BSC 2010 – Integrated Principles of Biology I
Lecture Schedule for Sections 7252
Summer 2014
Lecture topics for this course are listed below. This is a tentative schedule; the dates and coverage of
specific topics are subject to change.
Lecture
Date
#
Topic
Chapter
Cells and Biochemistry Lectures
13
May
14
May
15
May
1
Introduction
1
2
Principles of Life
1
3
Atoms and Molecules
2
4
Carbohydrates and Lipids; Biochemical Changes Involve Energy
2
5
Nucleic Acids and Proteins
3
Wed.
16
May
20
May
21
May
6
Proteins (cont.) and Enzymes
3
Thurs.
22
May
7
Cells, Prokaryotic Cells, and Eukaryotic Cells
4
Fri.
23
May
8
Eukaryotic Cells (cont.), Cytoskeleton, and Extracellular Structures
4
27
May
28
May
9
Cell Membranes
5
10
Cell Membranes (cont.) and Signaling
5
29
May
30
May
11
Metabolism
6
12
Cellular Respiration
6
Tues.
3 Jun
13
Photosynthesis
6
Wed.
4 Jun
14
Synthesis and Review
Thurs.
5 Jun
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
Tues.
Tues.
Wed.
Thurs.
Fri.
EXAM 1 - In Class
Genetics Lectures
Fri.
6 Jun
1
Cell cycle, Mitosis
7
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Tues.
10 Jun
2
Meiosis
7
Wed.
11 Jun
3
Mendelian Genetics
8
Thurs.
12 Jun
4
Extensions of Mendelian Genetics
8
Fri.
13 Jun
5
Chromosomes and Linkage
8
Tues.
17 Jun
6
Search for DNA, Replication, Central Dogma
9
Wed.
18 Jun
7
Transcription
10
Thurs.
19 Jun
8
Translation
10
Fri.
20 Jun
9
Mutations
7,9
Tues.
1 Jul
10
Gene Expression
11
Wed.
2Jul
Thurs.
3 Jul
11
DNA Technology
Fri.
4 Jul
12
FOURTH OF JULY – NO CLASS
Tues.
8 Jul
13
Genetic testing and Association studies
Wed.
9Jul
14
Special Topics / Synthesis and Review
Thurs.
Genomes and Genomics
10 Jul
12
13, 9
EXAM 2 - In Class
Evolution Lectures
Fri.
11 Jul
Tues.
15 Jul
Wed.
16 Jul
Thurs.
17 Jul
Fri.
18 Jul
Tues.
22 Jul
Wed.
23 Jul
Thurs.
24 Jul
Fri.
25 Jul
Tues.
29 Jul
Wed.
30 Jul
Thurs.
31 Jul
Fri.
1 Aug
1
What is evolution?; History of Evolutionary Thought
15
2
Natural Selection
15
3
Other types of selection
15
4
Hardy-Weinberg and the forces of evolution
15
5
Molecular Evolution
15
6
Evolution of Sex; Practical Applications
15
7
Species and Speciation
17
8
Modes of Speciation
17
9
Introduction to Phylogenies
16
10
Reconstructing Phylogenies
16
11
Using phylogenies to ask evolutionary questions
16
12
History of Life
18
13
Origins and Early Diversity of Life
19
2
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Tues.
5 Aug
Wed.
6 Aug
Thurs.
7 Aug
Fri.
8 Aug
14
Summer 2014
Special Topics / Synthesis and Review
15-20
EXAM 3 - In Class
15-20
NO CLASS
NO CLASS
3