Course Schedule - Bio 101 - Fall 2008

General Outline. See Detailed Syllabus for up-to-date information.

Date Lecture Laboratory
Sept 1 M
2 T
4 Th		 NO Class - Labor Day
An Evolutionary Framework for Biology
Temporal and Spatial Scale in Biology		 Quantitative Skills: Stickleback and Bombina tadpoles
Sept 8 M
9 T
11 Th		 Genetics: Population Genetics (Lab Lecture)
Genetics: Mendel Revisited
Ecology: Population Growth Dynamics

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