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A. Course Information COURSE TITLE: COURSE NUMBER: Course Syllabus Spring – 2013 General Biology BIO-1215 330 122S CREDIT HOURS: 5 INSTRUCTOR: OFFICE HOURS: E-MAIL ADDRESS: CLASS HOURS: PREREQUISITES: Jack Treml, PhD By Appointment jtreml.fscc@gmail.com T/R 12-2:55pm None TEXTBOOK: Inquiry into Life, Sylvia Mader 13 th ed , McGraw Hill I encourage you to read the assigned chapters each week as a complement to our classroom discussion. All material from assigned chapters has the potential to show up on quizzes or exams regardless of whether we cover that material in class. Your Inner Fish, Neil Shubin We will read this book together, a chapter a week, with discussions at the end of class every Thursday. It is a well written, entertaining story of one biologist’s work to find remains of a critical transition species in evolutionary biology, I hope you will enjoy it. More importantly, it covers a number of topics that we will study this semester and includes additional information that we will not have time to discuss at length in class, but that I think will be beneficial to you. Additional readings may be made available on blackboard, in your course handbook or distributed in class. COURSE DESCRIPTION: This survey course includes three hours of lecture and two hours of lab. It is an introduction to the study of living things, including the nature of science, levels of organization and properties of life, bioenergetics, reproduction, genetics, evolution, classification and ecological/ environmental principles. 2
B. METHOD OF INSTRUCTION: This is a lecture-based class. However, in addition to attending lecture, success of the student is dependent upon participation in in-class activities / assignments as well as completing assigned reading from both the textbook and other sources. C. COURSE COMPETENCIES/OBJECTIVES: Students performing at a “C” grade level or higher should be able to: 1. [These are broad single, specific, one-dimensional behaviors; what we want students to learn. A competency/objective describes a performance that students should be able to exhibit before they are considered competent. Ten (10) or fewer are appropriate. Courses with statewide competencies may use them here. Competencies/objectives are clearly written, realistic, and learner focused. Competencies/objectives should state what the learner is to be able to do, under what conditions, and how well the student is to be able to do it. Course competencies/objectives should reflect appropriate taxonomy based on course level. Developmental and freshman level courses should have competencies/objectives that are at the knowledge and comprehension level. Sophomore or higher level courses should have competencies/objectives at the application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation taxonomy levels.] D. COURSE TOPICS/UNITS: Material covered is subject to change at the instructor’s discretion. Unit I: Introduction to the Cell In this section we will be introduced to the concept of life itself, discuss the ‘cell theory of life’ and examine how the cell is organized. In the second half of this unit we will discuss where the energy that fuels life on earth originates and how it is converted into usable energy. Finally, we will conclude with a discussion of how cells reproduce themselves to carry on life through the generations. Chapter 1: The Study of Life The cell theory of life What does it mean to be alive? Chapter 2: The Molecules of Cells Proteins, Fats and Carbohydrates Chapter 3: Cell Structure and Function Mitochondria and Chloroplasts ER, Golgi and vesicular travel Chapter 4: Membrane Structure and Function Chapter 6: Metabolism: Energy and Enzymes Chapter 8: Photosynthesis How do cells harness the energy of the sun? 3
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