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EBIO 1030 Syllabus BIOLOGY: A HUMAN APPROOCH - FALL, 2014 Professor: Dr. Mel Cundiff Email: [email protected] http://spot.colorado.edu/~cundiff/ Office: RAMY C170 Office Hrs: TR 1:45-2:45pm; ABA. Phone: 303-492-8549 Lectures: Tuesdays & Thursdays in RAMY C250: Section 001, 9:30–10:45 am. Section 002, 12:30-1:45pm. Text: Starr/Taggart, 2009. Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life, 12th ed. Used books are available in the CU Bookstore. Other editions of this text are also acceptable. Also see an on-line textbook at: http://www.emc.maricopa.edu/faculty/farabee/BIOBK/BioBookTOC.html Note: Hour Exams are at Night – IMPORTANT!! Check for, and resolve, class/work conflicts ASAP!! Week Date Lecture Topic Reading - Chapters ECOLOGY UNIT 1 Aug 26 & 28 Introduction / Science / Biology 1 – 3 (overview) Ecological Concepts / Ecosystems 47 2 Sept 2 & 4 Nutrient Cycles, Energy Flow & Food chains 47 Sun’s Influence on Weather and Ocean Currents. 3 Sept 9 & 11 Population Dynamics 45 4 Sept 16 & 18 Community Ecol. & Human Population Ecol. 45-46 & 48-49 GENETICS AND EVOLUTION UNIT 5 Sept 23 & 25 Cell Structure and Cell Division 9 - 10 EXAM I – MONDAY, Sept 29 at 6:30pm. Lecture Sec. 1 in CHEM 142 (193); Lecture Sec. 2 in CHEM 140 (491); Special Sec. in CHEM 145 (28); 6 Sept 30 & 10/2 Mendelian Genetics 11 7 Oct 7 & 9 Non-Mendelian Genetics through Non-disjunction 11 - 12 8 Oct 14 & 16 Chromosomal Changes / Mutations 12 Genetics Problems 9 Oct 21 & 23 Population Genetics / Microevolution and 17 Darwin’s Travels 10 Oct 28 & 30 Evolution in Action; Macroevolution; 17 -19 Natural Selection; Speciation. EXAM II – MONDAY, Nov. 3 at 6:30pm. Lecture Sec. 1 in CHEM 142 (193); Lecture Sec. 2 in CHEM 140 (491); Special Sec. in CHEM 145 (28); DIVERSITY OF LIFE UNIT 11 Nov 4 & 6 Early Origins of Complex Organic Molecules. 20 Whitaker’s 5-Kingdom System of Classification 22 - 24 12 Nov 11 & 13 Monerans, Protista, Fungi, Lower & Higher Plants 22 - 24 13 Nov 18 Sponges, cnidarians, flatworms & intro. to molluscs 25 Nov 20 No Lecture 14 Nov 24- 28 FALL BREAK / THANKSGIVING 15 Dec 2 & 4 Gastropods, bivalves and cephalopods 25 Coral Reefs: diversity, distribution & evolution 16 Dec 9 & 11 Annelids, arthropods, echinoderms & low chordates 25 - 26 17 Dec 18 FINAL COMPREHENSIVE EXAM – Thursday, Dec. 18, 7:30 – 10:00 am. Location = same rooms as with the hour exams – see aboveBIOLOGY: A HUMAN APPROACH EBIO 1030-1040 COURSE INFORMATION This is a three-credit-hours-per-semester lecture course and is designed expressly for non-science majors. It is meant to be a terminal course in that students are not expected to take further courses in biology. Note that this course fulfills the “Two-Semester Sequence” part of the Arts and Sciences Content Areas of Study for the Natural Sciences. If you are “science” or “health-science” oriented and/or feel that you might wish to pursue a major in biology, you should register for the introductory majors’ course in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EBIO 1210/1220 & 1230/1240). In the fall semester, EBIO 1030 emphasizes an environmental and evolutionary approach to biology, covering ecosystems, nutrient cycling, population and community ecology and natural resource conservation. Mendelian genetics, population genetics and the synthetic theory of evolution, and plant and animal diversity are also discussed. This course is a prerequisite for EBIO 1040. In the spring semester, EBIO 1040 focuses on the function of the human body, emphasizing how, in the face of a fluctuating external environment, organisms maintain a constant internal environment. Factors which influence this internal dynamic equilibrium and how and why it malfunctions are topics of discussion. Note that if you wish to take the companion one-hour lab course, “Biology: A Human Approach Laboratory,” (EBIO 1050), it may be taken with either EBIO 1030 or EBIO 1040. This lab course fulfills the one-hour “Laboratory/Field Experience” requirement of the Arts and Sciences Content Areas of Study for the Natural Sciences. Lectures, emphasizing conceptual aspects of biology, will be given as per the Schedule of Courses and the attached “Syllabus.” The most efficient use of your time would be to complete the reading assignments before attending the lectures. Remember, you have only one shot at the lectures, so being prepared for them will improve your understanding of the material and improve the efficiency of your note-taking capabilities. The lectures will be the primary source of information for the hour exams. Should you miss a lecture, the text will of course be helpful, but study the lecture notes taken in class from at least two different students and the class lecture notes in D2L! You may bring your computer to class and use it only for following and updating the lectures that are found on D2L. If you use the computer for any other purpose, you will be ask to close it down and not bring it to class again. Cell phones are to be turned off and not used in the classroom for any reason. EXAMINATIONS AND GRADING HOUR EXAMS AND THE FINAL EXAM: These will be machine-scored, multiple-choice exams given at the times indicated on the attached “Syllabus.” You are responsible for providing your own soft-lead pencil (#2 or softer) and eraser. The Hour Exams will include only that material covered since the previous exam, but the Final Exam will be comprehensive, covering the entire semester. The proportion of coverage of a certain subject matter in lecture will dictate an equal proportion of questions on that subject on an hour exam. The comprehensive Final Exam will consist of approximately one-half the questions over new lecture material, with the other one-half coming from material presented during the first two-thirds of the course. Note that Hour Exams are scheduled in the evening and in a location other than your lecture hall. If this presents a conflict with work or other activities, it would be wise to make alternative plans now. IMPORTANT: Check now to see if an exam comes just before or just after a


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