| WEEK 1: Getting Started
- The Basics of Life |
| Jan 7-11 |
Monday: No class
Wednesday: Intro to the course
Friday: The big picture
BIONET Lesson:
A Picture of
Life Framed by Evolution
Quiz Due:
Quiz 1 open Jan 11-20
Assigned Reading: Chapters 1, 26, 2,
3, and 'evolution as a tinkerer' (supplemental reading)
Lab Exercises: Labs will not meet
this week |
| WEEK 2: The Basics of
Life - Chemistry |
| Jan 14-18 |
Monday: The Chemistry of Life
Wednesday: The Chemistry of Life
Friday: Review for weeks 1 and 2
BIONET Lesson:
Chemistry of Life
Quiz Due:
Quiz 2 open Jan 14-20
Assigned Reading: Chapters 1, 26, 2,
3, and 'evolution as a tinkerer' (supplemental reading)
Lab Exercises: Assessment test,
microscopes and cells |
| WEEK 3: The Basics of
Life - Macromolecules |
| Jan 21-25 |
Monday: Martin Luther King Day - No class
Wednesday: Macromolecules, last day
to drop courses and receive full refund of laboratory fees
Friday: Finish macromolecules
BIONET Lesson:
Macromolecules
Quiz due:
Quiz 3 open Jan 23-
Feb 3
Assigned Reading: Chapters 4, 5
Lab Exercises: Chemical composition
|
| WEEK 4: Basics of Life -
Biological Membranes |
| Jan 28- Feb 1 |
Monday: Biological membranes
Wednesday: Biological membranes
Friday: Snow day- classes canceled
BIONET Lesson:
The Characteristics of Biological Membranes
Quiz due:
Quiz 4 open Jan 28 - Feb
3
Assigned Reading: Chapter 7 (chapter
6 also recommended)
Lab Exercises: Membranes, practice
exam questions due for extra credit
|
| WEEK 5: A Tour of the
Cell |
| Feb 4-8 |
Monday: Cell Structure
Wednesday: Exam I review
Friday: Exam I (80 points, covers weeks 1-4)
BIONET Lesson:
None; read Chapter 6
Quiz due:
Quiz 5 open Feb 6-17
Assigned Reading: Chapter 6
Lab Exercises: To Be Announced
|
| WEEK 6: Energy Matters |
| Feb 11-15 |
Monday: Energy and enzymes
Wednesday: Energy and enzymes
Friday: Cell and Energy review
BIONET Lesson:
Energy and Enzymes
Quiz due:
Quiz 6 open Feb 11-20
Assigned Reading: Chapter 8
Lab Exercises: Enzymes
|
| WEEK 7: Respiration and
Fermentation |
| Feb 18-22 |
Monday: President's Day- no class
Wednesday: Cellular Respiration
Friday: Cellular Respiration
BIONET Lesson:
The Pathways of
Respiration
Quiz due:
Quiz 7 open Feb 20-
Mar 2
Assigned Reading: Chapters 8, 9
Lab Exercises: Respiration
|
| WEEK 8: Photosynthesis |
| Feb 25-29 |
Monday: Photosynthesis
Wednesday: Photosynthesis
Friday: Photosynthesis and Exam II
review
BIONET Lesson:
The Pathways of
Photosynthesis
Quiz due:
Quiz 8 open Feb 25-
Mar 2
Assigned Reading: Chapters 8, 10
Lab Exercises: Photosynthesis,
practice exam questions due for extra credit
|
| WEEK 9: Protein
Synthesis |
| Mar 3-7 |
Monday: Exam
II (80 points, covers weeks 5-7)
Wednesday: Protein Synthesis
Friday: Protein Synthesis
BIONET Lesson:
From Genes
to Proteins, and
Factors Affecting the Expression of Genes
Quiz due:
Quiz 9 open Mar 5-16
Assigned Reading: Chapters 17, 18,
19
Lab Exercises: Gene Expression -
TRANSFORMATION OF E. COLI
|
| WEEK 10: Spring Break |
| Nov 10-14 |
Monday: Spring Break - no
classes
Wednesday: Spring Break - no
classes
Friday: Spring Break - no
classes
|
| WEEK 11: Replicating
Cells and DNA |
| Mar 17-21 |
Monday: Protein Synthesis review
Wednesday: Cell Cycles and DNA Replication
Friday: Cell Cycles and DNA Replication
BIONET Lesson:
Cell Cycles and Cell Division,
and
DNA Replication
Quiz due:
Quiz 10 open Mar 19-30
Assigned Reading: Chapters 12, 16
Lab Exercises: MODELING MITOSIS, PCR
LAB
|
| WEEK 12: Genetics and
Reproduction |
| Mar 24-28 |
Monday: Cell Cycles and DNA
Replication review
Wednesday: Meiosis and Heredity
Friday: Meiosis and Heredity
BIONET Lesson:
Formation
of Gametes: Cell Division by Meiosis, and
Inheritance
and Heredity Patterns
Quiz due:
Quiz 11 open Mar 26-
Apr 6
Assigned Reading: Chapters 13, 14,
15
Lab Exercises: PCR LAB, CONT.,
practice exam questions due for extra credit
|
| WEEK 13: Differentiation
and Morphogenesis |
| Mar 31-Apr 4 |
Monday: Meiosis and Heredity review,
Exam III review
Wednesday: Exam
III (80 points, covers weeks 8-10)
Friday: The Development of Cells
BIONET Lesson:
The Development of
Cells
Quiz due:
Quiz 12 open Apr 3-13
Assigned Reading: Chapter 11, 21
Lab Exercises: Breast Cancer Inheritance,
GENETIC COUNSELING
|
| WEEK 14: Differentiation
and Morphogenesis |
| Apr 7-11 |
Monday: The Development of Cells
Wednesday: The Development of Organisms
Friday: The Development of Organisms
BIONET Lesson:
The Development of
Organisms
Quiz due:
Quiz 13 open Apr 9-20
Assigned Reading: Chapter 21
Lab Exercises: BIOINFORMATICS -
HOMEOTIC MUTATIONS IN Drosophila DEVELOPMENT
|
| WEEK 15: Species and
Their Formation |
| Apr 14-18 |
Monday: The Development of Cells and
Organisms review
Wednesday: The Patterns of Evolution
Friday: The Patterns of Evolution
BIONET Lesson:
The Patterns of
Evolution
Quiz due:
Quiz 14 open Apr 16-27
Assigned Reading: Chapters 22, 23,
24
Lab Exercises: Hardy, Weinberg, and
Kuru
|
| WEEK 16: Species and
Their Formation |
| Apr 21-25 |
Monday: Patterns of Evolution &
Review for Exam IV
Wednesday:
Exam IV (80 points, weeks 13-15)
Friday: Divergence and Diversity
BIONET Lesson:
Divergence and
Diversity
Quiz due:
Quiz 15 open Apr 25-
May 4
Assigned Reading: Chapters 22, 23,
24
Lab Exercises: Homology, practice exam questions due for extra credit, assessment test |
| WEEK 17: Divergence and
Diversity, Review |
| Apr 28-May 2 |
Monday: Divergence and Diversity
Wednesday: Divergence and Diversity review
Friday: Review for Final Exam
BIONET Lesson:
Divergence and
Diversity
Quiz due:
Quiz 15 open Apr 25-
May 4
Assigned Reading: Chapters 22, 23,
24
Lab Exercises: None, sections open for review
|
| Week 18: Finals Week |
| May 5-9 |
Final for all sections:
Wednesday,
May 7, 7:30-9:30 am
*final exams are taken in same room as lecture exams* |
