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Bio 103, Fall 2007, Schedule

Submitted by Paul Grobstein on Sun, 09/02/2007 - 9:53am

Biology 103, Fall 2007, Bryn Mawr College
Course Schedule

Date	Lecture/Discussion Session	Lab Session	Assignments Due

LIFE: AN OVERVIEW

M, 3 Sept.	Science and Life
W, 5 Sept.	The Nature of Life		Forum
F, 7 Sept.	Spatial patterns: Scale and Diversity I

M, 10 Sept	Spatial Patterns: Scale and Diversity II	Observation/Diversity	Forum
W, 12 Sept	Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution I
F, 14 Sept	Temporal Patterns: Scale and Evolution II

SUBCELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 17 Sept	Atoms and Molecules I	Observation/Diversity II	Forum
W, 19 Sept	Atoms and Molecules II
F, 21 Sept	Biological Macromolecules I

M, 24 Sept	Biological Macromolecules II	Microscopy/Scale	Forum
W, 26 Sept	Improbability, energy, information, change I
F, 28 Sept	Improbability, energy, information, change II

M, 1 Oct	Improbability, energy, information, change III	Motion at Small Scales	First Web Paper, Forum

CELLULAR ORGANIZATION

W, 3 Oct	Cell structure
F, 5 Oct.	Boundedness and its regulation

M, 8 Oct	Interaction of cellular components - matter	Molecules, Reactions	Forum
W, 10 Oct	Interaction of cellular components - information
F, 12 Oct	Cellular integration

M, 15 Oct	FALL BREAK
W, 17 Oct	FALL BREAK
F, 19 Oct	FALL BREAK

M, 22 Oct	Energy collection - photosynthesis, chemosynthesis	Human Physiology I	Forum
W, 24 Oct	Energy usage - cellular respiration and metabolism
F, 26 Oct	Reproduction and variation

MULTICELLULAR ORGANIZATION

M, 29 Oct	Problems and patterns of multicellular organization	Human Physiology II	First Lab Report, Forum
W, 31 Oct	Reproduction, inheritance, and variation I
F, 2 Nov	Reproduction, inheritance, and variation II

M, 5 Nov	From one cell to multicellular organization	Human Physiology III	Forum
W, 7 Nov	Mechanisms of cell specialization and morphogenesis
F, 9 Nov	Movement

M, 12 Nov	Distribution of matter and energy	Genetics	Second Web Paper, Forum
W, 14 Nov	Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I
F, 16 Nov	Integration - nervous and endocrine systems I

M, 19 Nov	Homeostasis	Cells/Tissues/Organs	Forum
W, 21 Nov	Autonomy
F, 23 Nov	THANKSGIVING BREAK

M, 26 Nov	Integrity and Defense I1	Ecology	Forum
W, 28 Nov	Integrity and Defense II
F, 30 Nov	Organismal integration

MULTIORGANISMAL ORGANIZATION


M, 3 Dec	Communities	Evolution	Forum
W, 5 Dec	Population Structure and Regulation
F, 7 Dec	Human Impact

M, 10 Dec	Evolution - Lessons from the past	No lab	Forum
W, 12 Dec	Evolution - Lessons for the future
			By 21 Dec: Third Web Paper Second Lab Report Book Commentary

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