BIOLOGY 1005 - Sect 101    SPRING 2008    SYLLABUS

Week

Date

Class Topics & Assignments

1

Tues 1/22

Thurs 1/24

Intro to Biology

Lab Safety & Intro/Workshop - Ch 1 Online Quiz due

2

Tues 1/29

Thurs 1/31

Presentations/Workshop - Ch 2 Online Quizzes Due

Lab - Hypothesis Posing & Testing

3

Tues 2/5

Thurs 2/7

Presentations/Workshop - Ch 3 Online Quiz Due

Lab - Nutrition & Nutrient Transport

4

Tues 2/12

Thurs 2/14

Presentations/Workshop & LECTURE EXAM #1

Lab - Respiration & the Carbon Cycle

5

Tues 2/19

Thurs 2/21

Presentations/Workshop - Ch 4 & 5 Online Quizzes Due

Lab - Mutation & Cancer

6

Tues 2/26

Thurs 2/28

Presentations/Workshop - Ch 6 Online Quiz Due

Lab - Genes & the Environment

7

Tues 3/4

Thurs 3/6

Presentations/Workshop - Ch 7 Online Quiz Due

Lab - LAB EXAM #1

8

Tues 3/11

Thurs 3/13

NO CLASSES - SPRING BREAK

9

Tues 3/18

Thurs 3/20

Presentations/Workshop & LECTURE EXAM #2

LAB CANCELLED (Prof Day)

10

Tues 3/25

Thurs 3/27

Presentations/Workshop - Ch 8 & 9 Quizzes Due

Lab - Understanding Evolutionary "Trees"

11

Tues 4/1

Thurs 4/3

Workshop/Presentations Ch 8 & 9 - Ch 10 Quiz Due

Lab cancelled (Dr. B out sick)

12

Tues 4/8

Thurs 4/10

Workshop/Presentations Ch 10

Lab - Simulating Natural Selection

13

Tues 4/15

Thurs 4/17

LECTURE EXAM #3

Lab - Simulating Genetic Drift

14

Tues 4/22

Thurs 4/24

Dr. B's Presentation - Ch 11 Quiz Due

Lab - Estimating Population Size

15

Tues 4/29

Thurs 5/1

Workshop/Presentations Ch 12 - Ch 12 Quiz Due

Lab - LAB EXAM #2
16

Tues 5/6

 LECTURE EXAM #4 - Ch 13 Quiz Due              (Optional Ch 14 Extra Credit Quiz Due)