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High School Name
High School Course Name/BIOL 110—Fundamentals of Biology I
INSTRUCTOR: Teacher’s
Room Number:High
Name
School Room Number
Teacher email: Teacher
email
Class meeting times: please
indicate how often and how long you meet with students: minutes per
normal class, every day, every other day, semester, trimester, weeks in a grading period, etc.
Lab time: Please
indicate the average amount of time you spend in lab (i.e. % of time or
number of days in a week
REQUIRED TEXTS
Please indicate text book include, name, author, publication date, and ISBN
REQUIRED LAB MANUAL
Please indicate lab manual include, name, author, publication date, and ISBN
Additional Resources:
Please include any additional resources: online support site, calculators, etc.
COURSE DESCRIPTION, ASSESSMENT, & POLICIES
BIOL 110 is the first semester of a two semester introductory course for students in agriculture and health sciences. This course is
designed to cover wide range of biological topics and concepts, such as science inquiry, adaptation, and reproduction and inheritance.
Emphasis is placed on the cell, the genetic basis of life, and evolution. Many of the ideas that are developed in BIOL 110 will be
revisited and extensively applied during the second semester. The main objective of this course is to provide students with a sound
and balanced understanding of the major constructs of the study of life.
Attendance & Make-ups:
Please indicate attendance policy and make-up policy for both exams and labs
Additional grading policies:
Please indicate any additional grading policies: i.e. retake policy, please realize that if the policy
does not reflect the policies at PC, you may have to revise the policy for the PNC grade
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Resources & Special Needs:
As a PNC concurrent enrollment student, you are eligible for all the assistance that PNC has to offer their on campus students. Purdue
University North Central is committed to providing all students equal access to learning opportunities. If you encounter any
difficulties with the course or if you have a disability that should require an accommodation during the semester, come and see me as
soon as possible. Drop in any time during office hours or make an appointment. Messages and appointments can be left with the
departmental secretary during normal business hours; however, I prefer that you contact me directly through voice mail or e-mail (my
contact information is provided above).
In addition, the Disability Services Coordinator, in LSF-103A, extension 5374, provides information and resources to all students with
disabilities, faculty and staff, ensuring equal access to educational opportunities. The office will provide guidance regarding
appropriate accommodations. Academic accommodations and other services are provided on an individual basis determined by
documented need. Documentation of the disability completed by a physician or qualified health care professional must be on file in
the office.
Short term confidential counseling is available to enrolled students free of charge through the Student Counseling Services office
located in LSF 103. The phone number is 219-785-5230 or 1-800-872-1231 ext. 5230. Call or stop in to make an appointment Monday
through Friday 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM.
Some learning activities will require the use of the internet. In addition, copies of this syllabus as well as other resources will be
available on the PNC Instructor’s drive (I-drive), which can be accessed from personal and other off-campus computers by signing
into the MyPNC Portal located at www.pnc.edu. Find the folder named “Alix” and then open the BIOL 110 folder to access the
appropriate information. Files and documents are password protected and thus can be opened as read-only.
In calculating the PNC grade, the following grading scheme will be followed:
Percentage of grade
50%
30%
10%
10%
Category
3 unit exams of 3 or more
chapters and comprehensive
final
2 lab exams
Lab Scores
Quizzes, 1-2 chapters each
Grading Scale:
100%=A+
99-93%=A
92-90%=A89-87%=B+
86-83%=B
82-80%=B79-77%=C+
76-73%=C
72-70%=C69-67%=D+
66-63%=D
62-60%=D≤59%=F
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Topic Covered: By the end of the course, the following topics will be covered:
High School
Purdue North Central BIOL 110
□ The Science of Biology
Please indicate all the topics that you cover in
the biology course. If the topic you cover is
 inquiry
not on the list, it is possible that it is on the
□ The Nature of Molecules and the Properties of
BIOL 111 syllabus. There must be two
separate syllabi since these are considered
Water
two separate courses at PNC

atoms and importance of water
□ The Chemical Building Blocks of Life

Macro Organic M0lecules
□ Cell Structure
□ Membranes
□ Energy and Metabolism
□ Energy in Cells
□ Photosynthesis
□ Cell Communication
□ Cell Division
□ Sexual Reproduction and Meiosis
□ Inheritance
□ Chromosomes, Mapping, and Meiosis- Inheritance
Connection
□ DNA
□ Genes

Gene Expression
□ Biotechnology
□ Genomics
□ Cellular Mechanisms of Development
□ Genes within Populations
□ Evidence of evolution
□ Origin of Species
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□ Systematics, Phylogenies, and Comparative Biology
□ Genome Evolution
□ Evolution of development
Academic Dishonesty:
As a PNC Concurrent Enrollment student, you are held to the same academic integrity as the on-campus students. A student
caught giving or receiving information in any form during an exam will earn a zero for that work. In addition, any student handing in
answers to lab review questions which do not represent his or her own work will earn a zero for that assignment. Both of the
previously mentioned scenarios constitute acts of academic dishonesty. Those who commit an act of academic dishonesty will be
reported to the administration for further action.
Misc. policies:
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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY IS A CORE VALUE OF OUR COMMUNITY. It is expected that all students, instructors,
and support staff associated with courses or any other function offered under the direction of the Biology/Chemistry
department will interact in a civil and courteous manner at all times. Disruptive, ill-mannered behavior will not be tolerated,
and will be reported to the Dean of Students or the Department Chair and Vice Chancellor for Academic Services
(faculty/staff). Rude/unruly students will be removed from class and will be subject to both academic and non-academic
sanctions. It is your responsibility to be familiar with the University’s Code of Conduct (www.pnc.edu/policy/conduct/) and
an addendum covering classroom disruption (www.pnc.edu/academic_affairs/wpcontent/uploads/sites/20/2013/05/Disruption-in-Classroom-Policy.pdf).
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