BIO 205 Cell and Developmental Biology
Summer Session I 2013
Course Information
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Prerequisites: You must have received a passing grade in Bio202 to take
Bio205
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Location: 128 Wilson
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Time: 9:45 – 11:15 am, M-F
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Required Text:
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Cell Biology- Essential Cell Biology 3rd Edition, by Alberts et
al.
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Developmental Biology – Principles of Development 4th Edition
by Wolpert and Tickle
Instructor Information
Developmental Biology: Dr. Swanik
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Office hours: Tues and Thurs 11:15 am -12:15pm
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Office location: 210 Wilson
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Email: jtswanik@waketech.edu
I am committed to help you learn and want each of you to do well in the course.
For this to happen, you must also do your part. This includes, but is not limited to:
attending and staying actively engaged during lectures; reviewing classroom
material; completing assigned homework; and asking questions.
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Attendance: strongly recommended for all classes and recitation.
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Class Participation: Please come to lecture prepared to learn and ask
questions. Your professors and TA are happy to answer your questions
during and after class, during office hours and/or recitation. Anyone who
wishes to tape record lectures may do so.
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Grading:
o The Developmental and Cell Biology portion of the class will weight
equally
o There will be 4 exam weighing 90% and the recitation will count for
10%.
o Re-grading: Requests for exam re-grade must be submitted to me
before the next exam. Please justify why your answer should be
accepted in 300 words. The entire exam will be re-graded, which
may result in raising or lowering of your total points. Thus, we
encourage you to petition for a re-grade only if you have a strong
justification. Exam taken in pencil will NOT be re-graded.
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Exams:
o Questions will be taken from lectures, recitations, and assigned
readings.
o Exams must be taken on the dates indicated during the regular
class period.
o Makeup exams will only be given in exceptional circumstances, i.e.,
medical or family emergency documented in writing. You must
notify me of such an emergency before the time of the regular
exam. The makeup exam may be an oral exam.
o You must write the exam in ink.
**If any of your exam grades falls in the bottom 20% of the class,
please meet with the professor at the earliest possible time – We
will plan together how to improve your performance on the next
exam.
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Assignments and problem sets:
o Must be turned in at the beginning of recitation. Late assignments
will not be accepted. If you cannot make the recitation, please email
it before recitation begins.
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Honor Code:
As in all classes at UNC-CH, the Honor Code is in effect in this class. All inclass exams and quizzes are to be taken without the assistance of books,
notes, or other people, and you must sign your pledge to that effect.
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Copyright
All course materials we provide (lecture presentation, outline, exams, and
assignments) are copyrighted and may not be distributed to third parties
including web-based course material collections.
Course Schedule:
Lecture
Date
Topic
Reading Assignment
A=Alberts W=Wolpert
1
5/14
Introduction to Cell Biology
2
5/15
Cellular
Building
A Ch. 1
Blocks, A Ch. 2, 4
Proteins
3
5/16
Lipids, Membranes, and
A Ch. 11, 12
Membrane Transport
4
5/17
Intracellular Compartments and
A Ch. 15
Transport
5
5/20
Mitochondria (and review)
A Ch. 14
6
5/21
Cell Communication
A Ch. 16
7
5/22
Test 1 (Covers 5/14-5/20)
8
5/23
Actin, Muscle Contraction, and
A Ch. 17
Migration
3
9
5/24
Intermediate Filaments and
A Ch. 17
Microtubules
10
5/28
Cell Cycle and Mitosis
A Ch. 18
11
5/29
Stem Cells and Cancer
A Ch. 20
12
5/30
History and Basic Concepts
W Ch. 1
13
5/31
Test 2 (Covers 5/21-5/29)
14
6/3
Life Cycles and Experimental
W Ch. 3
techniques
15
6/4
Axes and Germ Layers
W Ch. 4
16
6/5
Patterning of early nervous
W Ch. 5
system
17
6/6
Morphogenesis
W Ch. 8
18
6/7
Germ cell, fertilization and Sex
W Ch. 9
19
6/10
Test 3 (Covers 5/30-6/11)
20
6/11
Cell differentiation and stem
W Ch. 10
cells
21
6/12
Organogenesis
W Ch. 11
22
6/13
Development of nervous system
W Ch. 12
23
6/14
Regeneration
W Ch. 14
**Final Exam is Monday 6/17 from 8:00 am – 11:00 am in 128 Wilson. The
final exam will only cover the material after the first developmental biology
test.
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Recitation Schedule:
Recitation
Date
Assignments
5/14
Setting
up
Planaria
experiment
5/16
Feed Planaria/ Primary
Literarure
5/20
Feed Planaria/ Case
Study
5/21
Cut Planaria/ Review
for Test 1
5/23
Case Study
5/28
View Planaria
5/30
Review for Test 2
6/3
Primary Literature
6/4
Case Study
6/6
Review for Test 3
6/10
No Recitation
6/11
Poster Presentation
6/13
Review for Test 4/
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