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Biology 117, General Biology: Cells, Genetics and Evolution, Fall 2016MWF 9:30– 10:20; Drs. O’Donnell and Bosch; Newton 202PREREQUISITES: NoneA.COURSE DESCRIPTION AND OBJECTIVES: This course begins a general introduction to some of the basic concepts of biology. We will survey topics and address questions from atoms to organic macromolecules to the intracellular structures and functions common to all cells. We will examine the processes of heredity and evolution and, finally, the origin of life and the diversity of one-celled organisms (prokaryotes and protists).Remember, as in every course we rely on concrete examples to illustrate concepts and principles. You should strive to recognize these general concepts and principles as they emerge from specific examples in the textbook and class. You should also recognize that biology is not merely a collection of terms and facts, but also, and more importantly, includes the process (the scientific method with its observations, hypotheses, and experiments) by which we study the living world.This course has two main objectives. The first is to increase your biological knowledge and prepare a firm foundation of knowledge for the courses that follow. The second objective is to help you develop the intellectual skills needed for advanced study of biology: to develop the ability to organize information from various disciplines, to fit it into a conceptual framework, to use it in the synthesis of new ideas and to understand how biologists think and approach scientific questions.B.INSTRUCTORS: Dr. Robert W. O’DonnellDr. Isidro BoschOffice:ISC 355ISC 260Telephone:245-5313245-5303Campus E-mailodonnellboschInternet Address:odonnell@geneseo.edubosch@geneseo.eduOffice hours:M, W, F 10:30-11:20, M & W 1:30-3:00T, R 9:30-10:30R 11:00-12:30 other times by appointment other times by appointment C.TEXTBOOK: Campbell BiologyCampbell Biology + Mastering Biology With E text Access Card.Authors: Jane B. Reece, Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain and Steven A. Wasserman Publisher: Benjamin-Cummings Publishing Company Edition: 10thISBN: 0321775848 Both the textbook and 'mastering biology' (access to an on-line biology study site) are required. If you buy a used book, you will need to purchase the mastering code directly from the Pearson web site.There are several options and prices vary widely depending on new versus used, campus bookstore versus online, whether you intend to keep it or sell it back.1) Campbell Biology (hard bound) Plus mastering biology with eText -- Access Card Package (10th Edition) by Jane B. Reece and Lisa A. Urry ISBN 0321775848, $199.94 from??and?214.48 , $277.05 from campus book store2) Campbell Biology (loose leaf) Plus Mastering Biology with eText -- Access Card Package (10th Edition) Loose Leaf: ISBN 0133922855 $166.45 from??and 168.42 ;?$190.65 from campus book store3) mastering biology code with E-Book from Pearson’s web site (if you don’t need a hard copy and like to read on your computer): ISBN 0321833147 $115.954) mastering code only from Pearson’s web site if you purchase a used book that lacks a mastering code: ISBN 0321833147 $68.95COURSE MATERIALS: course materials will be available within the ANGEL Course Management System, myCourses (). There is also an information section of new student help guides on their website at:: Topics will be covered as listed in the course outline. The reading assignments should be skimmed before the topic is covered in lecture. This means that you are not expected to have understood and memorized all the material in the reading, but you should be familiar with the major themes and vocabulary. Material from both the lectures and readings will be tested on the exams. Associated with each chapter are assignments in Mastering Biology and each assignment is accompanied by a quiz. It is recommended that the assignments should be completed prior to taking the quiz on line in myCourses since several of the questions will be taken directly from the Mastering assignments. For the individual assignments, you can begin work individually or with others sharing your answers. However, you should have an individual copy of the assignment because you will do the homework quiz by yourself. Working with others on an assignment is a form of collaborative learning. Why collaborate? Most scientific work today, be it in universities, government or industry, is collaborative. Collaboration has many advantages over working alone. For example, this is especially true of medical and veterinary research, where physicians or veterinarians must team up with individuals from other medical specializations as well as with molecular biologists, epidemiologists, chemists and statisticians. As the saying goes, “two heads are better than one.” Neither you nor your classmates may understand 100% of the material initially. But together, you should understand all or nearly all of the material. Secondly, most people who teach will tell you that they learned more about a given subject in their first year of teaching than in all of the previous courses they took in that area. Thus, by teaching others, you are learning more than you would by doing the reading by yourself. Thirdly, collaborative discussions often yield new insights that none of the participants would generate alone.REVIEW SESSIONS: Voluntary review sessions will be held every Monday afternoon 3:30 pm-4:20 pm in Newton 203. In addition to answering questions based on the lecture material and homework assignments, we can also use the voluntary review sessions to 1) answer any questions that you might have about the reading assignments; 2) assist you with study skills using specific examples drawn from the course material; and 3) discuss test taking strategies.G. Grading: Exams 1-4= 75% of your grade (100 points per exam)Homework quizzes= 15% of your grade (10 points per assignment)Top Hat participation points = 5% of your grade (1 point per day)Top Hat accuracy points= 5% of your grade (1 point per day)Total 100% There will be four exams, each worth the same (100 points/exam, 400 total) for 75% of your final grade. Each exam will cover roughly one-quarter of the course and consist of roughly 45 multiple-choice questions. The first three exams will be during class time (see syllabus). The fourth exam is non-cumulative and will be given during the final exam period and will cover only the fourth quarter material. TOP HAT points will be worth 10% of your final grade and will be based on participation and the accuracy of your answers. Four TOP HAT participation score will be dropped per semester, one for each quarter of the semester and the lowest one-third of your TOP HAT accuracy scores over the semester will be dropped. A current average of your TOP HAT points will be kept for you in myCourses. The remaining 15% of your final grade will come from the eight quizzes taken in myCourses. Because your grades will be posted in myCourses (including your overall average) it will be your responsibility to check how you are doing in the course as the semester progresses. This can be done by using the “Report Tab” in myCourses. The “Report Tab” includes common course tools to help you track your course progress, grades, and more. Click Learner Profile to see an analysis of your activity, submissions, and grades and compare them with the class average. “Grades” allows you to check your grades for all assignments and provides a cumulative grade at any point of the semester. H. The Use and Grading Policy of “Embedded Class QuEstions using Top HaT”:A Top Hat account will be provided to you at no cost. You will just need a phone or computer to answer questions during the class. Within the Top Hat grading, two Top Hat classes can be missed with no detrimental effect on Top Hat participation points. Because the lowest third of Top Hat accuracy points are not incorporated in the calculation for Top Hat accuracy, missed classes will also have little effect on one’s grade unless the number of classes missed is significant and the Top Hat accuracy in the classes attended is poor.TUTORS: Undergraduate tutors (Biology Majors) are available. ) to help students with the course material. For more information see the Biology Tutoring web page at: INSTRUCTION: supplemental instruction (SI) will also be available for this class and information will be provided during the first week of class by the SI leader.ACCOMMODATIONS SUNY Geneseo will make reasonable accommodations for persons with documented physical, emotional, or cognitive disabilities. Accommodations will also be made for medical conditions related to pregnancy or parenting. Students should contact Dean Buggie-Hunt in the Office of Disability Services (tbuggieh@geneseo.edu or 585-245-5112) and their faculty to discuss needed accommodations as early as possible in the semester.Students who have been using English as their primary language of instruction for less than 6 years and who are taking active steps to improve their English (such as taking Writing 101 or 201) can have extra time for taking exams thru the testing center but need to make arrangements ahead of time with the instructors).LEARNING OUTCOMES FOR BIOL. 117Upon completion of this course students will be able to:Demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of chemistry and some of their applications to living systems.Demonstrate knowledge of how bio-molecules contribute to the structure and functions of cells.Describe how enzymes work and how their activity controls metabolism.Explain how cells harvest chemical energy from organic macromolecules and produce ATP.Explain how light energy is converted to chemical energy inside the cells of algae and plant cells by the process of photosynthesis.Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of genetics including modes of single gene inheritance and sources of genetic variability such as mutation, independent assortment, and crossing over.Describe and compare the molecular structure of DNA and RNAExplain the biochemical processes transfer biological information from DNA and how these processes are regulated.Describe how the structure of viruses related to their unique life cycles.Identify the basic tools of biotechnology and how they work.Describe characteristics of various genomes and describe how genomes evolve.Demonstrate how the organizing principle of evolution by natural selection explains the unity and diversity of life.Distinguish among the different species concepts.Explain how evolutionary mechanisms contribute to change in gene frequencies in populations (microevolution) and to reproductive isolation (speciation).Describe the history of life on earth as documented by the fossil recordUnderstand systems of nomenclature and how they can relate to evolutionary history of groups.ACADEMIC DISHONESTY:Academic dishonesty in any form will not be tolerated. You are allowed to collaborate on the homework assignments, but each individual must take their own quiz without help. The use of more than one “clicker” by one person (one student brings a friend’s clicker to class) is also considered academic dishonesty and will be reported. Please consult the undergraduate bulletin for more information regarding the College’s academic dishonesty policies.N.COURSE OUTLINE:WeekDateTopic and reading assignmentsThe Chemistry of Life1Aug.29Basic chemistry. Chap. 2.Dr. O’Donnell31Chemical bonds and water. Chap. 2, 3.Sept.2Water and functional groups. Chap. 3, 4 (exclude 60-62)25No class, Labor Day7Macromolecules: carbohydrates and lipids. Chap. 59Macromolecules: proteins and nucleic acids. Chap. 5 Assignment #1The Cell312A tour of the cell. Chap. 6.14Extracellular matrix and membrane structure. Chap. 6, 7. 16Transport across membranes and bulk transport. Chap. 7.419Energy and cellular work. Chap. 8.Assignment #221Enzymes and metabolic controls. Chap. 823Exam 1: Chapters 2-8.526Cellular respiration. Chap. 9. 28Respiration and fermentation. Chap. 9. 30Making food. Chap. 10. 6Oct.3Chloroplasts, photosynthesis. Chap. 10. (exclude 201-204)5Cell cycle and mitosis. Chap. 12. 7Mitosis, meiosis and… Chap. 12, 13.Assignment #3710No Class, Columbus Day12Genetic variation. Chap. 13.Dr. MilitelloInformation and Heredity14Introduction to Mendelian inheritance and… Chap. 14.Dr. Militello817Mendelian inheritance in humans. Chap. 14.Dr. O’Donnell19Sex chromosomes in inheritance and sex-linked inheritance. Chap. 15 (exclude 299- 303, 308-309) Assignment #421Exam 2: Chapters 9-10, 12-15.924DNA as the genetic material. Chap. 16, p. 312-319. Dr. Bosch 26DNA structure, DNA replication and repair. Chap. 16, p. 320-327.28DNA is transcribed into RNA. Chap.17, p. 333-344 & 355-357.1031RNA is translated into proteins. Chap. 17, p. 345-353.Assignment #5Nov.2Genetics of viruses. Chap. 19, p.392-4054Regulation of gene expression: prokaryotes. Chap. 18, p. 360-365.117Regulation of gene expression: eukaryotes. Chap. 18, p. 365-377 & 383-3889Biotechnology techniques. Chap.20, p. 408-422.Assignment #611Genomics. Chap. 21, p.442-458.(Last day to withdraw from the course)1214Exam 3: Chapters 16-21. Evolutionary Processes16Evolution: History of Evolutionary Ideas. Chap. 22 p. 462-469. 18Evolution as the framework for biology. Chap 22 p. 470-478.1321Populations as Evolutionary Units, Hardy-Weinberg Law. Chap. 23. p.480-49823No class, Thanksgiving Break25No class, Thanksgiving Break1428Microevolution: Populations to species. Chap. 24, p.500-516.30Evolution of novelty. Chap. 25, p. 536-543.Assignment #7Dec.2Phylogeny and classification. Chap. 26, p.547-562.155A History of Life. Chap. 25 p. 519-526, Chap. 26, p. 562-564.7History of Life. Chap. 25 p. 526-532.9 Prokaryotes. Chap. 27, p.567-581Assignment #81612Eukaryotes not in the Fungi, Animal or Plant Kingdoms.Chap. 28. P. 587-593,595-598, 602-604, & 608-610. 17 17Exam 4: 8to 10:30 A.M. Chapters 22-28.(Wednesday, December 14th)O.ONLINE QUIZZES AND ASSOCIATED MASTERING HOMEWORKS: – You need to complete the homework assignments in Mastering Biology in order to do well on the quizzes. Although the homeworks in Mastering are not part of your grade, we reserve the right to use the scores if you have a problem with an online quiz.Tests 1 and 2 (Dr. O’Donnell) Weeks of Aug. 29– Sep. 9 (Due Sep. 9) Assignments 2-5: available within Mastering Biology Weeks of Sep. 12 – Sep.19 (Due Sep. 19) Assignments 6-9: available within Mastering Biology Weeks of Sep. 26 – Oct. 7 (Due Oct. 7) Assignments 10-12: available within Mastering Biology Weeks of Oct. 10 – Oct. 19 (Due Oct. 19) Assignments 13-17: available within Mastering BiologyTests 3 and 4 (Dr. Bosch) Weeks of Oct. 24 – Oct. 31 (Due Oct. 31) Assignments 18-19: #5: available within Mastering Biology Week of Nov.2 – Nov. 9 (Due Nov. 9) Assignments 20-21: available within Mastering Biology Weeks of Nov. 21 – Nov. 30 (Due Nov. 30) Assignments 24-26: available within Mastering Biology Week of Dec. 2 - Dec. 9 (Due Dec. 9) Assignments 27-29: available within Mastering Biology ................
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