overview  location 10 Leidy Laboratories  time MWF 11-11:50  syllabus BIOL121 Syllabus An intensive introductory lecture and laboratory course covering the cell and molecular biology, genetics, and biochemistry of bacteria, animals, plants and viruses. This course is comparable to Biology 101, but places greater emphasis on molecular mechanisms and experimental aproaches. Particular attention will be devoted to the ways in which modern cell biological and molecular genetic methods contribute to our understanding of the evolution of life, the mechanisms underlying human disease, and applications in biotechnology.

professors Greg Guild 204 Kaplan Wing gguild@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 898.3433 Paul Sniegowski 324 Leidy Laboratories paulsnie@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 573.4085 teaching assistants Michael Smith (Head TA) msmith4@sas.upenn.edu Salvatore Agosta sjagosta@hotmail.com Bing He hebing@sas.upenn.edu Jia Huang jiahuang@sas.upenn.edu Ming Li mli@sas.upenn.edu Spyridon Stavrou stavrou@sas.upenn.edu Jennifer Stein prim8srfun@yahoo.com Xiaoli Sun xiaoli@sas.upenn.edu Michael Krathen (Discussion leader) mskrathe@sas.upenn.edu

course information textbook BIOLOGY, 6th edition, by Campbell et al. (dark green cover). The Study Guide is not necessary but may be helpful. grading and exams This course is graded on a 450-point scale. The laboratory will count for 150 points of your grade. Three 100-point mid-term examinations will be given during regular class periods. Each will cover one-third of the course. The lowest of your three mid-term grades will be dropped in computing your course grade. No make-up exams will be offered for the hour exams; if you miss one exam, that exam will be the one that is automatically dropped. The final exam will be a comprehensive exam that all students must take, and counts for 100 points of your course grade. Requests for exam regrades will only be considered for two weeks after the exam is returned to you, and all answers are subject to reconsideration at that time. lecture schedule Please refer to the BIOL 121 PDF talk schedule for more information on this course. academic integrity All relevant University policies regarding Academic Integrity must be followed. This includes no cheating, no plagiarism and reporting any knowledge thereof. Please consult the Student Handbook or the appropriate web-page: http://www.college.upenn.edu/responsibilities/integrity.html

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Department of Biology
School of Arts and Sciences
University of Pennsylvania

last updated September 5, 2002