Jeff Church

New Plymouth High School

churchj@npschools.us
208-739-0379

Department of Life Sciences

Biology 201
Biol 201
Spring 2015
Expectations of a Dual Credit student:
This is a college-credit course intended for students who are ready for the rigor and expectations of
college. Dual Credit students will be expected to be responsible for all content covered in this course
class meetings as well as material assigned in readings and lab activities.
Course Description

This is an introductory biology course for science majors. It will emphasize biological principles
important in understanding living organisms, to include: evolution, general biochemistry,
cytology, Mendelian and molecular genetics, and ecology. Students who believe they may be
eligible for advance placement status in courses listing BIOL 201 as a prerequisite should see
the Biology Department chairman. Prereq: None COREQ: BIOL 201L.
To receive credit for this course, you must be officially registered for BOTH a lecture section
and a lab section. If you have not registered for both lecture and lab by the 2nd week of class,
then your instructor is within his/her rights to perform an administrative drop. After 5PM, Friday
of the 3rd week of class, there will be no changes to enrollment status; if you have not
complied with all enrollment requirements by this deadline, you will face one of three
consequences: 1) administrative drop, 2) student withdrawal, 3) F on your transcript. Please
see the current academic calendar for the last date to drop with a 100% refund of tuition and
fees.
General Education Core Objectives:
This course is an approved General Education core class, and meets the following core objectives:

Critical
Thinking
Communication
Quantitative
Reasoning

the ability to calculate, measure, analyze data

Information
Literacy

the ability to locate, understand, assess, and synthesize information in a

technological driven society
the ability to understand and manage self, to function effectively in social
and professional environments and to make reasoned judgments based on
an understanding of the diversity of the world community

Personal
Responsibility
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the ability to think using analysis, synthesis, evaluation, problem solving,

judgment, and the creative process
the ability to develop, support, and appropriately communicate ideas
through speech, writing, performance, or visual media

Course Schedule
This course meets M-F 2:20-3:05 every day that NPHS is in session
This is a year long course
Course Focus

This course is designed as an introduction to Biology for high school juniors and seniors who
are planning on future science majors. As such we will be using the material discussed in this
course to begin your development as scientists. This includes critical thinking and application
of knowledge skills. In order to do this, we will be going through a lot of material each week
In this course I will be compartmentalizing biology content for the high school level students,
building up on larger content ideas using smaller lessons.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the student should be able to .
Provide students with an introduction to the study of biology and major themes that unify this
diverse science. Topics will include evolution, energy and matter, biological organization, and
feedback mechanisms.
Provide students with the fundamental knowledge necessary to comprehend and utilize the
chemical context of life. Topics will include the connection of chemistry to biology, the
properties of water, organic chemistry, and large biological molecules.
Provide students with the fundamental knowledge necessary to comprehend and recognize the
cell as the fundamental unit of life. Topics will include types of cells, cell structure and function,
metabolism, communication and control.
Provide students with the fundamental knowledge necessary to comprehend and apply the
unity of life based on heritable information in DNA.
Provide students the opportunity to develop their scientific inquiry and professionalism
through application of the scientific method, data collection and analysis, information
dissemination, adherence to laboratory protocols, and teamwork.
Grading Policy (the College and High School grading policies may differ for the same class)
A >90%, B=89.9-80%, C=79.9-70%, D=69.9-60%, F=<60%
Methods used to evaluate student performance will be quizzes, tests, classroom
activities and lab activities
Textbooks and Required Materials
Textbooks: Include the author, textbook name, edition, publisher, year published, and ISBN
number for all texts (if using a Pear Custom Edition: Campbell, N.A., J.B. Reece, L.A. Urry, M.L.
Cain, S.A. Wasserman, P.V. Minorsky, and R.B. Jackson. 2008. Biology Vol. 1 with
MasteringBiology 9th ed., Pearson Benjamin Cummings, San Francisco, USA.
ISBN 978-1-256-09745-7
This is a custom package that bundles the custom textbook with the lab manual. The
custom textbook only contains the chapters we will be covering in this class. It is only available
through CWI and CSI.

Biology, Campbell, Benjamin Cummings, 9th Edition

ISBN: 978-1-256-16686-3

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This is the custom edition of the textbook but not bundled with MasteringBiology. It is
available through the CWI Bookstore.

MasteringBiology Student Access Code for Biology

ISBN 978-0-321-68652-0
If you already have Biology, 9th Edition, you may consider purchasing this. The Mastering
Biology is website supplied by the publisher of the book and is a very useful study aid. I
encourage you to utilize this tool.
Course Calendar
Although we should be following this schedule exactly, it is subject to change. Any
changes to this outline, including chapters covered on the tests, will be announced in class.
Date
8/21

Chapter/Assignment

What We Will Cover

Course introduction

syllabi, quia, pretest

8/25-29 Ch 1

themes of study in Bio

9/1

no classes

Labor day

9/2-5 Ch 1

Themes (cont)

Do Before Next Chapter

return signed syllabi

Ch 1 quiz

9/8-12 Basic Chemistry in living systems

9/15-19

quiz

9/22-26 Biological Macromolecules Proteins, Lipids, carbohydrates and Nucleic acids

9/29-10/1 Ch 5

Structure and Function of Bio macromolecules

10/6-10

quiz

10/13-17 Ch 6

Cells

microscopy, structure function, organelles

quiz

10/20-24
10/27-30
11/3-7

Ch 8

Metabolism pathways of energy

11/10-14

quiz

11/17-21 Ch 9

Cellular Respiration

11/24-25

quiz

12/1-5 Ch 10
12/8-12
12/15-19

Photosynthesis
EOC review
EOC sem 1

12/22-1/2 Christmas Break

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1/5-9 Ch12 Cell Cycle

Mitosis

quiz

Meiosis

quiz

Genetics

quiz

Chromosomal inheritance

quiz

1/12-15
1/19-23 Ch 13
1/26-30
2/2-6 Ch 14
2/9-13
2/17-20 Ch 15
2/23-27
3/2-6 Ch 16

Molecular basis of inheritance

3/9-13

quiz

3/16-20 Ch 17

Translation-gene to protein

3/30-4/3

quiz

4/6-10 Project

Genetic Disease Reasearch Project/presentation

4/13-17
4/20-24

Ecology

Ecosystems

4/27-5/1

Relationships within ecology

5/4-8

natural selection, genetic shift

quiz

quiz

5/11-15 EOC Review

5/18-22 Sem 2 EOC
2/26-29 Attendance Finals
End of Course Electronic Evaluations
To help instructors continually improve courses, students will complete anonymous online evaluations
for each course. Students will be able to access evaluations during their final weeks of the semester
following the online link provided to you by your high school teacher and/or by CWIs Dual Credit office.
[Faculty note: Please adjust timeline for courses running fewer than 16 weeks.]
Behavioral Expectations
This section is required and should clearly state behavioral expectations and consequences.
Every student has the right to a respectful learning environment. In order to provide this right to
all students, students must take individual responsibility to conduct themselves in a mature and
appropriate manner and will be held accountable for their behavior. Students who disrupt the
class or behave inappropriately or disrespectfully, as determined by the instructor, may be
asked to leave the classroom. Instructors or CWI Dual Credit staff have the right to create a
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written behavioral contract with students; if a student violates a behavioral contract, they may be
released from the course.
Academic Dishonesty
All work submitted by a student must represent his/her own ideas, concepts, and current
understanding. All material found during research must be correctly documented to avoid plagiarism.
Cheating or plagiarism in any form is unacceptable and violations may result in disciplinary action
ranging from failure of the assignment to failure of the course. Repeated acts of academic dishonesty
may have more severe institutional ramifications.
Drop Policy
This section is required. At a minimum, it must include this statement:
It is the students responsibility to drop the course. All class drops must be officially
recorded by the College by completing an Add/Drop form and submitting it to the Dual Credit
Office. Classes may NOT be dropped by telephone or e-mail. Failing to drop by this method
may result in an outstanding debt to the College as well as a permanent academic transcript
record with a grade of F. Once the CWI Dual Credit drop and refund deadline has passed,
students may withdraw from this course up to the CWI Dual Credit withdrawal deadline. A
withdrawn course generates a permanent academic transcript record with a grade of "W". This
is considered an unsuccessful attempt and can have impact on a students future financial aid
eligibility. Students who withdraw from courses after the drop and refund deadline are NOT
entitled to refunds of tuition and fees and the full balance owed remains due and payable to
College of Western Idaho. All drop/refund and withdraw deadlines are included in the CWI Dual
Credit registration packet. For more information about these deadlines, please contact the CWI
Dual Credit Office at (208) 562-3371.
Affidavit of Syllabus as Contract
This section is optional. CWI recommends that you use this section to obtain parent and student
signatures to indicate that both parties have read and understood the content in the syllabus;
specifically the Course Expectations, Behavioral Expectations and Drop Policy sections.

Student

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Date

Parent/Guardian

Date

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