Course Schedule - Bio 101 - Fall 2007

Date Lecture Laboratory
Aug 27 M
28 T
30 Th
An Evolutionary Framework for Biology
Temporal and Spatial Scale in Biology
Genetics: Mendel Revisited
Quantitative Skills: Stickleback and Bombina tadpoles
Sept 3 M
4 T
6 Th
NO Lab lecture - Labor Day
Genetics: Population Genetics (Lab Lecture)
Ecology: Population Growth Dynamics

Tadpole Morphological Plasticity I: Expt. set up and
Population Genetics

Sept 10 M
11 T
13 Th
Stickleback LAB I Lab Lecture (PopSize)
Ecology: Age Structured Populations
Ecology: Ecological Niche and Interspecific Interactions
Reed Canyon
Stickleback I
Sept 17 M
18 T
20 Th
Stickleback/Bombina Lab Lecture
Genetic and Environmental Interactions
Evolution and Conservation
Stickleback II
Tadpole Plasticity II
Sept 24 M
25 T
27 Th
First midterm exam
Homology and Comparative Studies
Diversity: Patterns & Processes
A Question of Homology/Plant Diversity
Oct 1 M
2 T
4 Th
Photosynthesis, Light, and CO2
Diversity: Patterns & Processes
Plant Origins
Photosynthesis: challenges of bein’green
Oct 8 M
9 T
11 Th
Hypothesis-Testing with PNW Plants
Plant Diversification
Plant Diversification
Old-growth Forest Field-trip
Oct 13-21 FALL BREAK FALL BREAK
Oct 22 M
23 T
25 Th
Plant-Herbivore Interactions
Plant Adaptations
Species Interactions and Diversity
Brassica Responses to Herbivory: tolerate or resist?
Oct 29 M
30 T
Nov 1 Th
Second midterm exam
Safety/Microbial Populations/Cultivation
Biology of the Cell
Aseptic Technique/Microbial Populations
Nov 5 M
6 T
8 Th
Microbial Growth
Bacterial Anatomy I
Bacterial Anatomy II
Microbial Growth/Staining
Nov 12 M
13 T
15 Th
Conjugation
Molecular Genetics I
Molecular Genetics II
Conjugation/Coliforms/Antimicrobials
Nov 19 M
20 T
22 Th
Antibiotic Resistance
Prokaryotic Horizontal Gene Transfer
NO lecture - Thanksgiving
NO LABS - Thanksgiving
Nov 26 M
27 T
29 Th
Spinach on the Side: E. coli in Our Lives
Energetics I
Energetics II
Data Analysis
Dec 3 M
4 T
Dec 10 M
Midterm Review
Third midterm exam
Final Exam 9am-noon VLH
NO LABS