BIOLOGY 103
FALL, 2002
COURSE SCHEDULE

Date

Lecture/Discussion Session

Text Chapters

Lab Session

Assignments Due

         

LIFE: AN OVERVIEW

         

M, 2 Sept.

Science and Life

1

   

W, 4 Sept.

The Nature of Life

     

F, 6 Sept.

Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity I

22, 25-28, 32, 34

  Forum
         

M, 9 Sept

Spatial Patterns: Scale and Diversity II

 

Web/Observation/Diversity

 

W, 11 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I

22-25

   

F, 13 Sept

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II

    Forum
         

SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION

         

M, 16 Sept

Atoms and Molecules I

2, 3, 4

Observation/Diversity II

 

W, 18 Sept

Atoms and Molecules II

     

F, 20 Sept

Biological Macromolecules I

5

  Forum
         

M, 23 Sept

Biological Macromolecules II

 

Microscopy/Scale

 

W, 25 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change I

6

   

F, 27 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change II

    Forum
         

M, 30 Sept

Improbability, energy, information, change III

 

Motion at Small Scales

First Web Paper 

         

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

         

W, 2 Oct

Cell structure

7

   

F, 4 Oct

Boundedness and its regulation

8

  Forum
         

M, 7 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - matter

 

Molecules and Chemical Reactions

First Lab Report 

W, 9 Oct

Interaction of cellular components - information

11, 12

   

F, 11 Oct

NO CLASS

 

  Forum
         

M, 14 Oct

FALL BREAK

     

W, 16 Oct

FALL BREAK

     

F, 18 Oct

FALL BREAK

     
         

M, 22 Oct

Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis

10

Human Physiology I

 

W, 23 Oct

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism

9    

F, 25 Oct

Reproduction and variation

    Forum
         
         

MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION

         

M, 28 Oct

Problems and patterns of multicellular organization

40

Human Physiology II

 

W, 30 Oct

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I

13-15

   

F, 1 Nov

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II

16, 17, 19

  Forum
         

M, 4 Nov

From one cell to multicellular organization

21, 46, 47

Human Physiology III

 

W, 6 Nov

Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis

     

F, 8 Nov

Movement

49

  Forum
         

M, 11 Nov

Distribution of matter and energy

41, 42

Genetics

Second Web Paper 

W, 13 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

45, 48, 49

   

F, 15 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

    Forum
         

M, 18 Nov

Homeostasis

44

Cells, Tissues, and Organs

Second Lab Report 

W, 20 Nov

Autonomy

     

F, 22 Nov

Integrity and Defense I

     
         

M, 25 Nov

Integrity and Defense II

43

NO LAB

 

W, 27 Nov

Ecosystems and the Biosphere

     
         

MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION

         

F, 29 Nov

THANKSGIVING BREAK

50

  Forum
         

M, 2 Dec

Communities

53

Ecology

 

W, 4 Dec

Population Structure and Regulation

52

   

F, 6 Dec

Human Impact

54, 55

  Forum
         

M, 9 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past I

23, 24

Evolution

 

W, 11 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past II

     

F, 13 Dec

Evolution - Lessons for the future

    Forum

 

 

    By 20 Dec:
Third Lab Report
Third Web Paper