Date: Sep. 2015
Course Name and Number:
Introduction to Biology 1-2
80-055-01
80-056-01
Type of course:Lecture
Year of Studies: 2015-2016 Semester: Fall & Spring
Hours/credits: 3
The courses objectives: (Overall Objectives/ Specific Objectives)
Introduction to major biological concepts and cellular processes common
to various life forms.
First semester- introduction to cellular biology; second semester- human
physiology. Language: English
Course Description:
Emphasis will be placed on cell structure and function, energy
transformation, genetics and molecular biology, ecology, homeostatic
mechanisms and current issues in biology
The Process of the Course:
(Teaching Methods, use of technology, Guest Speakers)
Frontal lectures, overhead transparencies, ppt presentation, animations,
movies,
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Detailed Lesson plan:
Fall Semester
Number of
Topic of the
Lesson
Lesson
1
Introduction;
Ch. 1
interdependency
of biological
systems
The chemistry of Ch. 3
life: organic
compounds
Cell structure & Ch. 4
function
Con’t.
2
3
4
Required Reading
8
Biological
membranes
Enzymes &
metabolic
reactions
Cell cycle:
mitosis
Meiosis- cloning
9
cont
10
DNA: The
Ch. 11
molecular basis of
inheritance
DNA – RNA Ch. 12
Proteins
Current Topics
5
6
7
11
12
2
Ch. 5
Ch. 6-8
Ch. 9
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Spring Semester
Number of
Topic of the
Lesson
Lesson
1
Mendelian
genetics
Corn &
population
genetics
Mendelian
genetics (con’t)
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9-11
12
13
14
Required Reading
Ch 10
Human genetics Ch. 13
and gene
regulation
Current Topics in
genetic
Engineering
The digestive
Ch. 45
system
Con't
Respiratory
Ch. 44
Sustem
Physiology of the Ch. 42
circulatory
system
Blood and body
Ch. 43
defenses
AIDS
Interactions of
Life: Ecology
Ch. 53
Grade Components: Number grade.
Final – 05%
Midterm – 50%
Required textbooks, other textbooks:
Biology 5th- 8th Edition , Solomon, Berg, Martin
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