UKIAH, Calif. – Veteran science Professor Alan West is excited about offering Biology 200 Concepts of Biology as an online course this summer.

Concepts of Biology, not only meets the science general education requirement for a degree at Mendocino College, it is a UC/CSU transferrable level course.

“Online is an exciting new alternative for students to take required courses. In our small rural community, students are often faced with commuting from long distances and incur child care costs. This alternate delivery system provides students with a relatively easy way to complete coursework from home,” said West.

West admits to being reluctant at first to teaching online but acknowledges that based on people’s comfort level with social media and transportation issues in our area, it just makes sense to offer online coursework.

While the majority of his students are residents of Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, he has had online students from as far as New York, Washington State and Los Angeles.

Priority registration for the summer program begins on April 15 with open registration for all students on April 23. Summer school begins on June 10.

For more information about enrolling at Mendocino College, visit Admissions and Records on our website at www.mendocino.edu/admissions_and_records , by phone at 707-468-3101or you may email questions to them at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .