Course Content and Schedule
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Lecture Topics |
Text Chapters |
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Module 1 |
1 |
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Populations |
27 |
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Communities |
29 |
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Ecosystems |
30 |
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Test 1 |
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Module 2 |
Biosphere |
31 |
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Human Impact |
32 |
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Basic Chemistry |
2 |
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Biomolecules |
3 |
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Cells |
4 |
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Test 2 |
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Module 3 |
Cells- how things get in |
p 80, 5.5 -5.9 |
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Biochemical Reactions |
5.1 -5.5 |
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Photosynthesis |
6 |
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Respiration |
7 |
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Test 3 |
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Module 4 |
Mitosis |
8 |
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Meiosis |
9 |
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Cancer |
p212-213, 14.4 |
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Mendelian Genetics 1 |
10.1 -10.3 |
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Mendelian Genetics 2 |
10.4 -10.8 |
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Test 4 |
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Module 5 |
Chromosomes |
11.1-11.4, 11.8-11.10 |
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Human Genetics |
11.6 |
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DNA |
12, 13 |
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Genetic engineering |
p222-223, 15.6 -15.10 |
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DNA technology |
15.2 -15.5 |
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Test 5 |
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Module 6 |
Evolution 1a Introduction |
16.1 -16.3, 16.6-16.7 |
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Evolution 1b Selection |
p250, 16.8-16.9 |
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Evolution 1c Evidence |
16.1, 18.1, 18.4-18.6 |
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| Evolution 1d Microevolution | 16.4 | |
| Evolution 1e Adaptation | 16.9-16.11, p 532-533 | |
| Evolution 2a Speciation | 17.1 | |
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Evolution 2b Allopatric Spec. |
17.2-17.4 |
| Evolution 2c Macroevolution | 17.4, 19.7 | |
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Classification and Phylogeny |
18.6-18.7 |
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Test 6 |
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Module 7 |
History of Life |
18.2-18.3, 19.1-19.6, 19.8 |
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Viruses |
20.4 -20.5 |
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Bacteria |
20.1 -20.3 |
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Protists |
20.6 -20.14 |
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Fungi |
21 |
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Plants |
22 |
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Test 7 |
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Module 8 |
Animals |
23.1 -23.16 |
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Chordates, Vertebrates |
24.1 -24.9 |
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Human Evolution |
24.10 -24.12 |
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Test 8 and optional final exam |
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