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Course Overview: This course provides the skills and content necessary for
a student to formulate and address questions in the biological sciences. It is
intended primarily for students continuing in biology, but is suitable for nonmajors. Students enrolled in this course must participate in the laboratory,
and there is a laboratory fee. No prerequisites.
Course goals/Learning outcomes:
Develop a general understanding of the content of the different fields
of biological investigation
Identify the common themes within and across divisions of biology (for
ex, unity and diversity)
Be able to locate, critically analyze, interpret and apply information a
variety of sources, from popular news to primary research articles
Develop critical observational skills
Apply common laboratory tools and techniques
Formulate testable scientific questions, and design experiments to
investigate those questions
Collect, analyze and interpret data
Present results of experiments logically and with clarity in both written
and oral forms.
Required texts:
Campbell Biology, Reece et al., Benjamin Cummings,
9th edition, 2011.
ISBN 978-0-321-55823-7
Missing Microbes, Blaser, Picador, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-250-06927-6
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8/26
8/28
8/31
9/2
9/4
9/7
9/9
9/11
9/14
9/16
9/18
9/21
9/23
9/25
9/28
9/30
10/2
introduction
CH 1
CH2
CH3
CH4
Exam 1
Antibiotics: what are
they, how do they work?
Antibiotics: where do
they come from?
Antibiotic resistance &
inheritance
Inheritance of traits
(prokaryotes)
Inheritance of traits
(prokaryotes)
CH5
CH6
See Moodle
CH16: 305-313, CH17:325-331
CH17:337-341, 344-348, CH27:556-564
10/5
CH7
CH6: 99-123
10/7
Inheritance of traits:
mitosis & meiosis
CH12:228-237, CH13:248-256
10/9
Inheritance of traits
CH14:262-270, CH15:286-287
10/12
10/14
10/16
fall break
fall break
fall break
CH8
See Moodle
10/19
multicellularity
CH9
10/21
multicellularity
See Moodle
10/23
Plant diversity
10/26
10/28
10/30
CH10
CH35: 738-754
CH36: 764-782
11/2
exam 2
11/4
Animal diversity
CH13:248-253 CH32:654-664
11/6
Animal diversity
11/9
Animal diversity
11/11
11/13
Animal physiology
11/16
Animal cardiovascular
systems
11/18
Animal digestion
CH41:875-895
11/20
catch up.
same as above
11/23
11/25
11/27
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
none
none
11/30
Metabolism
CH14
CH8:142-160
12/2
12/4
12/7
12/9
Exam
3
Metabolism: cellular
respiration
Metabolism: cellular
respiration cont.
Metabolism:
photosynthesis
Metabolism:
photosynthesis, cont
during final exam time
CH11
CH12
CH9: 163-181
same as above
CH15,
16,
Epilogue
CH10: 184-203
same as above