1. BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004 Instructor: Dr. Kathy Szick-Miranda Office: Science I, 316 Phone: 665-6165 Email: kszick-miranda@csub.edukszick-miranda@csub.edu Web: www.csub.edu/~kszick_miranda Office hours: M 11:00-12:30, T 1:00-3:30, W 10:00-11:00, or by appointment Lecture: MW 6:00-7:15pm, RNEC 105 Lab: MW 3:30-5:55pm or MW 7:30-9:55pm, Sci I Rm 230

2. BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004 Text Books: *Campbell, N.A. and Reece, J.B., 2002. Biology, 6 th ed. Benjamin Cummings *Lab Manual Packet *Occasionally lecture/lab material will be found posted on the web Lecture Material: *Lectures will be presented in Powerpoint *Lectures will be available (on the web) the night prior to them being given Academic Honesty: *Cheating WILL NOT be tolerated! Attendance and Participation: Assignment Point Values: Exam I100pts Exam II100pts Final Exam (Comprehensive)150pts Lab Report50pts Quizzes/Lab Assignments (10pts each)100pts Oral Presentation25pts Participation25pts TOTAL550pts

3. BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004 Reading and Lab Assignments: 1. Reading assignments – see lecture schedule 2. Lab component is mandatory! quizzes lab assignments participation 3. Lab Report(Due Feb 23 rd ) based on independent investigation, format required: Title page, Introduction, Methods and Materials, Results, Discussion, Conclusions and Literature Cited www.csub.edu/Biology/HowToWrite.htmlx www.csub.edu/Biology/HowtoWrite.pdf www.csub.edu/Biology/HowToWrite.htmlx www.csub.edu/Biology/HowtoWrite.pdf *Addition: Guest speaker- Phil Pister- “Ethical concerns in Biological Conservation” February 11th 4. Short (5-8min) oral presentation

4. BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004 A scientific research report is a form of communication which succinctly presents and interprets data collected in an investigation. *Independent investigation based on either Fermentation lab (Feb. 4 th ) or Respiration lab (Feb. 9 th ) Introduction: *concisely describe the purpose of the investigation *question(s) you are attempting to answer *the general method used *briefly review past research that has been done Materials and Methods: *explain the experiment so that it can be duplicated *avoid unnecessary details *experimental design Results: *present the data in a straightforward manner *data are generally organized into tables and/or figures Discussion: *explain the meaning of the results Conclusion: *partially repeats the Results and the Discussion *briefly state what the data showed (from Results) and the major conclusions developed (from Discussion)

5. BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004 *Cell biology is the study of the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells We will examine the following: *importance of water and carbon *synthesis and function of macromolecules *metabolism and enzymes *membrane and organelle, structure and function *cellular respiration *photosynthesis *cell communication *cell division *genetics *nucleic acids/gene expression