OKANAGAN COLLEGE COURSE OUTLINE WINTER 2011

COURSE: INSTRUCTOR: Office: Phone: e-mail: Biology 121: Biology For Science Majors Dale Donovan C212 762-5445 Local 4705 ddonovan@okanagan.bc.ca

COURSE DESCRIPTION: A continuation of BIOL 111 with an introduction to the biological concepts necessary for second year biology. Topics include the physiology of reproduction, gas exchange, inter-organ transport and inter-organ coordination in plants and animals, and excretion and movement in animals. Ecosystem, population, community and behavioral ecology are discussed. TEXT (available in the bookstore) Campbell, N.A., and J.B. Reece. 2008. Biology: Eighth edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings Publishing Company Biology 111/121 Lab Manual PREREQUISITE: Biology 111 LABORATORY SESSIONS: The laboratory component is an essential part of the course. Students will be expected to attend each entire lab period and to bring their lab manuals and textbooks. Some labs will reinforce and elaborate on lecture material. Other labs will present material which is best learned in the lab and will not be covered in lecture. EVALUATION Term Exam 1 Term Exam 2 Optional Assignments Final Exam (comprehensive) Term paper Laboratory Grade 15% 20% 1% each 25% (minus the number of optional assignments) 10% 30%

A number of optional Assignments will be handed out during the term. If you want to use these assignments for marks, you must complete the assignments (yourself!) and hand them in on the due date. The number of assignments you hand in will be used for marks and will reduce how much the final exam is worth. The exams must be written at the scheduled time. Exams will cover all course lecture material and assignments to date. The final exam is comprehensive. You must have a doctors note if you miss a scheduled exam. Final grades will be assigned as percentages. The Okanagan College Calendar provides letter grade equivalents. Normally, if either the lab or lecture component is failed, the maximum grade possible will be 49%. Students missing exams may be excused from the exam only with a written medical excuse or written compassionate leave excuse.

PLAGIARISM: Plagiarism is a serious academic offense. The OC calendar provides you with a definition of plagiarism. Essentially, it is presenting someone elses work or ideas as your own, either intentionally or not. Unintentional plagiarism usually results from poor reference citation practices or group work that is not acknowledged. Intentional plagiarism is intentionally trying to pass another persons work or ideas off as your own. The following lists the topics, in sequence, which will be covered this term. You are responsible for reading the material listed below; please read it carefully. The quizzes and exams scheduled below will cover our class discussions as well as assignments and reading material. Tentative Order of Lectures Reading Introduction to Metabolism photosynthesis cell respiration metabolism Animal Tissues animal tissues muscle cell movement Ecology and Macroevolution introduction behavioral ecology community ecology interactions of ecology and evolution Heterotrophic Nutrition comparative systems human digestive systems Gas Exchange in Animals comparative systems alveolar structure alveolar function hemoglobin Transport in Animals comparative systems capillaries, blood components Plant Tissues Transport in Plants xylem and transpiration phloem and the bulk flow hypothesis Chapter 10: 185-199 Chapter 9: 162-179 Chapter 8: 142-151 Chapter 40: 852-859 Chapter 50: 1105-1112 Chapter 52: 1148-1155 Chapter 51: 1134-1138 Chapter 54 (parts) Chapters 23 and 24 (parts) Chapter 41: 875-891

Chapter 42: 915-926

Chapter 42: 898-907 909-914 Chapter 35: 738-754 Chapter 36: 764-776 Chapter 36: 779-781

Gas Exchange in Plants stomatal structure, function Reproduction (addressed in the lab) animal reproduction plant reproduction Excretion nephron function Coordination homeostasis neurons hormone chemistry Biological Diversity (addressed in the lab)

Chapter 36: 776-779 Chapter 46: parts

Chapter 44: 954-972 Chapter 40: 860-862 Chapter 48: 1047-1061 Chapter 11 (parts) Chapter 45 (parts) Chapters 29, 30, 32, 33, 34