Fall 2018 Course Syllabi

BIO 150 Syllabus Fall 2018 4 Tentative Schedule for Biology 150: Week Date Type Topics covered in lecture/lab 1 August 20-24 Lecture Scientific method, chemistry of life, water Lab No lab this week 2 August 27-31 Lecture Large biological molecules Lab Microscopy 3 September 3-7 Lecture Prokaryotes and archaea Lab Osmosis and diffusion *Labor Day September 3 rd – no class 4 September 10-14 Lecture Eukaryotic cell structure and function Lab Chemistry of life Exam 1 Friday September 14 th during regular lecture hours 5 September 17-21 Lecture Membranes, endosymbiotic theory Lab Eukaryotic cell structure and function 6 September 24-28 Lecture Sexual life cycles, tissues, and tissue organization Lab Prokaryotic cell structure and function 7 October 1-5 Lecture Virus structure and function, viroids, prions Lab Enzymes 8 October 8-12 Lecture Enzymes and metabolism Lab Lab midterm exam/practical 1 Exam 2 Friday October 12 th during regular lecture hours 9 October 15-19 Lecture Photosynthesis Lab Photosynthesis 10 October 22-26 Lecture Respiration Lab Respiration 11 Oct. 29- Nov. 2 Lecture Mitosis and Meiosis Lab Mitosis and Meiosis 12 November 5-9 Lecture ***Class student presentations all week*** Lab Inheritance and probability 13 November 12-16 Lecture Protein synthesis Lab Protein synthesis Exam 3 Friday November 16 th during regular lecture hours