Textbook: "Biological Science": Scott Freeman: Prentice Hall: First Edition

EXAMS: 3 hour exams; 1 final (3 hours) You can drop the lowest grade of the 3 hour exams, and then count the final as 50%; or if your final exam turns out to be your lowest grade, then final counts 40%

date	topic	lecture notes
1) Wed. Jan. 8	Chapter 1 Cells, and taxonomy, and kinds of evolutionary selection.	cells & taxonomy
2) Fri. Jan. 10	Chapter 2 A little biological chemistry, and the origin of life.	biological chemistry
3) Mon. Jan. 13	Chapter 3 Proteins, nucleic acids, and other macromolecules.	proteins
4) Wed. Jan. 15	Chapter 4 Membranes and ion pumps.	nucleic acids
5) Fri. Jan. 17	Chapter 5 Procaryotes vs. eucaryotes: organelles, cytoskeleton, motor proteins.	membranes
	Mon. Jan 20 Martin Luther King Holiday
6) Wed. Jan 22	Chapter 6 Biochemical energy coupling: ATP, mitochondria, Krebs cycle.	prokaryotes, eukaryotes, organelles
7) Fri. Jan 24	Chapter 7 Photosynthesis (A SAMPLE TEST WILL BE GIVEN OUT)	energy coupling
8) Mon. Jan 27	Chapter 8 Cell division; cell cycle, mitosis, cytokinesis, cancer.	mitochondria
9) Wed. Jan 29	Chapter 9 Meiosis.	photosynthesis
10) Fri. Jan. 31	FIRST TEST
11) Mon. Feb. 3	Chapter 10 Genes, Mendel and all that.	mitosis & cell cycle
12) Wed. Feb. 5	Chapter 11 DNA base sequences, protein amino acid sequences/ genetic code.	meiosis
13) Fri. Feb. 7	Chapter 12 DNA replication, mutations, and DNA repair.	genes, Mendel
14) Mon. Feb. 10	Chapter 13 RNA transcription: m-RNA, t-RNA, r-RNA, & protein synthesis
15) Wed. Feb. 12	Chapter 14 Operons: how gene transcription is controlled in bacteria.	genes are DNA
16) Fri. Feb. 14	Chapter 15 Transcription factors: Gene control in embryonic cell differentiation	how DNA codes for proteins
17) Mon. Feb. 17	Chapter 16 Base sequencing: Genomics, and all that...
18) Wed. Feb. 19	Chapter 17 Genetic engineering and biotechnology (sticking genes into cells).	DNA synthesis, RNA transcription & translation
19) Fri. Feb. 21	Chapter 18 Embryonic development in multicellular animals.	control of transcription
20) Mon. Feb. 24	Chapter 19 Development in higher plants.	review for second test
21) Wed. Feb. 26	SECOND TEST
22) Fri. Feb. 28	Chapter 21 The evidence and details of Darwinian evolution (& questionnaire)	evolution
23) Mon. Mar. 3	Chapter 22 & 23 Some evolutionary processes, esp. separation of species.
24) Wed. Mar. 5	Chapter 24 Evolutionary history of life.	more evolution, speciation
25) Fri. Mar. 7	Chapter 25 (procaryotes) Bacteria and Archaea. (whatever they are!)	evolutionary history
	Spring Vacation
26) Mon. Mar. 17	Chapter 26 Viruses, and some of the diseases they cause	viruses
27) Wed. Mar. 19	Chapter 27 One celled eucaryotes (="Protists", although I dislike the word)	protists
28) Fri. Mar. 21	Chapter 28 Multicellular plants	plants
29) Mon. Mar. 24	Chapter 29 Fungi: Mushrooms, molds, yeasts, slime molds, etc. (some quite weird!)	fungi
30) Wed. Mar. 26	Chapter 30 The family tree of multicelluar animals	multicellular animals
31) Fri. Mar. 28	Chapter 30 Multicellular animals; and review for the upcoming test.	review questions
32) Mon. Mar. 31	THIRD TEST
33) Wed. April 2	Chapter 42 The mechanism of nerve impulse propagation.	nerve impulses
34) Fri. April 4	Chapter 43 Mechanisms of synaptic transmission, many drugs and nerve gas!	synapses and nerve gas
35) Mon. April 7	Chapter 43 Sensory organs, such as the eye and ear.	sensory nerves
36) Wed. April 9	Chapter 44 Hormones, pheromones, and other signalling molecules.	hormones and pheromones
37) Fri. April 11	Chapter 45 Animal reproduction.	animal reproduction
38) Mon. April 14	Chapter 46 Immunity, vaccination, allergies, and autoimmune diseases.	the immune system
39) Wed. April 16	Chapter 46 Even more about the immune system!
40) Fri. April 18	Good Friday holiday
41) Mon. April 21	Chapter 47 Animal behavior, and maybe some Sociobiology.	animal behavior and sociobiology
42) Wed. April 23	Chapter 48 Population ecology, Chapter 51 Ecosystems.