Georgia Perimeter College - Clarkston Campus
BIOL 2107 –100
Principles of Biology I LECTURE
Summer 2010
MW 10:00 a.m.- 12:45 p.m.
Room CC-2140
Office: SA-3405 (Decatur campus)
Phone: 678-891-2433. If I am not in my office, please leave a message on the answering machine and I will return your call as soon as possible. Students are encouraged to send an e-mail message at any time, as this is the best way to reach me.
Science office telephone: 678-891-3766
E-mail: Pamela.Moolenaar-Wirsiy@gpc.edu
Fax: 678-891-3599
Office hours: by appointment
Home page: http://facstaff.gpc.edu/~pmoolena/
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Required Text: Campbell, N.A. and J. B. Reece. 2008. Biology. 8th ed. Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company (plum-colored cover edition). PLEASE make sure that you have your book by the second day of class. It is vital to your success.
PREREQUISITES: Chem 1211 lecture and lab with a C or better;
COREQUISITE: BIOL 2107 Lab (NOTE - Withdrawal from either lecture or lab will result in automatic withdrawal from both classes)
COURSE DESCRIPTION
Students investigate the principles and applications of biology. Topics include the scientific method, cell structure and function, basic chemistry of life, cellular reproduction and genetics, taxonomy and relationships among organisms, and a survey of selected organisms (bacteria, fungi, protists, and plants).
This course is for students whose program of study is science.
Important Dates:
May 31
Memorial Day (NO CLASS)
June 7
Test #1
June 23
Test #2
July 5
Independence Day (NO CLASS)
July 7
Test #3
July 16
Group Projects Due
July 19
Test #4
July 29 (11:30-2:30pm)
Final Exam
Note: Scheduled dates of Tests #1-4 are subject to change.
Exams
In order to ensure your success in this class, it is important that exams be taken on the scheduled day. Make-up tests will be given ONLY if a student has a verifiable excuse, in writing, for not taking the exam on the scheduled day. Please notify me before the exam in order to be considered for a make-up. Make-up exams will be different than the regularly scheduled exams and may be entirely essay in format.
Please bring a Scantron sheet (form 882 green) and number 2 pencils for each test.
Assignments
To get the most out of your experience in this class, students are expected to read the material listed in the lecture outline and textbook before coming to class.
EXPECTED EDUCATIONAL RESULTS
As a result of completing this course, the student will be able to:
1. Use the scientific method as a way of devising experiments and analyzing results to arrive at defendable conclusions.
2. Explain major biological concepts and theories such as the origin of life, evolution, cell theory, and inheritance.
3. Compare and contrast prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
4. Describe eukaryotic cell structure and function.
5. Describe and discuss cell transport mechanisms.
6. Discuss the processes of energy transfer in cells including the role of enzymes.
7. Discuss classical and molecular genetics including biotechnology.
8. Distinguish the organisms that are placed in the Kingdoms Monera, Protista, Fungi, and Plantae.
9. Outline a currently accepted theory as to the origins of the Plant Kingdom and discuss the evidence for this.
10. Identify plant reproductive structures and explain their development and function.
An example of how the final course grade will be determined follows:
Test 1
100 pts
Test 2
100 pts
Test 3
100 pts
Course Project
100 pts.
Quizzes/Assignments
50 pts
Comprehensive Final Exam
100 pts
550 pts
**For example, to calculate your grade at any point during the semester, add all points obtained (tests, quizzes, etc.) and divide that number by the total possible points up to that point ( i.e., if we’ve had 2 tests and one quiz (20 pts.), the total possible points up to that point will be 220 pts.); then multiply by 100 to get the percentage grade.
A = 90 - 100 D = 60 - 69
B = 80 - 89 F = 59 or below
C = 70 - 79
You are encouraged to meet with me at any time during the semester to discuss academic standing.
Due to FERPA regulations, final grades cannot be posted in public settings. After grades have been entered into the system, students can access their grades via the Student Information Systems ( SIS). The system is available 24 hours a day.
Attendance
Coming to class EVERY day is essential to your success, therefore, attendance is MANDATORY! You are responsible for all material covered and announcements made in class. Students’ academic success is the major priority of the College, and of mine too! Because regular participation enhances the learning process, students are expected to and strongly encouraged to attend all classes. Students are accountable for assignments and materials covered during an absence.
Class Conduct
In an effort to be considerate of yourself, your instructor and your fellow classmates PLEASE, turn off cell phones and any other electronic devices while in class. Late arrivals or early departures will affect your class participation grade, as pop quizzes will be given during the first few minutes (or last few minutes) of class. You are asked to arrive on time and to not schedule activities which require you to leave class early.
Americans With Disabilities Act Statement
If you are a student who is disabled as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act and require assistance or support services, please seek assistance through the Center for Disability Services. A CDS Counselor will coordinate those services.
Equal Opportunity Statement
No person shall, on the grounds of race, color, sex, religion, creed, national origin, age or disability, be excluded from employment or participation in, be denied the benefits of, or otherwise be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity conducted by Georgia Perimeter College.
Affirmative Action Statement
Georgia Perimeter College adheres to affirmative action policies designed to promote diversity and equal opportunity for all faculty and students.
· It is YOUR responsibility to withdraw yourself from this class if you wish to do so.
· The lecture and the lab of Biology 2107 are co-requisites. Any student who withdraws or is withdrawn from one (lecture or lab) must be withdrawn from the other (lecture or lab).
As stated in the Georgia Perimeter College Catalog and the GPC Student Handbook:
"Cheating is contrary to the policy of Georgia Perimeter College. Cheating includes any attempt to defraud, deceive or mislead the instructor in arriving at an honest grade assessment. Violation of the cheating policy will result in a grade of zero on that portion of the course, and a second offense will result in a grade of F in the course."
Some examples of cheating include, but are not limited to:
1. On a test or quiz: looking at or copying from another student’s work, allowing another student to copy your work, exchanging written or oral communication, using notes, or opening a text book.
2. On out-of-class assignments: plagiarism** (copying words or ideas from another student or printed source without citation), having another person do your work, or allowing another student to use your work as his/her own.
3. Providing false documentation in order to be allowed to make up a missed test or assignment or to document an excused absence.
** Plagiarism is presenting the work or ideas of another person as your own. This includes not only copying written words directly from someone else’s work (whether it be another student or the author of a book, journal article, etc.), but also copying ideas from someone else without citation.
Any student found by the instructor to have cheated on a graded test or assignment will receive a grade of "F" for the course.
An “incomplete” is assigned only when the student, for non-academic reasons beyond his/her control, is unable to complete the course at that time. The work completed must be satisfactory to that point (passing). An in complete must be made up the following semester or it will convert to an “F”. A formal petition for the incomplete along with documentation must be filed with the Science Department.
Georgia Perimeter College supports the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Executive Order #11246, Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. No person shall, on the basis of age, race, religion, color, gender, sexual orientation, national origin or disability, be excluded from participation in, or be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any program or activity of Georgia Perimeter College.
Any individual with a grievance related to the enforcement of any of the above provisions should contact the Assistant Director of Human Resources, Ombudsperson.
Revision Approved by College Advisory Board 10/17/02
Chapter:
Material Covered:
1
Themes in the Study of Life
2
The Chemical Context of Life (review and quiz)
3
Water and the Fitness of the Environment (review and quiz)
4
Carbon and the Molecular Diversity of Life
5
The Structure and Function of Large Biological Molecules
6
A Tour of the Cell
7
Membrane Structure and Function
8
An Introduction to Metabolism
9
Cellular Respiration: Harvesting Chemical Energy
11
Cell Communication
12
The Cell Cycle
13
Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles
14
Mendel and the Gene Idea
Test #2 (June 23, 2010)
17
From Gene to Protein
19
Viruses
20
Biotechnology
15
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance
16
The Molecular Basis of Inheritance
Test #3 (July 7, 2010)
27
Bacteria and Archaea
28
Protists
31
Fungi
10
Photosynthesis
35
Plant Structure, Growth and Development
29
Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land
Project DUE July 16, 2010
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