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Syllabus Bio 211 |
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Module 1 |
Introduction |
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History of Life |
25.1-25.4 |
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Diversity of Life: Major Groups |
26.6 |
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Viruses |
19 |
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Prokaryotes |
27 |
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Protists 1 |
28.1-28.3 |
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Protists 2 |
28.4-28.7 |
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Exam 1 |
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Module 2 |
Plants 1 Overview |
29.1 |
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Plants 2 Bryophytes thru
Ferns |
29.2-29.3 |
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Plants 3 Seed plants
-Gymnosperms |
30.1-30.2 |
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Plants 4 Angiosperms |
30.3-30.4 |
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Fungi 1 |
31.1-31.3 |
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Fungi 2 |
31.4-31.5 |
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Animals 1 Overview |
32 |
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Animals 2a Sponges to
Rotifers |
33.1-33.3 |
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Exam 2 |
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Module 3 |
Animals 2b Lophotrochozoans |
33.3 |
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Animals 3 Ecdysozoans |
33.4 |
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Animals 4 Echinoderms to
Chordates |
33.5, 34.1 |
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Animals 5 Vertebrates 1 |
34.2-34.5 |
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Animals 6 Vertebrates 2 |
34.6-34.7 |
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Cells: Tour de Cell |
6.1-6.2 |
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Organelles |
6.3-6.5 |
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Cytoskeleton etc. |
6.6-6.7 |
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Exam 3 |
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Module 4 |
Cell Cycle: Mitosis |
12 |
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Cancer |
pgs 242-243 |
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Meiosis |
13 |
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Genetics: Mendel 1 |
14.1-14.2 |
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Mendel 2 |
14.3 |
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Exam 4 |
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Module 5 |
Chromosomes |
15.1-15.4 |
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Human Genetics |
14.4 |
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Evolution: Evol 1a: Dev of ideas |
22.1-22.2 |
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Evol 1b: Evidence |
22.3 |
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Evol 2a: Mechanisms |
23.2 |
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Exam 5 |
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Module 6 |
Evol 2b: Microevolution |
23.3 |
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Evol 2c: Variation |
23.1 |
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Evol 2d: Types of selection |
23.4 |
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Evol 2e: Adaptation |
23.4 |
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Evol 3a,b: Speciation |
24.1-24.3 |
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Evol 3c: Macroevolution |
24.4, 25.5-25.6 |
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Phylogeny |
26 |
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Exam 6 |
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Module 7 |
Human Evolution |
pgs 723-727, 34.8 |
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Populations: Growth |
53.3-53.5 |
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Demography |
53.1 |
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Life History |
53.2 |
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Human Population |
53.6 |
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Communities |
54 |
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Ecosystems: Trophic levels |
55.1-55.3 |
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Exam 7 |
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Module 8 |
Chemical Cycles |
55.4 |
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Human Impact |
55.5 |
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Climate |
pgs 1155-1159 |
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Biomes |
52.4 |
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Aquatic systems |
52.3 |
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Exam 8, and Optional Final Exam |
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