Credits: 4 - Counts toward General Education: Understanding the World - Professors on record (1): Hind Rizkallah ## Catalogue description A course that deals with the basic aspects of cell structure and function, heredity, diversity, classification, evolution and interrelationships of living things, and briefly covers organs and systems in animals and plants. Laboratory activity reflects the contents of the course. Not open to biology majors. ## Quick answers ### What is BIOL 200 at AUB? BIOL 200 Diversity of Life is a 4-credit course at American University of Beirut (AUB), in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences. A course that deals with the basic aspects of cell structure and function, heredity, diversity, classification, evolution and interrelationships of living things, and briefly covers organs and systems in animals and plants. Laboratory activity reflects the contents of the course. ### How many credits is BIOL 200? BIOL 200 Diversity of Life is worth 4 credits at AUB. ### Is BIOL 200 hard? 9 AUB students have written about BIOL 200 on Studiety. No one has left a star rating yet, so read what they wrote rather than an average. ### Who teaches BIOL 200 at AUB? Studiety has 1 professor on record for BIOL 200: Hind Rizkallah. Sections change every term, so check the registrar for who is teaching now. ### Are there past papers for BIOL 200? Yes — 2 files for BIOL 200 have been shared by AUB students on Studiety, including exams, quizzes, syllabi and notes. They are free to download with a student account. ## What to expect - Has Final - Has Project - Has Graded Homeworks - Has Participation - Has Lab - Original Book Necessary ## Shared course material 2 files shared by students. Free to download after signing up. - Syllabi: 2 ## Student reviews 9 of 9 reviews by students who took the course. Any review carried over from elsewhere is marked with its source on its own line. - **2022-07** — I don't recommend this course if you're thinking about easy electives because the labs are long and the prof does NOT get the exam questions from the book, they're always unrelated and that's unfair but the prof is nice. - **2022-07** — run - **2020-02** — The course in itself is really easy but the exams almost always contain things we didn't cover in class. There's usually always a raise in the end so most people end up with a good grade. The lab consists 25% of the overall grade and it is also super easy - **2020-02** — Easy course but you need to study from the book and from the slides, but if you study well you will take above 80. - **2020-02** — The instructor is awesome. Not quite simple exams but u can manage. A lot of things in this course are straight forward and a lot of things u already know from high school. Highly recommended. You can easily score in the 80s - **2020-02** — Super easy material, tricky exams, memorize slides + understand book well, teacher is really sweet, overall grade will be good if you give it some effort - **2020-02** — You have to study from the book and the slides.. there are assignments on each chapter .. the exams are not as easy as everyone says they are because there are things that are not in the book or slides. The lab however is very easy and the quizzes (every week) are very easy too so that will boost your grade. the teacher is very nice she ll give raises if needed and she will do everything she can so that everyone passes the course - **2020-02** — Easy course. No workload. Great instructor - **2019-08** — Labs are what will help save your grade since they are easy and worth 25%. I had Rizkallah for 200. She just reads from the slides, so study those. She will make the midterm pretty doable but she will screw you over so badly on the final. I mean it. Everyone in my class went down 20 points in the final from what they got on the midterm. So be careful there. ## See also - [All Biology courses at AUB](https://studiety.com/aub/subject/biology.md) - [Every AUB subject](https://studiety.com/aub/subjects.md) --- From Studiety (https://studiety.com/), an independent, student-run course guide. Not affiliated with or endorsed by any university. Reviews are the opinions of individual students.