BIO 111-02 and BIO 111-03: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY
Spring 2017

 

Syllabus

WK DATE LECTURE NOTES VIDEO PPT Q & A PPT LAB (02: Tuesdays; 03: Thursdays)
1

Jan 9 (M)
Jan 11 (W)
Jan 13 (F)

Water World
Living World
Darwin's Observations I
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt

Lab and Course Overview

2
Jan 16 (M)
Jan 18 (W)
Jan 20 (F)
NO CLASS - Martin Luther King Day
Darwin's Observations II
Darwin's Theories and Dilemmas QUIZ #1
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audio ppt
audio ppt
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questions
questions
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ppt
ppt
Lab Safety
3
Jan 23 (M)
Jan 25 (W)
Jan 27 (F)
Biologically Important Molecules
Overview of Cell Structures
Respiration
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
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questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt
LAB 1:
Hypothesis Testing
4
Jan 30 (M)
Feb 1 (W)
Feb 3 (F)
Photosynthesis
DNA Structure QUIZ #2
Protein Synthesis
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt

LAB 2:
Quantitative Techniques

5

Feb 6 (M)
Feb 8 (W)
Feb 10 (F)

Cell Division
Origin of Life Hypotheses
EXAM 1
audio ppt
audio ppt
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questions
questions
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ppt
ppt
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LAB 4:
Respiration
study session
6 Feb 13 (M)
Feb 15 (W)
Feb 17 (F)
Mendelian Heredity
Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory
Allelic, Genic, and Environmental Interactions
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt

LAB 3:
Photosynthesis

7 Feb 20 (M)
Feb 22 (W)
Feb 24 (F)
Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
Linkage
Mutation I
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt
LAB 10:
Comparative Anatomy
8 Feb 27 (M)
Mar 1 (W)
Mar 4 (F)
Mutation II QUIZ #3
Gene Regulation
Population Genetics I
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt

LAB 5:
Proteins and Chromosomes,
Heredity set-up

9 Mar 5-11 SPRING BREAK
9 Mar 13 (M)
Mar 15 (W)
Mar 17 (F)
Population Genetics II
Population Genetics III summary video
Genes and Development QUIZ #4
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt
LAB 6:
Heredity
pop gen problems
10 Mar 20 (M)
Mar 22 (W)
Mar 24 (F)
Species and Phylogenies
Modern Evolutionary Theory
EXAM 2
audio ppt
audio ppt
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questions
questions
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ppt
ppt
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LAB 7:
Population Genetics
11

Mar 27 (M)
Mar 29 (W)
Mar 31 (F)

Bacterial Diversity 
Eukarya Diversity
Plant Diversity I
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt
Lab 9:
Pathogens
12 Apr 3 (M)
Apr 5 (W)
Apr 7 (F)
Plants II
Plant Diversity III
Fungi
audio ppt
audio ppt
audio ppt
questions
questions
questions
ppt
ppt
ppt
TUESDAY: NO LAB (FU Engaged)
THURSDAY: LAB 8: Stream Sampling
13 Apr 10 (M)
Apr 12 (W)
Apr 14 (F)
Animals and their Origins
Animal Diversity I QUIZ #5
NO CLASS
audio ppt
audio ppt
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questions
questions
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ppt
ppt
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LAB 11:
Plant Diversity
14 Apr 17 (M)
Apr 19 (W)
Apr 21 (F)
NO CLASS
Animal Diversity II
Animal Diversity III

audio ppt
audio ppt

questions
questions

ppt
ppt

LAB 11:
Animal Diversity

15 Apr 24 (M) Human Evolution audio ppt questions ppt
TUESDAY: Lab 8: Stream Sampling
16 Apr 28 or May 1 CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM - 8:30
   

Course Overview

Course Policies