FIRST YEAR BIOLOGY 101

34-BIOL-101-001
AUTUMN QUARTER, 2004
SYLLABUS
©David B. Fankhauser, Ph.D.,
Professor of Biology and Chemistry
University of Cincinnati Clermont College, 
Batavia OH 45103
  
Office: EDS 215 P.  Office Hours: MWF, 1:15-3 PM 
email: David.Fankhauser@UC.EDU

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COURSE OBJECTIVES FOR BIOLOGY 101 ARE TO LEARN:

1) the major processes, concepts and theories related to living organisms

2) the elements of chemistry needed to understand modern biology
3) the structure and function of biological molecules
4) cellular theory and processes including respiration
5) biological terms and their derivation from the Latin and Greek
6) to apply these concepts, and thereby better understand daily experiences
 
REQUIREDTEXT:
        Campbell, Neil A., Biology, Sixth Ed.Benjamin/Cummings Pub., (2002).
 
OPTIONAL TEXTS:
        Berkow, Robert, Ed.,  The Merck Manual, 16th Ed. Merck, Sharp and Dohme, (1992).
        Borror, Donald J., Dictionary of Word Roots and Combining Forms, Mayfield Pub., (1960).

        Lappé, Francis, Diet for a Small Planet, Ballantine, (1982).

REQUIRED MATERIALS FOR THE LAB (BRING THE FIRST DAY):
1) Pen, permanent black: Pilot Precise V5, Uniball Micro, or Tombo Fine.
2) Notebook, graph-lined bound Composition, 10 x 7 7/8   (All notes taken during Lab should be entered directly into this book.)
Assigned readings: page numbers in lower left boxes. For details on specific diseases, see text index.

Please fasten this calendar inside the front cover of Campbell's Biology, bring it daily.
MONDAY
WEDNESDAY
FRIDAY
Read all handout materials carefully to understand how this course will function.
9/22Introduction to Course
 
9/24How do you know it is alive?Early History of Biology
1-25
9/27Scientific Revolution
First evidence&models fr Evolution
428-431
9/29Darwinian Evolution:
Heterogenous Pop + Natural Selection432-442NEWSNOTE I DUE
10/1 Theory: Matter’s made of atoms
Structure and Function of atoms 
26-39
10/4 Water, the medium of life
that strange and wonderful solvent
41-47
10/6
NEWSNOTES I PRESENTED
(Bring in your article) 
10/8
FIRST TEST
10/11
Tests Returned & Discussed
10/13Water can ionize:
Acids, Bases, & pH
47-50
10/15Chemistry of Carbon:
Organic Chemistry
52-60
10/18Sugars:
What they are & how they behave
62-65Optical Activity
10/20Polymers in Biology I:
Di- and polysaccharides,
65-68their linkages and structures
10/22 Lipids:
Organic hydrocarbons
68-71NEWSNOTE II DUE
10/25 Phosphodiglycerides, soap,
emulsions and cholesterol 
70-71
10/27 The real story of witches brew...Then
NEWSNOTES II PRESENTED
10/29
SECOND TEST
11/1
Tests returned and discussed

11/3Protein I:
Polymers of amino acids

71-76
11/5 Protein II:
Its structure and function

96-104Enzymes
11/8Why must we eat protein?
Protein Complementation

852-853Lappé Chapter 4: 172-182
11/10 Theory: the cell is unit of life
The Origins of Life

4-6, 108-113, 510-522
11/12Organelles:
Struct. and funct. of cell subunits

113-136
11/15Membrane Function &
Osmosis
138-153
11/17Energy in Cells, 
Metabolism and ATP
87-96
11/19
THIRD TEST
11/22
Tests returned and discussed
NEWSNOTE III DUE
11/24Harvesting Energy I:
Glycolysis & Fermentation:
155-164, 170-172
11/26
THANKS FOR EVERYTHING

(No classes, among others)
11/29Harvesting Energy II:
Respiration & the Krebs Cycle
164-166 
12/1Electron Transport:
Cash in your electrons for ATP 
166-170, 172-174
12/3 
NEWSNOTES III PRESENTED
(Any final questions?)
12/8(tentative)
FINAL EXAM

Wednesday

1:30 - 3:30
Assigned readings should be completed by classtime on the date in which they appear.Your grade is determined by your position on a histogram of student cumulative points (tests, study groups and newsnotes).Midline divides the Bs from the Cs.Be sure to read How To Take A Fankhauser Course for additional information and suggestions on how to succeed in this course. 13 Sept 04

READINGS IN TEXT ARE IN LOWER LEFT OF DUE DATE.