BIOLOGY 3 COURSE SYLLABUS
Spring 2011 Section 181
Office Location: CFS 91087
Phone: 818 710-4140 (voice mail)
e-mail: farrispa@piercecollege.edu
Bio 3 ID # _________
Office Hours: T Th 7-8:00, M T 11-12:00, W 8:30-9:30
Moodle Site: http://moodle.piercecollege.edu
Web Site: http://faculty.piercecollege.edu/farrispa
Required Materials:
"Biology: Today and Tomorrow with Physiology)" by Starr, Evers and Starr
(3rd edition, this is a custom edition for Pierce College and will only contain certain chapters)
"Biological Patterns" (Lab Manual) by Farris, Koller and Beavers (10th edition)
Headphones (must have volume control - available at the bookstore)
Date and Topic
Feb 8 Class Information
10 Characteristics of Life
Reading Assignment
Chapter 1 (pages 4-7)
* Any student that does not complete the Orientation exercise will be dropped from the course.
15
17
Organization of Life
Chemistry of Water, Scientific Methods
1 (8)
1 (9), 2 (21-27)
22 Q1 Chemical Bonds
2 (27-28)
24
Chemical Reactions, Chemical Evolution
Mar 1 Q2 Organic Chemistry
3
Organic Chemistry – Enzymes
2 (29-37)
4 (64-66)
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8 Q3 Cell Structures - Memb.and Osmosis
10
FIRST EXAM Buy a scan-tron!
15 Q4 Immunity
17 Nutrition
22 Q5 Plant Structures and Pollination
24 Q6 Ecology and Populations
3 (43-44, 48-55), 4 (69-71), 19 (391, 396)
5( (94-95)
27 (549-553, 559), 28 (567, 574-575, 580-581)
17 (343-345, 350-351)
16 (324-329, 332)
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29 SECOND EXAM
31 Holiday – Caesar Chavez Day
Apr 5 Q7 Intro to Energy and Photosynthesis
7 Photosynthesis and Respiration
12 Q8 Aerobic Respiration
14 DNA
4 (63), 5 (83-86)
5 (88-93)
6 (103-109)
Monday April 18 – Monday April 25 Spring Break! Note the extra day!
26 Q9 Karyotypes and Mitosis
28 Meiosis and Development
8 (137-143)
8 (143-148), 26 (524, 526-529)
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May 3 Q10 Introduction to Genetics
5 THIRD EXAM
9 (157-165)
10 Q11 Genetics Problems
12 Human Genetics
9 (167-175)
17 Protein Synthesis
19 Biotech - Cloning/PCR/Fingerprinting
7 (117-124, 126)
6 (110-111), 10 (180-184), 19 (388)
24 Q12 Natural Selection
26 Q13 Natural Selection and Review
11 (197-201), 12 (219-222)
FINAL EXAM: Tuesday, May 31, from 8:00 – 9:00 a.m.
Bring your lab book, scan tron and calculator!
YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY ANNOUNCED CHANGES TO THIS SCHEDULE!
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CLASS CONDUCT - Please be considerate of others in the course. If you would rather talk to or text
your friends than listen to the lecture, please don't come to class. If I do not have your full attention
during the lecture sessions, I will ask you to leave. Please turn off cell phones during class.
Videotaping and recording are not allowed.
GRADING - 90 - 100% A, 78 - 89% B, 65 - 77% C, 55 - 64% D and below 55% is a fail.
THERE IS NO EXTRA CREDIT
READING AND WEBSITE RESOURCES - Reading assignments are very straight-forward. All the
resources you’ll need for this course are available on the Moodle site for this Bio 3 section. The site
includes extensive vocabulary lists and study sheets specific to each exam. These should be printed out
early on and reviewed as often as possible. When you feel you are fully prepared, there are also practice
exams to see if you have studied adequately. A practice exam is not an aid to understanding the
material. It is a tool to see if you are prepared for the real (and much more thorough) exam.
STUDY GROUPS - If you form a study group for this course (which I highly recommend!), you are
welcome to use the Bio 3 lab lobby to meet in small numbers as long as you don't disturb the people
working in the lab.
EXAMS - Exams are worth 75% of your final grade in the course. All exams count, a missed exam is a
zero. Exams are multiple choice (you will need scantron form #9783). Make-up exams are essay and
must be arranged with me PRIOR to the absence. Only one make-up during the semester will be
allowed. The only electronic device allowed during exams is a standard calculator. PHONES MUST
BE TURNED OFF AND PUT AWAY DURING ALL EXAMS AND QUIZZES.
The final exam will be just like the other exams, with the addition of twenty vocabulary questions. This
vocabulary is from the laboratory work since the beginning of the semester (see attached list). The final
is worth 20% of your grade.
LAB - The laboratory portion of the course constitutes 25% of your final grade in the course. I suggest
you have a calculator to use in lab each week.
Lab Manuals - Completing the lab manual accurately is essential to passing this course. The lab
manual will be collected at the end of the semester and is worth 30 points. The exercises MUST be
completed IN PENCIL. You may always have your lab checked by me before the end of each week
to make sure your lab will be worth full credit. No work from previous semesters will be accepted.
***A forged signature on any lab will result in a grade of zero for the entire lab manual.***
Lab Quizzes - Ten point quizzes will be given on the previous week's lab during the first five
minutes of the class on the day indicated. You will not be allowed to take the quiz if you did not
spend at least two hours on your lab or show up late to class. There are no make-up quizzes.
ATTENDANCE –
The official campus policy: Any student that misses more than two class meetings before the official
census on Monday of the third week, will be dropped without penalty. If you decide to drop the class
after the census, it is YOUR responsibility to drop on-line by May 8.
Mrs. Farris' policy: Students are expected to arrive on time and remain for the entire lecture. As a
laboratory class, your attendance is an extremely important part of passing this class. Your grade will
be adversely affected by excessive absences (more than three lectures) or by showing up late. If you
miss more than two labs without a valid excuse, you will receive a grade of "F" in Bio 3, even if you
have taken all the exams.
CHEATING - All Bio 3 instructors follow the policy of assigning a grade of zero on an exam or lab
quiz if a student is caught cheating in any way. Forging an instructor's signature on a lab or copying lab
answers from another student is inexcusable under ANY circumstances and will also result in a zero for
that lab grade. Two such zeros on lab and/or exam scores will result in the student being excluded from
Biology 3 with a grade of "F". Your signature on the first roll sheet indicates that you have read and
understood this cheating policy.
I will file an "Academic Dishonesty Report" form with the Vice President of Student Services if you
forge a signature or cheat on exams or quizzes. This report becomes part of your permanent
academic file.
FINAL EXAM VOCABULARY - By the end of the semester, you should be able to tell me which of
these words best describes a given example or situation. Remember, I will give you examples of these
words, NOT the textbook definition.
Histogram
Mean
Metabolism
Homeostasis
Responsiveness
Adaptation
Atom
Element
Compound
Molecule
Electron
Proton
Neutron
Energy Shell
Ionic Bond
Covalent Bond
Hydrogen Bond
Structural Formula
Chemical Formula
Enzyme
Reactant
Product
Acid
Base
Neutral
Anabolism
Catabolism
Dehydration
Hydrolysis
Glucose
Lipid
Emulsion
Protein
Cell Nucleus
Ribosome
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Membrane
Cytoplasm
Osmosis
Intestine
Bladder
Liver
Kidney
Fungus
Algae
Flower
Xylem
Phloem
Pollen
Pollination
Germination
Vector
Population
Community
Habitat
Stomate
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Precipitation
Rain Shadow
Photosynthesis
Aerobic Respiration
Anaerobic Respiration
Energy
ATP
Metabolic Rate
DNA
Nucleotide
Mitosis
Replication
Chromosome
Asexual
Sexual
Diploid
Haploid
Gamete
Zygote
Gene
Allele
Crossing Over
Independent Assortment
Meiosis