BIO100: Introduction to Biology

Course Overview: This course provides the skills and content necessary for
a student to formulate and address questions in the biological sciences. It is
intended primarily for students continuing in biology, but is suitable for nonmajors. Students enrolled in this course must participate in the laboratory,
and there is a laboratory fee. No prerequisites.
Course goals/Learning outcomes:
Develop a general understanding of the content of the different fields
of biological investigation
Identify the common themes within and across divisions of biology (for
ex, unity and diversity)
Be able to locate, critically analyze, interpret and apply information a
variety of sources, from popular news to primary research articles
Develop critical observational skills
Apply common laboratory tools and techniques
Formulate testable scientific questions, and design experiments to
investigate those questions
Collect, analyze and interpret data
Present results of experiments logically and with clarity in both written
and oral forms.
Required texts:
Campbell Biology, Reece et al., Benjamin Cummings,
9th edition, 2011.
ISBN 978-0-321-55823-7
Missing Microbes, Blaser, Picador, 2014. ISBN: 978-1-250-06927-6

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9/28
9/30
10/2

introduction

CH 1

features shared by living

organisms
evolution by descent
with modification
the history of Earth & its
organisms
prokaryotic life: bacteria
& archaea
single celled
eukaryotes: protists &
fungi

CH2

viruses and more?

CH3

Ecology & the human

body
Population ecology &
our microbiome
Population biology,
humans as a "biome"
community ecology:
interactions b/w species
community ecology,
cont.; catch up/review

CH1 (all). Review/skim CH 2-4

CH 5: Understand the bold faced headers in general,
skim the details. CH 6: 92-101 (all). AND see Moodle
CH22 (all), CH25: 507-517
CH25: 518-524, 529-531, CH26:536-543, 547, 551-553
CH27 (all), and check Moodle
CH28:575-579, 596-597, CH31:636-637, 640, 642, 648652
CH19:381-386,390-394,and check Moodle
CH52:1144-1156, 1163-1167
CH53:1170-1191

CH4

See Moodle for assignment

54:1194-1215
See Moodle

Exam 1
Antibiotics: what are
they, how do they work?
Antibiotics: where do
they come from?
Antibiotic resistance &
inheritance
Inheritance of traits
(prokaryotes)
Inheritance of traits
(prokaryotes)

CH5

See link on Moodle, and CH5: 90, CH6:98-99, 102-103,

CH7:125-134, CH27:557-558
See Moodle

CH6

See Moodle
CH16: 305-313, CH17:325-331
CH17:337-341, 344-348, CH27:556-564

10/5

The Eukaryotic cell

CH7

CH6: 99-123

10/7

Inheritance of traits:
mitosis & meiosis

CH12:228-237, CH13:248-256

10/9

Inheritance of traits

CH14:262-270, CH15:286-287

10/12
10/14
10/16

fall break
fall break
fall break

CH8

See Moodle

10/19

multicellularity

CH9

CH31:636-640. CH641-647 and CH28:585-596: skim,

look for any examples of multicellularity

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multicellularity

See Moodle

10/23

Plant diversity

CH29: 600-616, CH30:618-634

10/26
10/28
10/30

Plant tissues & organ

systems
Plant tissues & organ
systems

CH10

CH35: 738-754
CH36: 764-782

Catch up & review!

11/2

exam 2

11/4

Animal diversity

CH13:248-253 CH32:654-664

11/6

Animal diversity

CH33:666-669, 695, CH34:697-698,734 (all) CH33:

670-694 & CH34:699-733: skim, focus on lecture content.

11/9

Animal diversity

11/11

Social Justice Day

(no class)

11/13

Animal physiology

11/16

Animal cardiovascular
systems

11/18

Animal digestion

CH41:875-895

11/20

catch up.

same as above

11/23
11/25
11/27

Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving

none

none

11/30

Metabolism

CH14

CH8:142-160

12/2
12/4
12/7
12/9
Exam
3

Metabolism: cellular
respiration
Metabolism: cellular
respiration cont.
Metabolism:
photosynthesis
Metabolism:
photosynthesis, cont
during final exam time

CH11

CH12

continued from 11/6

CH40:852-862 read, 863-872, skim, focus on lecture

content
CH13

CH42:897-926 (some content is relevant to lab)

CH9: 163-181
same as above
CH15,
16,
Epilogue

CH10: 184-203
same as above