Day Class Exam
Schedule Class Meeting
Day
Period
Class Meeting
Time
Exam Schedule
Monday/Wednesday/Fr
iday
Tuesday/Thursday
DF1/2
10:10 – 11:05
Day
Friday
Date
12/12
Time
12:00 – 2:00
DT1/2
5:30-7:30
Tuesday
12/16
5:30-7:30
Tentative lecture schedule:
Week of Chapter
8/25
1
9/1
2
9/15
4
9/22
5
Topic
A View of Life
Atoms and molecules: The Chemical
Basis of Life
The Chemistry of life: Organic
compounds
The Chemistry of life: Organic
compounds
Organization of cell
Organization of the cell
& Exam Review
Biological Membranes
9/29
6
7
Cell Communication
Energy and Metabolism
9/8
3
9/ 29 & 30
46-68
Lecture quiz
154-169
Lecture quiz
Exam 1
Photosynthesis: capturing light energy
Photosynthesis
Chromosome: Mitosis and Meiosis
Chromosome: Mitosis and Meiosis
Basic Principles of Hereditary
Basic Principles of Hereditary
DNA: The carrier of genetic information
DNA: The carrier of genetic information
193-205
12
11/(3 & 4)
11/4
13
11/11
14
11/17
16
11/(24 & 25)
16
15
Lecture quiz
106-125
9
10/27
Lecture quiz
74-102
172-189
10
11
Exam/quizzes
46-68
How cells make ATP: Energy-Releasing
Pathways
10/13
10/20
Lab Practicals
1-21
26-42
8
10/6
11/24
Pages
213-233
Lecture quiz
Lecture quiz
Critique #1
due
Lab Practical #1
Lecture quiz
Lab Practical #1
237-261
Lecture quiz
Lecture quiz
263-279
Lecture quiz
282-303
Lecture quiz
Exam 2
Gene expression and regulation
Gene expression and regulation
Human Genetics and the Human
Genome
Human Genetics and the Human
Genome
Lecture quiz
347-364
Lecture
quiz
Exam 3
Human Genetics and the Human
Genome /
DNA technology and genomics
Thankgiving Break
(11/27-12/1)
Critique #2
due
347-364
272-289
Lecture quiz
12/1
12/8
15
DNA technology and genomics
DNA technology and genomics
272-289
Lab Practical #2
Lab Practical #2
Final Exam Review
Chapters 15 and 16 to be included in cumulative final exam.
FINAL EXAMS as posted on final exam schedule
http://www.ccbcmd.edu/media/registration/finalexams_fall.pdf
Lecture quiz
Tentative Lab Schedule:
Week
Date & Sections
Lab Topic
Pre-lab report due before lab
Quiz on each topic at end of lab
DF1
Lab Topic
DT1
DT2
5 points each exercise
8/27
1
Introduction to Safety
Start Measurement
No Lab
Holiday
Microscope Lab
Chemistry of Life
Chemistry of Life
Biological Membranes
8/28
9/2
9/4
9/9
9/11
9/16
9/18
9/23
Introduction to Safety
Start Measurement
Finish Measurement
Microscope Lab
Microscope Lab
Chemistry of Life
Chemistry of Life
Biological Membranes
2
Quiz
9/3
3
Quiz
9/10
4
Quiz
9/17
5
Quiz
9/24
Enzyme Action
9/25
9/20
Enzyme Action
6
Quiz
10/1
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis
7
10/8
Lab Practical #1
8
10/15
Fermentation
10/2
10/7
10/9
10/14
3/16
3/21
10/22
10/29
Mitosis & Meiosis
Start Mendelian
Genetics
Mendelian Genetics
9
Quiz
10
Quiz
Human Genetics
11/13
11/18
11/20
PCR LAB
(Gels and Interpret) 11/25
Human Genetics
Human Genetics
12
Quiz
11/12
Human Genetics
13
Quiz
11/19
14
Quiz
11/25
Final practical review 11/26
Lab Practical #2
Initial submission
Enzyme Action
Lab Write-up
10/23
Mitosis & Meiosis
10/28 Start Mendelian Genetics
11/6
11/11
11/5
12/3
Fermentation
Mendelian Genetics
Quiz
15
Lab Practical #1
10/30
11/04
11
Post-lab write ups
Due at the
Beginning of the Lab
50 point
12/4
12/6
Revision:
Enzyme Action
Lab Write-up
PCR LAB
(Gels and Interpret)
No lab
Thankgiving Break
(11/27-12/1)
Lab Practical #2
This syllabus may be changed with notification to the class.
Note that the content in these sections is dictated by the Common Course Outline for this course, as approved at the college-wide
level: [http://www.ccbcmd.edu/cco/home.html]
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