BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004
Instructor: Dr. Kathy Szick-Miranda
Office: Science I, 316
Phone: 665-6165
Email: kszick-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
BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004
Text Books:
*Campbell, N.A. and Reece, J.B., 2002. Biology, 6th 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 I
Exam II
Final Exam (Comprehensive)
Lab Report
Quizzes/Lab Assignments (10pts each)
Oral Presentation
Participation
TOTAL
100pts
100pts
150pts
50pts
100pts
25pts
25pts
550pts
BIO201: Introductory Biology – Cells, Winter 2004
*Addition: Guest speaker- Phil Pister- “Ethical concerns in Biological
Conservation” February 11th
Reading and Lab Assignments:
1. Reading assignments – see lecture schedule
2. Lab component is mandatory!
quizzes
lab assignments
participation
3. Lab Report (Due Feb 23rd)
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
4. Short (5-8min) oral presentation
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. 4th)
or Respiration lab (Feb. 9th)
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)
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