Bio 103, Schedule

Date

Lecture/Discussion Session

Lab Session

Assignments Due

LIFE: AN OVERVIEW

M,  31 Aug.

Science and Life

W, 2 Sept.

The Nature of Life

F, 4 Sept.

Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity

M, 7 Sept.

LABOR DAY

Observation/Diversity

W, 9 Sept.

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I

F, 11 Sept.

Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II

SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 14 Sept.

Atoms and Molecules I

Observation/Diversity II

W, 16 Sept.

Atoms and Molecules II

F,  18 Sept.

Biological Macromolecules I

M, 21 Sept.

Biological Macromolecules II

Microscopy/Scale

W, 23 Sept.

Improbability, energy, information, change I

F,  25 Sept.

Improbability, energy, information, change II

M, 28 Sept.

Improbability, energy, information, change III

Motion at Small Scales

First Web Paper, Forum

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

W, 30 Sept.

Cell structure

F,  2 Oct.

Boundedness and its regulation

M, 5 Oct.

Interaction of cellular components - matter

Molecules, Reactions

W, 7 Oct.

Interaction of cellular components - information

F,  9 Oct.

Cellular integration

M, 12 Oct.

FALL BREAK

W, 14 Oct.

FALL BREAK

F,  16 Oct.

FALL BREAK

M, 19 Oct.

Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis

Human Physiology I

W, 21 Oct.

Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism

F,  23 Oct.

Reproduction and variation

MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 26 Oct.

Problems and patterns of multicellular organization

Human Physiology II

First Lab Report, Forum

W, 28 Oct.

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I

F,  30Oct.

Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II

M, 2 Nov

From one cell to multicellular organization

Human Physiology III

W, 4 Nov

Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis

F,  6 Nov

Movement

M, 9 Nov

Distribution of matter and energy

Genetics

Second Web Paper, Forum

W, 11 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

F, 13 Nov

Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

M, 16 Nov

Homeostasis

Cells/Tissues/Organs

W, 18 Nov

Autonomy

F, 20 Nov

THANKSGIVING BREAK

M, 23 Nov

Integrity and Defense I1

Ecology

W, 25 Nov

Integrity and Defense II

F, 27 Nov

Organismal integration

MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION

M, 30 Nov

Communities

Evolution

W, 2 Dec

Population Structure and Regulation

F, 4 Dec

Human Impact

M, 7 Dec

Evolution - Lessons from the past

No lab

W, 9 Dec

Evolution - Lessons for the future