BIO 111-03: FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGY
Spring 2014

Syllabus

WK	DATE	LECTURE NOTES	VIDEO PPT	Q & A	PPT	LAB (Tuesdays)
1	Jan 13 (M) Jan 15 (W) Jan 17 (F)	Course Overview, What is Biology (I)? What is Biology? (II) Darwin's Observations I	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt
2	Jan 20 (M) Jan 22 (W) Jan 24 (F)	NO CLASS - Martin Luther King Day Darwin's Observations II Darwin's Theories and Dilemmas QUIZ #1	. audio ppt audio ppt	. questions questions	. ppt ppt	LAB 1: Hypothesis Testing
3	Jan 27 (M) Jan 29 (W) Jan 31 (F)	Atoms and Bonds Overview of Cell Structures Respiration	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	. questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 2: Quantitative Techniques
4	Feb 3 (M) Feb 5 (W) Feb 7 (F)	Photosynthesis DNA Structure QUIZ #2 Protein Synthesis	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 4: Respiration
5	Feb 10 (M) Feb 12 (W) Feb 14 (F)	Cell Division Origin of Life Hypotheses EXAM 1	audio ppt audio ppt .	questions questions .	ppt ppt .	LAB 3: Photosynthesis
6	Feb 17 (M) Feb 19 (W) Feb 21 (F)	Mendelian Heredity Meiosis and the Chromosomal Theory Allelic, Genic, and Environmental Interactions	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 5: Proteins and Chromosomes
7	Feb 24 (M) Feb 26 (W) Feb 28 (F)	Sex Determination and Sex Linkage Linkage Mutation I	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 10: Comparative Anatomy
8	Mar 3 (M) Mar 5 (W) Mar 7 (F)	Mutation II QUIZ #3 Gene Regulation Population Genetics I	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 12: Natural History of Plants, Heredity set-up
9	Mar 8-16	SPRING BREAK
9	Mar 17 (M) Mar 19 (W) Mar 21 (F)	Population Genetics II Population Genetics III summary video Genes and Development QUIZ #4	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	LAB 6: Heredity pop gen problems
10	Mar 24 (M) Mar 26 (W) Mar 28 (F)	Species and Phylogenies Modern Evolutionary Theory EXAM 2	audio ppt audio ppt .	questions questions .	ppt ppt .	LAB 7: Population Genetics
11	Mar 31 (M) Apr 2 (W) Apr 4 (F)	Bacterial Diversity Eukarya Diversity Plant Diversity I	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	Lab 9: Pathogens
12	Apr 7 (M) Apr 9 (W) Apr 10 (TH)	Plants II Plant Diversity III Fungi	audio ppt audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions questions	ppt ppt ppt	NO LAB
13	Apr 14 (M) Apr 16 (W) Apr 18 (F)	Animals and their Origins Animal Diversity I QUIZ #5 NO CLASS	audio ppt audio ppt .	questions questions .	ppt ppt .	LAB 8: Stream Sampling
14	Apr 21 (M) Apr 23 (W) Apr 25 (F)	NO CLASS Animal Diversity II Animal Diversity III	audio ppt audio ppt	questions questions	ppt ppt	LAB 11: Animal Diversity Biodiversity ppt
15	Apr 28 (M)	Human Evolution	audio ppt	questions	ppt	NO LAB
16	May 2 (F)	CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM - 8:30

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