The instructor reserves the right to change this schedule if needed. Notices of changes will be made available through the course WWW page as soon as possible.

Aug. 24: Getting acquainted. . .

Aug. 27, 29, 31: Introduction to biology / The scientific method(s)

• Slides 1: The Ten Commandments of Biology 1400
• Notes 1: Introduction to the Scientific Method
• Notes 2: More on Scientific Methods
(continued on Sept. 5)

September 3: LABOR DAY -- no class

• Slides 2: Basic Biodiversity / Archaea
• Slides 3: Bacteria

Sept. 10, 12, 14: Biodiversity: Plants and animals

• Slides 4: Protists and Fungi
• Slides 5: Plants
• Slides 6: Animals

Sept. 17, 19, 21: Life through Earth's history

• Slides 7: Classification and Species
• Slides 8: Fossils
• Slides 9: Fossils and Earth History

Sept. 24, 26: Yeah, yeah, but what did that Charles Darwin guy actually do, anyway?

• Slides 10: Natural Selection
• Slides 11: Natural Selection and Speciation

September 28: EXAM 1

Oct. 1, 3, 5: Cells: Structure and cell division

• Slides 12: Cladograms and Common Ancestry
• Slides 13: Cells and Mitosis

Secret Bonus Video -- No, you don't get any extra points or anything like that for watching this. It's just a stop- motion film of a live cell, undergoing mitosis. But if you can identify what's going on at any given moment in the video, you'll be doing well for yourself.

• Slides 14: Meiosis

Oct. 8, 10, 12: Mendelian genetics

NOTE: Some of these are in color -- hopefully this won't use up too much of folks' color printer ink. . .
• Slides 15: Mendel and his Peas
• Slides 16: Punnett Squares
• Slides 17: Some Finer Points

Practice Problems in Genetics. . .

. . . and the Answers. No, you don't have to do these -- I will not grade them -- but you might find them helpful in learning this material. UPDATED 10/12/2007 with questions from lecture quiz. . .

Oct. 15, 17: More Mendelian genetics

• Slides 18: More Mendelian Wrinkles
• Slides 19: Genes and Chromosomes

October 19: NO CLASS: Fall break

Oct. 22, 24, 26: A bit of biochemistry / Introduction to DNA

• Slides 20: The Transforming Principle
• Slides 21: DNA
• Slides 22: DNA Replication / Introduction to Proteins

Oct. 29, 31: Proteins and enzymes

• Slides 23: Protein Structure
• Slides 24: Transcription and Translation

November 2: EXAM 2

Nov. 5, 7, 9: Frontiers in biotechnology

• Slides 25: Energy in Biological Systems
• Slides 26: Enzymes

Nov. 12, 14, 16: More frontiers in biotechnology

• Slides 27: Viruses, Prions, and Genetic Engineering
• Slides 28: DNA Forensics

Nov. 19: Introduction to cells

• Slides 29: Cells

November 21, 23: THANKSGIVING -- no class

Nov. 26, 28, 30: Ecological principles

• Slides 30: DNA and Evolution
• Slides 31: Population Ecology
• Slides 32: Community Ecology

Dec. 3, 5: Current issues in conservation

• Slides 33: Ecosystem Ecology
• Slides 33: What's It Worth?

FINAL EXAM: Wednesday, December 12, 2:00-4:00 PM

• Download the 2006 final exam for practice. (PDF format)
• Download the answer key for the 2006 final exam. (PDF format)

• August 28, Tuesday: Change-of-course period ends. Last date to register, add classes, change from credit to audit or audit to credit
• September 3, Monday: Labor Day Holiday
• September 21, Friday: Final date to make degree application for December graduation
• October 17, Wednesday: Mid-term grades report due at noon
• October 18 - 19, Thursday/Friday: Fall Break
• November 2, Friday: Final date to officially withdraw from a Aug 23 - Dec 14 course or the university with a W grade
• October 29- November 20: Advance Registration
• November 21 - 23, Wed - Fri: Thanksgiving Holiday
• November 30, Friday: Final date to officially withdraw from a Aug 23 - Dec 14 course or the university with a WP or WF grade
• November 30, Friday: Recommended date to make degree application for December 2008 graduation
• December 7, Friday: Study Day
• December 15, Saturday: Winter Commencement
• December 17, Monday: Final grades report due at noon