Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

BIO 111 Syllabus Week Date Type Topics covered in lecture/lab 1 August 20-24 Lecture Introduction, scientific method Lab No lab this week 2 August 27-31 Lecture Chemistry of life, cell structure and function Lab Microscopy and cells 3 September 3-7 Lecture Membranes, energy, photosynthesis Lab Photosynthesis *Labor Day September 3 rd – no class 4 September 10-14 Lecture Photosynthesis and respiration Lab Respiration Exam 1 Friday September 14 th during regular lecture hours 5 September 17-21 Lecture DNA and gene expression Lab Protein synthesis 6 September 24-28 Lecture Cellular reproduction (mitosis and meiosis) Lab Mitosis and meiosis 7 October 1-5 Lecture Inheritance Lab Human genetics 8 October 8-12 Lecture Gene expression and regulation, biotechnology Lab Lab quiz 1, Recombinant DNA Exam 2 Friday October 12 th during regular lecture hours 9 October 15-19 Lecture Systematics Lab Classification and nomenclature 10 October 22-26 Lecture Animal and Plant Diversity Lab Survey of plants and animals 11 Oct. 29- Nov. 2 Lecture Viruses, prokaryotes, protistans, fungi Lab Archaea 12 November 5-9 Lecture ***Class student presentations all week*** Lab Inheritance and probability 13 November 12-16 Lecture Natural selection and evolution Lab Hardy-Weinberg and evolution Exam 3 Friday November 16 th during regular lecture hours See next page