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Lecture/Discussion Session |
Lab Session |
Assignments Due |
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LIFE: AN OVERVIEW |
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M, 29 Aug. |
Science and Life |
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W, 31 Aug. |
The Nature of Life |
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F, 2 Sept. |
Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity I |
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Forum |
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M, 5 Sept |
Spatial Patterns: Scale and Diversity II |
Observation/Diversity |
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W, 7 Sept |
Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I |
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F, 9 Sept |
Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II |
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SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION |
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M, 12 Sept |
Atoms and Molecules I |
Observation/Diversity II |
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W, 14 Sept |
Atoms and Molecules II |
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F, 16 Sept |
Biological Macromolecules I |
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Forum |
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M, 19 Sept |
Biological Macromolecules II |
Microscopy/Scale |
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W, 21 Sept |
Improbability, energy, information, change I |
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F, 23 Sept |
Improbability, energy, information, change II |
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M, 26 Sept |
Improbability, energy, information, change III |
Motion at Small Scales |
First Web Paper |
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CELLULAR ORGANIZATION |
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W, 28 Sept. |
Cell structure |
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F, 30 Sept. |
Boundedness and its regulation |
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Forum |
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M, 3 Oct |
Interaction of cellular components - matter |
Molecules and Chemical Reactions |
First Lab Report |
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W, 5 Oct |
Interaction of cellular components - information |
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F, 7 Oct |
Cellular integration |
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Forum |
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M, 10 Oct |
Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis |
Human Physiology I |
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W, 12 Oct |
Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism |
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F, 14 Oct |
Reproduction and variation |
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W, 17 Oct |
FALL BREAK |
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M, 19 Oct |
FALL BREAK |
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F, 21 Oct |
FALL BREAK |
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MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION |
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M, 24 Oct |
Problems and patterns of multicellular organization |
Human Physiology II |
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W, 26 Oct |
Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I |
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F, 29 Oct |
Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II |
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Forum |
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M, 31 Oct |
From one cell to multicellular organization |
Human Physiology III |
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W, 2 Nov |
Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis |
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F, 4 Nov |
Movement |
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Forum |
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M, 7 Nov |
Distribution of matter and energy |
Genetics |
Second Web Paper |
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W, 9 Nov |
Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I |
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F, 11 Nov |
Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I |
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M, 14 Nov |
Homeostasis |
Cells, Tissues, and Organs |
Second Lab Report |
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W, 16 Nov |
Autonomy |
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F, 19 Nov |
Integrity and Defense I |
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M, 21 Nov |
Integrity and Defense II |
NO LAB |
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W, 23 Nov |
Organismal integration |
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F, 25 Nov |
THANKSGIVING BREAK |
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Forum |
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MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION |
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M, 28 Nov |
Communities |
Ecology |
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W, 30 Nov |
Population Structure and Regulation |
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F, 2 Dec |
Human Impact |
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Forum |
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M, 5 Dec |
Evolution - Lessons from the past I |
Evolution |
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W, 7 Dec |
Evolution - Lessons from the past II |
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F, 9 Dec |
Evolution - Lessons for the future |
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By 16 Dec: Third Lab Report Third Web Paper
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