EarthEarthSection 981, Call # , 6:00pm-10:10pm
Section 982, Call # , 9:30am-1:40pm
Textbook: Starr and Taggart,
Cell
Biology and Genetics (9th ed., 2000); Starr
and Taggart, Evolution and Diversity of Life (9th
ed., 2000).
Supplementary
materials for each chapter (including chapter outlines,
flashcards, and sample quizzes) are available online at the
Wadsworth web site: http://www.wadsworth.com/biology.
Also helpful is the online Life
Science Dictionary.
Week 1, 9/6: INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE
Week 2, 9/13: METHODS AND CONCEPTS IN BIOLOGY; CELL
CHEMISTRY
Readings: Cell biology and genetics,
chaps. 1 and 2
[Worksheet]
[Basic
Chemistry for Understanding Biology]
[Molecular Bonds]
Week 3, 9/20: CARBON COMPOUNDS IN CELLS
Readings: Cell biology and genetics, ch.
3
[Worksheet]
[Problem
Sets and Tutorials on Biochemistry]
Week 6, 10/11: CELL DIVISION AND
MITOSIS 
Readings: Cell biology and genetics,
ch.
9
[Worksheet]
[View
stages of mitosis]
[Mitosis
Tutorial]
Week 7, 10/18: MEIOSIS
Readings: Cell biology and genetics,
ch.
10
[Worksheet]
[Meiosis
Tutorial]
[View the developing human embryo:
http://www.visembryo.com]
Week 8, 10/25: INHERITANCE
Readings: Cell biology and genetics,
ch.
11
[Worksheet]
[Go
to the Mendel web site]
[Tutorial
on Mendelian Genetics]
[Access Excellence: Genetics]
EXAM 2: Chaps. 9-10
Week 9, 11/1: CHROMOSOMES AND HUMAN
GENETICS 
Readings: Cell biology and genetics,
ch.
12
[Worksheet]
[Human
Genetics Problem Sets and Tutorials]
[Color
Blindness Inheritance Problem]
[Information on
human chromosomes and diseases]
[Gene
therapy]
Week 10, 11/8: DNA STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION
Readings: Cell biology and genetics,
ch. 13
[Worksheet]
[On
DNA and chromosomes]
[Nucleic
Acid Problem Set and Tutorial]
EXAM 3: Chaps. 11-12
Week 11, 11/15: NO CLASS
Week 12, 11/22: GENE EXPRESSION
Readings: Cell biology and
genetics, ch. 14; skim ch. 15
[Worksheet]
[Gene
Expression Problem Set and Tutorial]
Chapter 14 Lecture (PowerPoint)
EXAM 4 (Take-home): Chaps. 13-15
(Microsoft Word document)
Week 13, 11/29: DARWIN AND EVOLUTIONARY THOUGHT
Readings: Evolution of life,
ch. 18
Passage from Charles Darwin, On the Origin of Species (1859)
[Worksheet]
[Go
to Darwin web site]
[Scenarios
about the origin of life on Earth]
[Adaptive radiation: Darwin's
finches]
["Birth of
a Killer Bug"]
DUE: Take-Home Exam 4
Week 14, 12/6: MACROEVOLUTION AND HUMAN EVOLUTION
Readings: Evolution of life,
ch. 19;
Diversity of life,
ch. 28: "Human
evolution"
[Worksheet]
["Talk
Origins" web site]
[Hominid
fossils]
[Current
speculation on early human evolution]
[The
relationship between humans, chimps, and apes]
EXAM 5: Chaps. 18-19, 28
Week 15, 12/13: BIOLOGY AND CURRENT SOCIAL ISSUES
Human Cloning, Gene Therapy, and Biology and Race
[Web sites on: bioethics(1) | bioethics(2)
| cloning | genetic
engineering(1) | genetic
engineering(2)]
FINAL EXAM: Drawn from
Exams 1-5
Sci-Tech Newswire
Science Update & Why Is It?
Science News
Scientific American
Discover Magazine
National Geographic Science
The Why Files
[Go
Course Syllabus]
[Go
to Instructor's Homepage]
