Biology 110, Fall, 2008, Professor Stark, Lecture syllabus
Here
is a cumulative lecture outline
Week 1 lab Scientific Inquiry (There is lab week 1, students in section
#42 arrive at 2 pm after mass and welcome)
M 8/25 Evolution,
homeostasis and reproduction Chapter 1, Other specified selections PodCast
W 8/27 Strong inference
Chapter 1 (continued), Other specified selections, pp 610-611 & 629
PodCast
F 8/29 Water, inorganic
chemistry Chapter 2 PodCast
Week 2 lab Molecules
M 9/1 Labor Day
W 9/3 Carbon based
units Chapter 3 PodCast
F 9/5 The cellular basis
of life Chapter 4 PodCast
Week 3 lab Cells
M 9/8 Cell membranes:
gateway between the quick and the dead Chapter 5 PodCast
W 9/10 Cellular
metabolism Chapters 6 & 8 PodCast
An offering
for nine eleven
F 9/12 Nucleic acids and
the code of life Chapter 9, part of Chapter 10, Other specified selections,
PodCast
Week 4 lab Metabolism
M9/15 Review session PodCast
W 9/17 Exam 1.
F 9/19 Central dogma
and proteins Chapter 10 PodCast
Week 5 lab Genetics
M 9/22 General properties
of cell division Chapter 11 PodCast
W 9/24 Sex, meiosis
and biological variability Chapter 11 (continued) PodCast
F 9/26 Genes and genetic
abnormalities Chapter 12 PodCast
Week 6 lab Microbiology
M 9/29 Chromosomes
and chromosomal abnormalities Chapter 12 (continued) PodCast
W 10/1 Prokaryotes and
viruses Chapter 19, pp. 37 & 54, PodCast
F 10/3 Biotech
Chapter 13, Other specified selections, PodCast
Week 7 lab Molecular biology
M 10/6 Evolution
vs intelligent design Selections from Chapters 14-16 & 18, Other
specified selections(from Chapters 12, 23 & 24) PodCast
W 10/8 The genetic
basis of evolution Selections from Chapters 14-16 & 18 PodCast
F 10/10 Review session (As I feared, there were technical difficulties with
this day's PodCast,
the first part is slow and thus garbled, but the tail end worked)
Week 8 lab Evolution
M 10/13 Exam 2.
W 10/15 The origin of
life Chapter 17, selection from Chapter 1 PodCast
F 10/17 The history
of life on Earth Chapter 17 (continued), selections from Chapters 18
& 25 PodCast
Week 9 NO LAB
M 10/20 Fall Break
W 10/22 Diversity of
life Selections from Selections from Chapters 20-22 PodCast
F 10/24 Diversity of
animals Chapters 23 & 24, references to Chapters 33 & 41 PodCast
Week 10 lab Histology
M 10/27 Animal structure
and function Chapter 31, Part of Chapter 39, PodCast
W 10/29 Circulation
Chapter 32, Case study, Chapter 12 PodCast
F 10/31 Respiration
Chapter 33 PodCast
Week 11 lab Physiology
M 11/3 Digestion
Chapter 34, Other specified selections PodCast
W 11/5 Review Session PodCast
F 11/7 Exam 3
Week 12 lab Fetal pig
M 11/10 Nutrition
Chapter 34 (continued), PodCast
W 11/12 Excretion
Chapter 35 PodCast
F 11/14 Immunity and
defense Chapter 36 (plus part of Chapter 32) PodCast
Week 13 lab Senses
M11/17 Endocrinology
Chapter 37, PodCast
W 11/19 The
nervous system Chapter 38, one reference back to chapter 37, PodCast
F 11/21 Senses
Chapter 38 (continued) Specified selections from Chapters 12, 25 & 28,
PodCast
Week 14 NO LAB
M 11/24 Muscles
Chapter 39 PodCast
W 11/26 Thanksgiving
F 11/28 Thanksgiving
Week 15 Lab Development
M 12/1 Reproduction
Chapter 40 PodCast
W 12/3 Development
Chapter 41, references to Chapters 13 & 40, PodCast
F 12/5 Review PodCast
Week 16 NO LAB
M 12/8 Exam 4
M Dec 15 8-9:50 Final exam
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