Syllabus: BIOLOGY 1107 — General Biology I
Dr. James K. Adams — 148 Sequoya Hall; Spring 2008
Class Meets Tuesday & Thursday, 9:25 - 10:40 a.m.
in Sequoya 155. Laboratory meets
Th from 10:50 a.m. - 12:40 p.m.
in Sequoya 213. Lab topics / assignments will be announced in class.
Contact information:
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
Organic Chemistry
3
***Martin Luther King Holiday, Monday, Jan.
21, 2008
***
Jan. 22 - 25
Organic Chemistry (cont.)
3
Cell Structure: Organelles
4 (74-76; 80-85; 88-101)
Jan. 28 - Feb. 1 EXAM 1, Jan. 30 Cell Structure: Organelles (cont.)
4
Chapters 1 - 4
Feb. 4 - 8 Cell Membranes / Transport 5
Feb. 11 - 15 Energetics
7
Photosynthesis
9 & Handouts
(see also Leaf Structure, Chapter
32, pgs. 618 - 624)
Feb. 18 - 22
Photosynthesis (continued)
9
Cellular Respiration
8 & Handouts
Feb. 25 - 29 Exam 2,
Feb. 28 Cellular
Respiration (continued)
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, ex. from 16
(March 18 -- Last day to Withdraw
with a W)
Mar. 24 - 28 DNA Structure / Replication 12
Mar. 31 - Apr. 4 EXAM 3, April
3 Gene Expression
13
Chapters 9 - 11, 15
(Includes mutations)
April 7 - 11 Gene
Expression (continued)
13
(Chromosomal Mutations, if time 16
(351-356))
Begin Gene Regulation
14
April 14 - 18
Gene Regulation
14
Genetic Engineering
15
(in lab)
Apr. 21 - 25 EXAM 4,
April 24
Gene Regulation (continued)
14
Chapters 12 - 14, 15
Introduction to Evolution (in lab)
18 (in lab)
Final: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 8:00 a.m.