Tentative Course Schedule*:

Textbook: Biology, Concepts and Connections, Campbell , Reece, Mitchell, and Taylor , 6th edition

Week

Week of:

Topic

Chapters

1

Aug 17

Introduction, Scientific Study of Life, Chemical Basis of Life

1, 2

2

Aug 24

Chemical Basis of Life

2

3

Aug 31

The Molecules of Cells

3

4

Sep 7

Exam I - September 10
(No class, Sept 7 and 8, Labor Day and Faculty Planning Day)

3

5

Sep 14

A Tour of the Cell

4

6

Sep 21

The Working Cell

5

7

Sep 28

How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy

6

8

Oct 5

How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy, Photosynthesis, Exam II

6, 7

 

 

Last Day to Drop w/o Academic Penalty: Friday, October 10

 

9

Oct 12

Cell Division: Mitosis

8.1-8.11

10

Oct 19

Cell Division: Meiosis

8.12-8.18, 27.4

11

Oct 26

Patterns of Inheritance

9

 12

Nov 2

Exam III, Molecular Biology of the Gene

10

13

Nov 9

Molecular Biology of the Gene, Control of Gene Expression

10, 11

14

Nov 16

Control of Gene Expression

11

15

Nov 23

Exam IV, DNA Technology and the Human Genome

12

 

 

NO CLASS Nov 25-27 (Thanksgiving Break)

 

16

Nov 30

DNA Technology and the Human Genome 

12

 

Dec 7-12

FINAL EXAMS - Thursday, Dec. 10 - 8:00 AM

All above