Syllabus: BIOLOGY 1107 — General Biology I
Dr. James K. Adams — 148 Sequoya Hall; Spring 2008
Class Meets Monday & Wednesday, 12:15 - 1:40 p.m.
in Sequoya 103. Laboratory meets
M from 9:25 - 11:15 a.m.
in Sequoya 213. Lab topics / assignments will be announced in class.
Contact info:
Office: (706)272-4427 Home: (706)602-6993; e-mail: jadams@daltonstate.eduTextbook: Biology, 8th Edition, by Solomon, Berg, and Martin
Week Exams Topics Chapter, Pages
Jan. 7 - 11
Introduction
1 (2-6; 11-20)
Inorganic Chemistry
2
Jan. 14 - 18
Inorganic Chemistry (cont.)
2
Begin Organic Chemistry
3
***Martin Luther King Holiday, Monday, Jan.
21, 2008
***
Jan. 22 - 25
Organic Chemistry
3
Jan. 28 - Feb. 1 Cell Structure: Organelles 4 (74-76; 80-85; 88-101)
Feb. 4 - 8 EXAM 1, Feb.
4 Cell Membranes /
Transport 5
Chapters 1 - 4
Feb. 11 - 15 Cell Membranes /
Transport (cont.) 5
Energetics
7
Feb. 18 - 22 Photosynthesis
9 & Handouts
(see also Leaf Structure, Chapter
32, pgs. 618 - 624)
Cellular Respiration
8 & Handouts
Feb. 25 - Feb. 29 Exam 2,
Feb. 27 Cellular
Respiration (cont.)
8
Chapters 5 - 8
***Spring Break, March 1 - 9, 2008***
March 10 - 14 Mitosis/Meiosis
10
Mendelian Genetics
11, ex. from 16
March 17 - 21 Mendelian Genetics
(cont.)
11
(March 18 -- Last day to Withdraw
with a W)
Mar. 24 - 28 Mendelian Genetics
(cont.)
11
DNA Structure /
Replication
12
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4
DNA Structure /
Replication (cont.)
12
Gene Expression
13
(Includes mutations)
April 7 - 11 EXAM 3, April
7 Gene
Expression (continued)
13
Chapters 9 - 11, 15 (Chromosomal Mutations, if time 16
(351 -356))
April 14 - 18
Gene Regulation
14
Genetic Engineering
15
(in lab)
Apr. 21 - 25
Gene Regulation (continued)
14
Introduction to Evolution
18 (in lab)
April 28 EXAM 4,
April 28
(Review in lab)
Chapters 12 - 14, 15
Final: Friday, May 2, 2008, 10:30 a.m.