BIO 111-01: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY
Fall 2015

Syllabus

WK	DATE	LECTURE NOTES	AUDIO PPT	Q & A	PPT	LAB (Mondays)
1	Aug 26 (W) Aug 28 (F)	Course Overview What is Biology (I)? What is Biology? (II)	audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions	ppt ppt	NO LAB
2	Aug 31 (M) Sept 2 (W) Sept 4 (F)	Darwin's Observations I Darwin's Observations II Darwin's Theories and Dilemmas	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 1: Hypothesis Testing
3	Sept 7 (M) Sept 9 (W) Sept 11 (F)	LABOR DAY Review of Biologically Important Molecules QUIZ #1 Overview of Cell Structures	. audio ppt	. questions	ppt ppt	NO LAB
4	Sept 14 (M) Sept 16 (W) Sept 18 (F)	Respiration Photosynthesis DNA Structure NO CLASS MEETING	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 2: Quantitative Techniques
5	Sept 21 (M) Sept 23 (W) Sept 25 (F)	Protein Synthesis QUIZ #2 Cell Division Origin of Life Hypotheses NO CLASS MEETING	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 4: Respiration
6	Sept 28 (M) Sept 30 (W) Oct 2 (F)	Mendelian Heredity EXAM 1 Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory	audio ppt . audio ppt	questions . questions	ppt . ppt	LAB 3: Photosynthesis
7	Oct 5 (M) Oct 7 (W) Oct 9 (F)	Allelic, Genic, and Environmental Interactions Sex Determination and Sex Linkage Linkage	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 5: Proteins and Chromosomes
8	Oct 12 (M) Oct 14 (W) Oct 16 (F)	FALL BREAK Mutation I Mutation II QUIZ #3	. audio ppt audio ppt	. questions questions	. ppt ppt	NO LAB
9	Oct 19 (M) Oct 21 (W) Oct 23 (F)	Gene Regulation Population Genetics I Population Genetics II	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 12:Natural History of Plants set-up for Lab 6: Heredity
10	Oct 26 (M) Oct 28 (W) Oct 30 (F)	Population Genetics III summary video Genes and Development QUIZ #4 Species and Phylogenies	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 7: Population Genetics pop gen problems
11	Nov 2 (M) Nov 4 (W) Nov 6 (F)	Modern Evolutionary Theory EXAM 2 Bacterial Diversity	audio ppt . audio ppt	questions . questions	ppt . ppt	LAB 6: Heredity
12	Nov 9 (M) Nov 11 (W) Nov 13 (F)	Eukarya Diversity Plant Diversity I Plants Diversity II	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	Lab 10: Comparative Morphology
13	Nov 16 (M) Nov 18 (W) Nov 20 (F)	Plant Diversity III Fungi Animals and their Origins QUIZ #5	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 9: Pathogens
	Nove 23 (M) Nov 25-Dec 1	Animal Diversity I THANKSGIVING BREAK	audio ppt .	questions .	ppt .	LAB 8: Stream Sampling
14	Nov 30 (M) Dec 2 (W) Dec 4 (F)	Animal Diversity II Animal Diversity III Animal Diversity IV	audio ppt audio ppt .	questions questions .	ppt ppt .	LAB 11: Animal Diversity
15	Dec 7 (M)	Human Evolution	audio ppt	questions	ppt	NO LAB
16	Dec 16 (W)	CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM - 8:30

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