BIO 111: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY - Fall 2011

 

LECTURE SYLLABUS

WEEK DATE TOPIC AND LINK TO LECTURE NOTES PPT READINGS LAB
1

Aug 24 (W)
Aug 26 (F)

Course Overview, What is Biology (I)?
What is Biology? (II)
ppt 1
ppt 2
Chapters 1-3 NO LAB
2
Aug 29 (M)
Aug 31 (W)
Sept 2 (F)
Darwin's Observations I
Darwin's Observations II
Darwin's Theories and Dilemmas QUIZ #1
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapters1-3 LAB 1:
Hypothesis Testing
3
Sept 5 (M)
Sept 7 (W)
Sept 9 (F)
NO CLASS - LABOR DAY
Overview of Cell Structures
DNA Structure
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ppt
ppt
Chapters 6-7
VARIES BY SECTION
4
Sept 12 (M)
Sept 14 (W)
Sept 16 (F)
Protein Synthesis
Origin of Life Hypotheses QUIZ #2
Photosynthesis  
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapters 6-8 LAB 2:
Quantitative Techniques
5

Sept 19 (M)
Sept 21 (W)
Sept 23 (F)

Respiration
Cell Division
REVIEW DAY
ppt
ppt
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Chapters 8-9 LAB 3:
Photosynthesis
6 Sept 26 (M)
Sept 28 (W)
Sept 30 (F)
EXAM 1
Mendelian Heredity
Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory
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ppt
ppt
Chapter 9

LAB 4:
Respiration

7 Oct 3 (M)
Oct 5 (W)
Oct 7 (F)
Allelic, Genic, and Environmental Interactions
Sex Determination and Sex Linkage
Linkage
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapters 9-10
LAB 5:
Proteins and Chromosomes
8 Oct 10 (M)
Oct 12 (W)
Oct 14 (F)
Mutation I QUIZ #3
Mutation II
NO CLASS - FALL BREAK
ppt
ppt
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Chapter 10
VARIES BY SECTION
9 Oct 17 (M)
Oct 19 (W)
Oct 21 (F)
Gene Regulation
Population Genetics I
Population Genetics II
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapters 10,
21-22
LAB 6:
Heredity
10 Oct 24 (M)
Oct 26 (W)
Oct 28 (F)
Population Genetics IIIQUIZ #4 tutorial video
Genes and Development
Species and Phylogenies
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapter 22
Chapter 13
Chapter 11
LAB 7:
Population Genetics
pop gen problems
11 Oct 31 (M)
Nov 2 (W)
Nov 4 (F)
Modern Evolutionary Theory
REVIEW DAY
EXAM 2
ppt
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Chapter 12


LAB 9:
Human Pathogens
12 Nov 7 (M)
Nov 9 (W)
Nov 11 (F)
Bacterial Diversity
Eukarya Diversity
Plant Diversity I
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapters 8, 14
LAB 8:
Stream Sampling
13 Nov 14 (M)
Nov 16 (W)
Nov 18 (F)
Plants II
Plant Diversity III
Fungi QUIZ #5
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapter 14
LAB 10:
Comparative Anatomy
14 Nov 21 (M)
Nov 23 (W)
Nov 25 (F)
Animals and their Origins
NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK
NO CLASS - THANKSGIVING BREAK
ppt
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Chapter 15
NO LAB
15 Nov 28 (M)
Nov 30 (W)
Dec 2 (F)
Animal Diversity I
Animal Diversity II
Animal Diversity III
ppt
ppt
ppt
Chapters 16-19
LAB 11:
Animal Diversity
16 Dec 5 (M) Human Evolution and Course Evaluation ppt Chapter 20
NO LAB

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