UNIVERSITY OF REGINA
Biology 100 - Introductory Biology I
Syllabus for Fall 2015 (“201530”)
Instructors
Lecture:
Dr. Harold Weger LB 255
telephone: 585-4479
e-mail: harold.weger@uregina.ca
Laboratory:
Dr. Nola Erhardt
LB 414.3
telephone: 337-2530
e-mail: nola.erhardt@uregina.ca
Messages for Dr. Weger may also be left in the Biology General Office (LB 244; 585-4145)
Lectures: MWF 11:30 AM -12:20 PM, Education Auditorium
Labs: Lab Building Rm 411 (LB 411)
Text: Reece, Urry (and 9 other authors). 2014. Campbell Biology, Canadian Edition. (Used copies
of the 6th – 9th editions are also acceptable) Purchase of a textbook is recommended. See
“More Information about Textbooks” below.
Lab Manuals:
Required: Biology 100 Laboratory Manual (Fall 2015 Edition), which will include the price of
Simbio Virtual labs that can be downloaded from UR Courses once the term starts.
Text and lab manuals are available in the Bookstore. Used textbooks are available at the
Bookstore, and at the Students Union Book sale (held near the start of the semester).
Grading:
Mid-Term Exam #1
Mid-Term Exam #2
Laboratory (see lab description below)
Final Exam
12.5%
17.5%
30%
40%
The final exam covers the entire course. Students must attend all laboratory sessions. Please note
that this course falls under the Academic Regulations of the University of Regina and the Faculty of
Science (these regulations are printed in the General Calendar, available at
http://www.uregina.ca/gencal/ugcal/).
Special needs: Students in this course who, because of a disability, may have need for specialized
accommodations, should please contact the Centre for Student Accessibility (Riddell Centre
251.15, 585-4631) and should discuss these accommodations with the instructor(s). Please note
that instructors do not have the authority arrange for accommodations independent of the Centre
for Student Accessibility.
Important Dates:
Sept.9 (W)
Week of Sept. 14
Sept. 22 (T)
Oct. 7 (W)
Oct. 12 (M)
Nov. 9 (M)
Nov. 16 (M)
Week of Nov. 30
Dec. 7 (M)
Dec. 9 (W)
Dec. 21 (M)
First day of lectures, and first day of BIOL 100 lectures
BIOL 100 labs begin
Last day to drop a course without a grade of “W”
Mid-term Exam #1
Thanksgiving Day Holiday
Mid-term Exam #2
Last day to drop a course without a grade of “NP”
Lab Exam
Last day of BIOL 100 lectures
First day of final exams
BIOL 100 Final Exam (9:00 AM; 3 hours)
Lecture Outline:
This chart represents an approximate lecture schedule, indicating the order of topics to be
covered, the relevant chapters in the textbook (chapter numbers refer to the 1st Canadian edition), and
the approximate date of the lecture. For some of the topics, the text provides much greater detail than
the lectures. You are responsible for understanding the material at the level of detail provided in the
lectures.
Date
Sept. 9 (W)
Sept. 11 (F)
Sept. 14 (M)
Sept. 16 (W)
Sept. 18 (F)
Sept. 21 (M)
Sept. 23 (W)
Sept. 25 (F)
Sept. 28 (M)
Sept. 30 (W)
Oct. 2 (F)
Oct. 5 (M)
Oct. 7 (W)
Oct. 9 (F)
Oct. 12 (M)
Oct. 14 (W)
Oct. 16 (F)
Oct. 19 (M)
Oct. 21 (W)
Oct. 23 (F)
Oct. 26 (M)
Oct. 28 (W)
Oct. 30 (F)
Nov. 2 (M)
Nov. 4 (W)
Nov. 6 (F)
Nov. 9 (M)
Nov. 11 (W)
Nov. 13 (F)
Nov. 16 (M)
Nov. 18 (W)
Nov. 20 (F)
Nov. 23 (M)
Nov. 25 (W)
Nov. 27 (F)
Nov. 30 (M)
Dec. 2 (W)
Dec. 4 (F)
Dec. 7 (M)
Lecture #
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
--15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
Chapter
1
2
3&4
5
5
6
6
7
7
8
8
8
--9
--9
10
10
10
17 (5)
12
12
13
13 & 14
15, 16, 17
52
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27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
22
22
23
24
40
40
48, 49
48, 49
42
42
45 (11)
Topic
Nature of Science
Chemistry
Water & Carbon
Large Biological Molecules I
Large Biological Molecules II
Cell Structure
Cell Structure II
Membranes I
Membranes II
Metabolism & Bioenergetics I
Metabolism & Bioenergetics II
Metabolism & Bioenergetics III
Mid-Term Exam #1
Respiration I
Thanksgiving – no class
Respiration II
Photosynthesis I
Photosynthesis II
Photosynthesis III
Genes to Proteins
Cell Division I
Cell Division II
Genetics I
Genetics II
Genetics III
Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere
Mid-Term Exam #2
Remembrance Day – no class
Evolution – Charles Darwin
Evolution II
Evolution III – Evolution of Populations
Evolution IV – The Origin of Species
Animal Form & Function I
Animal Form & Function II
Neurons & Nervous Systems I
Neurons & Nervous Systems II
Circulation & Gas Exchange I
Circulation & Gas Exchange II
Hormones
Other Notes:
1) Please read the GUIDE TO SUCCEEDING IN BIOLOGY 100 posted on the BIOL 100 website.
2) Answers to the mid-term exams and all grades will be posted on the BIOL 100 website.
3) Biology majors should take CHEM 104, CHEM 105 and CHEM 140 as early as possible in their B.Sc.
program. (You should be taking CHEM 104 this semester, and should take at least one of CHEM
105/140 this coming January).
4) Students who have questions about the Biology BSc program are welcome to book a program advising
appointment (contact the Biology Main Office [LB 244; 585-4145] to book an appointment). Program
advice is also available on the Biology Dept website (http://www.uregina.ca/biology/).
5) Students looking to take an elective Biology course are welcome in BIOL 100, but should also consider
BIOL 140 or BIOL 150 (BIOL 100 and 101 are majors Biology courses).
Biology 100 Laboratory Schedule – Fall 2015
Week
Title
Sept. 14-19
Lab 1. Orientation; Care and Use of Microscopes
Sept. 21 – 26
Lab 2: Comparing Macromolecules
Sept. 28 - Oct. 2
No lab
Oct. 5 - 10
Lab 3: Diffusion and Osmosis
Oct. 12 - 17
No lab
Oct. 19 - 24
Lab 4: Saskatchewan Biomes
Oct. 26 - 31
No Lab
Nov. 2 - 7
Lab 5: Evolution
Nov. 9 - 14
No lab
Nov. 16 - 21
Lab 6: Taxonomic Principles/Review
Nov. 30 Dec. 5
LAB EXAM
Mark breakdown:
Pre-lab questions
In-lab Individual Assignments
In-lab Group Assignments
Team Presentation
Lab Exam
Total:
8% (4 at 2% each)
4% (2 at 2% each)
4% (2 at 2% each)
4%
10%
30%
Policies and Procedures for Mid-Term Exams, Lab Exam and the Final Exam
1) There are no make-up mid-term exams. Marks for the missed mid-term exam will be
reallocated to the final exam. Students who miss either of the two lecture mid-term exams,
or the lab exam, must provide a valid excuse with documentation.
2) Students will write lab exams in their assigned lab sections.
3) “Deferred” final exams can only be granted by the Associate Dean, Academic (for Faculty of
Science students), or by the Deans and/or Associate Deans of other Faculties or Federated
Colleges. Deferred final exams cannot be granted by the course instructors.
4) Dictionaries (paper or electronic) are not allowed to be used during exams. There are no
exceptions to this rule. Cell phones must be turned off and be out of sight during exams.
Other Policies and Procedures
1) The grading scheme for the course is the same for all students in the course. There is no
opportunity to boost a grade by doing “extra work”, and grade allocations to the various midterms etc will not be adjusted.
2) Attendance in each laboratory session is mandatory. If you miss a laboratory session (with a
valid excuse – see lab manual), please contact Dr. Erhardt (nola.erhardt@uregina.ca).
3) For students who have previously taken the course and wish to apply for an official “lab
exemption”, the minimum lab grade for an exemption is 70%.
More Information About Textbooks
Student evaluation forms from previous years have made it very clear that some students find a
textbook invaluable in BIOL 100, while other students consider a textbook to be unnecessary.
Similarly, some students who have bought textbooks consider the most useful part of the
textbook to be the accompanying CD-ROM. Others consider the CD-ROM to be of marginal
utility. So, what to do about the textbook? To buy one or not to buy one? It really depends
upon you as an individual, and your learning style. Comments about the textbook from previous
course evaluations range from “The textbook is extremely useful” to “If you take good notes in
class, then you don't really need it”. The instructors of this course recommend the purchase of
a textbook, but it is not obligatory.
The textbook for this course is “Reece et al.; Campbell Biology, Canadian edition (2014).”
New copies of the textbook may be purchased at the U of R Bookstore. Another option is to
purchase a used copy of the 8th or 9th non-Canadian edition. Used copies may be purchased at
the Student Union Book Sale (held near the start of the Fall and Winter semesters). As well,
used copies of the 6th or 7th edition are also fine. However, as the name and authors of the
textbook keep changing, thus it can be confusing when trying to figure out which textbook to
buy. The 9th edition and the Canadian edition are both called Campbell Biology, by Reece et
al.; the 8th edition is called Biology, by Campbell, Reece, & five others.
Please note that the name “Campbell” is also associated with two non-majors textbooks:
Biological Principles and Campbell Biology Concepts and Connections. There are
altogether different books, and neither is the course textbook.
Copies of the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th editions of the text will also be available in the BIOL 100 lab
room (LB 411) during the lab periods. As well, copies of other standard Biology textbooks are
available for use in the LB 411 during most lunch hours (approximately 11:30 AM to 2:00 PM
weekdays).
Lastly, there is an open access Biology majors textbook (in PDF form). A link to the textbook is
available on the BIOL 100 website, and it may be downloaded from:
http://open.bccampus.ca/find-open-textbooks/. The open access Biology majors textbook is
Biology by Avissar et al.
In summary, there are many different options for dealing with textbooks in BIOL 100.
How to use the Biology 100 UR Courses Website:
Go to the University of Regina homepage
http://www.uregina.ca/

Click on “UR Courses” (top of the homepage)

Click on “click here”

Type in your UserName and Password

Click the link:
BIOL 100: Biology I
What is on the Biology 100 UR Courses Web Site?
Forums (a.k.a. Discussion Boards) – These are places to ask questions about the lecture
material (“Lecture Questions”), as well as to chat with other students about non-biology topics
(“Coffee Shop”). You may also use the Lecture Questions as a study tool. Both questions and
answers are accessible to everyone in the course, and we encourage students to post
questions (if you have a question about a topic, chances are that someone else also has that
question, so post it!).
Lecture Notes - You'll find lecture notes from Dr. Weger. These notes are generated during
lecture and are posted after each lecture.
Study Skills – Here you’ll find resources to help you study for Biology 100 (and your other)
exams.
Summaries of Terms and Concepts – A series of PDFs that highlight and summarize lecture
material
Other Useful and Important Info is also on the course website.
Getting help with UR Courses
There are two ways to get general help with the Biology 100 UR Courses web site.
 E-mail: IT.Support@uregina.ca
 Phone: 585-4685
Adenosine triphosphate (ATP): the
“energy currency” of life.
University of Regina Counselling Services
(http://www.uregina.ca/student/counselling/)
Counselling Services is part of the University of Regina’s Office of Student Affairs. Counselling
Services offers a wide variety of workshops (e.g. exam study strategies and skills), counselling
and other services:
• Personal Counselling
• Group Counselling
• Workshops (e.g. assertiveness training, body image, procrastination, disordered eating,
stress management, and others)
This is a valuable resource for students (and much more information is available via their
website).
University of Regina Student Success Centre
(http://www.uregina.ca/student/ssc/)
Part of the Office of Student Affairs, the Student Success Centre offers:
• Math and Stats Support
• Writing Support
• Student Success Workshops
• One on One Learning Skills Consultations
• And much more
• Strategies & Skills for Academic Excellence
University of Regina Career Centre
(http://www.uregina.ca/careercentre/)
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•
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Career Exploration and Counselling
Cooperative Education & Internships
Student Employment Services
Rules for BIOL 100 in the Education Auditorium
• This is a large course taught in a large room with good acoustics. For the
sake of the other students in the course, please keep talking to a minimum;
even whispers travel because of the good acoustics, and whispers will
disturb other students.
• Please don’t eat in the Auditorium; it’s messy and distracting.
• If you use a laptop during class, please use it only for class work. Don’t
play on-line games or surf the net – this is distracting to the other students.
• Cell phones should be turned off.
• Please use all of the seats in the room. Don’t leave individual seats vacant
in the middle of a section; the course is FULL.
Academic Integrity
There is a huge emphasis on academic integrity at Canadian universities these days. The
Undergraduate Calendar (available on the UofR website) is a very good source of information
about academic integrity (and misconduct), and the section below is reproduced from the
Calendar:
5.13.2.2 Violations – Acts of Academic Misconduct
Acts of academic dishonesty or misconduct include acts which contravene the general principles
described in §5.13.1. In this section, some of these acts are described. Others which are not explicitly
described here may also be considered academic misconduct. All forms of academic misconduct are
considered serious offences within the University community. For the penalties, see §5.13.5.
Cheating
Cheating constitutes academic misconduct. Cheating is dishonest behaviour (or the attempt to behave
dishonestly), usually in tests or examinations. It includes:
• unless explicitly authorized by the course instructor or examiner, using books, notes, diagrams,
electronic devices, or any other aids during an examination, either in the examination room itself or
when permitted to leave temporarily;
• copying from the work of other students; communicating with others during an examination to give
or receive information, either in the examination room or outside it;
• consulting others on a take-home examination (unless authorized by the course instructor);
commissioning or allowing another person to write an examination on one’s behalf;
• not following the rules of an examination;
• using for personal advantage, or communicating to other students, advance knowledge of the
content of an examination (for example, if permitted to write an examination early);
• altering answers on an assignment or examination that has been returned;
• taking an examination out of the examination room if this has been forbidden.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a form of academic dishonesty in which one person submits or presents the work of
another person as his or her own, whether from intent to deceive, lack of understanding, or
carelessness. Unless the course instructor states otherwise, it is allowable and expected that students
will examine and refer to the ideas of others, but these ideas must be incorporated into the student’s
own analysis and must be clearly acknowledged through footnotes, endnotes, or other practices
accepted by the academic community. Students’ use of others’ expression of ideas, whether quoted
verbatim or paraphrased, must also be clearly acknowledged according to acceptable academic practice.
It is the responsibility of each student to learn what constitutes acceptable academic practice. Plagiarism
includes the following practices:
• not acknowledging an author or other source for one or more phrases, sentences, thoughts, code,
formulae, or arguments incorporated in written work, software, or other assignments (substantial
plagiarism);
• presenting the whole or substantial portions of another person’s paper, report, piece of software,
etc. as an assignment for credit, even if that paper or other work is cited as a source in the
accompanying bibliography or list of references (complete plagiarism). This includes essays found
on the Internet.
Students who are uncertain what plagiarism is should discuss their methodology with their instructors.
Note: The Department of English Style Guide is available inexpensively from the University Bookstore.
Students may also consult online resources.
In addition to the matters described above, academic misconduct subject to discipline also includes
(but is not limited to) the following:
• Falsifying lab results;
• Padding a bibliography with works not read or used;
• Helping another student in an act of academic dishonesty; for example, writing a test or paper for
someone else, or preparing materials for another student’s studio project;
• Providing false or incomplete information or supporting documents/materials on an application for
admission, readmission, or transfer (see also §2.1.3);
• Providing false information to obtain a deferral of term work or examination;
• Altering or falsifying, or attempting to alter or falsify, grade information or other records of
academic performance (one’s own or someone else’s);
• Obtaining or attempting to obtain an academic advantage by non-academic means such as bribes
or threats;
• Hindering other students in obtaining fair access to University materials and facilities; for example,
cutting an article out of a Library copy of a journal;
• Theft of another student’s notes;
• Alteration or destruction of the work of other students;
• Behaviour that interferes with the evaluation of another student’s work, such as failure to
participate in a group project.
The two acts listed below may be considered to be academic misconduct unless authorized by the
course instructor.
• Submitting the same work for credit in more than one course. Students who wish to submit work
they have prepared for another course must consult the course instructor and receive permission
to do so.
• Working jointly, with another student or group of students, on an assignment that is to be graded.
If no explicit instructions are given by the instructor about group work, students who wish to work
together must request the instructor's permission in advance.
Consequences of academic misconduct are also outlined in the Undergraduate Calendar, as
are the processes for dealing with misconduct.
One important point about plagiarism that many students don’t think about is that it is possible to
plagiarize yourself (several scientists have recently found out that self-plagiarism is possible). If
a student is taking a course for the second time, it is not acceptable to re-submit work that was
done in the first attempt; that means that all work submitted in BIOL 100 must be new and
original whether or not a student has previously taken the course.