Spring 2001: BIOL 102: Introductory Biology (BIOL B)

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	overview location 10 Leidy Laboratories time MWF 1 syllabus BIOL 102 Syllabus + Schedule This summary course introduces various topics in developmental biology, physiology, reproductive and population biology, among others.

	professors Linda Robinson 219 Leidy Laboratories email: linda3@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 573.2656 office hours: Fri. 2-3 PM or by appt. Thianda Manzara 219 Leidy Laboratories email: manzara@sas.upenn.edu +1 215 573.2657 office hours: TBA

course information textbook Reading assignments indicate chapters (or page numbers) to be read before each lecture. Reading assignments may differ and changes will be announced in class. Biology, 5th Edition, Campbell, Reece and Mitchell. Lab manuals may be purchased at the University Copy Center (located at 36th and Chestnut on the first floor of the Sheraton). A dissection kit will also be required. Instructions for each laboratory must be read before coming to lab. Students must successfully complete the laboratory in order to receive credit for BIOL 102. weekly discussion sessions (optional) There will be faculty-led and student-led discussions to help clarify topics covered in lectures. Faculty-led discussions will be held from 4-5 PM on Tuesdays in Goddard 101. Student-led discussions will be held from 7-8 PM on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Goddard 101. grading and exams There will be three hour exams during the semester. The lowest hour exam grade will be dropped in computing your course grade. If you miss an hour exam, that exam will automatically be the one that is dropped in computing your course grade. There will be no make-ups for hour exams except in the case of serious long-term, medically certified illness. The final exam will be comprehensive. The course grade will be computed from the two highest hour exam scores (2 X 100 points), the final exam (100 points), and the laboratory score (150 points), for a total of 450 points. lecture schedule Please refer to the BIOL 102 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 Note: The code of Academic Integrity will be strictly enforced. Any violation will result in failure in the course and potentially other punitive action.

	downloads  schedules BIOL 102 Syllabus + Schedule  assignments + handouts Stem Cell Reading Assignment (January 23, 2001) Nobel Prize Announcement: Signal Transduction in the Nervous System  exams BIOL 102, Fall 2000, Exam I BIOL 102, Fall 2000, Exam II BIOL 102, Fall 2000, Exam III BIOL 102, Fall 2000, Final Exam

course updates 01/17/2001 Course information If you need to change lab sections, or if you can’t get into a lab section that will fit your schedule (listed as full or closed), please email the Head TA, Chris Wills (cwills@sas.upenn.edu) with an explanation of your problem. She will try to find a lab for you to attend. The lab schedule given in the syllabus does not include complete titles or chapter numbers of the labs. Your TAs will provide that information at the first lab. For the first week of lab we will be doing the “Mutation and Natural Selection” (Ch. 2) and the “California Bucket” (Ch. 13) labs. 01/23/2001 Reading assignment The assignment "Stem Cell Reading Assignment" is available under the downloads section 02/12/2001 Figures Here are the figures from Campbell, Reece and Luciano that were discussed in BIOL 102 lectures from 1/17 to 2/9: Ch. 47: 47.2, 47.5, 47.7, 47.9, 47.10, 47.11, 47.12, 47.15, 47.21, 47.22 Ch. 21: 21.6, 21.7, 21.8, 21.9, 21.14, 21.15 Ch. 40: 40.9, 40.10 Ch. 41: 41.11, 41.13, 41.14, 41.15 Ch. 42: 42.2, 42.3, 42.4, 42.5, 42.7, 42.8, 42.9, 42.10, 42.12, 42.13, 42.14, 42.17, 42.19, 42.20, 42.21, 42.22, 42.23, 42.26, 42.27, 42.28 Ch. 43: 43.1, 43.4, 43.5, 43.6, 43.7, 43.9, 43.12, 43.15, 43.16 Ch. 44: 44.10, 44.11, 44.17, 44.18, 44.19, 44.20, 44.21 02/16/2001 Midterm I review and advice The first midterm will be on Wednesday February 21st, during class time. You will not all be taking the exam in Leidy 10. Rooms for the exam will be announced on Monday Feb. 19th in class and posted to this website. The room that you go to will depend on your lab section. The midterm will cover all lecture material and associated reading assignments up to and including Ted Abel’s guest research lecture on Monday February 19th. The exam will NOT cover Chapter 49 on Sensory Mechanisms. Nick Orfanidis will hold a review session on Monday February 19th from 6-8 PM in GD 101, and I will hold a review session on Tuesday February 20th from 7-9 PM in GD 101. These review sessions will replace the usual faculty-led and student-led weekly discussions, only for the week of 2/19/01. Be sure to read the "Stem Cell Reading Assignment" that was posted to the course website on 1/23/01, and the "Nobel Prize Announcement: Signal Transduction in the Nervous System" that was posted to the website today. Here are the figures from Campbell, Reece and Luciano that were discussed in BIOL 102 lectures from 2/14 to 2/16: Ch. 48: Figs 48.1, 48.2, 48.5, 48.6, 48.7, 48.8, 48.9, 48.10, 48.11, 48.12, 48.13, 48.17, 48.23, and Table 48.1 02/16/2001 Course Teaching Assistants 1. Christina Wills (head TA) cwills@sas.upenn.edu 2. Wasila Dahdul wdahdul@sas.upenn.edu 3. Shaya Honarvar shaya@vet.upenn.edu 4. Quan Yuan qyuan@sas.upenn.edu 5. Ann Lamb-Frye annlf@sas.upenn.edu 6. Kendra Pyle kpyle@sas.upenn.edu 7. David Yang dsyang@sas.upenn.edu 02/20/2001 Midterm I announcement For students that have Ann Lamb-Frye as a Teaching Assistant for Biol 102 labs, please go to Goddard 101 for the exam on Wednesday Feb. 21. For all other students, the exam will take place in Leidy 10. Please bring a pen to take the exam. Do not use pencil, red ink, or white-out on the exams. Since I didn’t have time to cover the end of Chapter 48 (pages 976-989), this material will not be covered on the exam. This includes figures 48.13 and 48.17 that were posted to the website. Please review Figure 48.23 as it relates to Dr. Abel’s research lecture. 03/01/2001 Figures from Campbell Here are the figures from Campbell, Reece and Luciano that were discussed in BIOL 102 lectures from 2/23-2/28: 2/23 lecture: Figures 48.1, 48.15, 49.6, 49.8, 11.6, 49.9, 49.10 2/26 lecture: Figures 48.1, 48.15, 48.16, 49.26, 49.27, 49.28, 49.29, 49.30, 49.31 2/28 lecture: Figures 49.32, 40.12, 44.21, 11.3, 45.3, 45.4, 11.15. 03/06/2001 Figures from Cambell, Reese and Luciano Here are the figures from Campbell, Reece and Luciano that were discussed in BIOL 102 lectures from 3/2 to 3/5: 3/2 lecture: Figures 45.11, 45.5, 45.7, 46.14, 46.8 3/5 lecture: Figures 46.9, 46.11, 46.12, 46.13, 46.15, 46.16, 46.17, 46.19 03/23/2001 Course Update Figures from Campbell 3/07 Lecture: Figures 22.1, 22.3, 22.4, 22.8, 22.10 3/09 Lecture: Figures 22.6, 22.5, 22.1, 24.5, 24.6, Table 24.1 3/19 Lecture: Figures 25.7, 24.9, 24.10, 24.1, 24.17, 1.10, 25.8 3/21 Lecture: Figures 25.8, 1.10, 25.12, (25.13), 22.11, 25.9, 28.3, 22.9, 25.15, 25.16 3/23 Lecture: Figures 1.10, 27.1, 26.3, 26.4, 26.6, Tables 27.2, 27.1 Dr. Manzara's Office Hours and Discussion Sections Office hour: 2 PM Friday Discussion section: 4 - 5 PM Monday, Goddard 102 Announcements regarding Exam II Exam II will cover material through Chapter 32. Chapter 33 will be covered on exam III. There will be two exam review sessions this week: Drs. Robinson and Manzara: Wednesday 3/28 5-7 PM Leidy 10 Nick: To be announced (Note: One of the usual discussion sections will be cancelled) Discussion will be held as usual on Monday, 3/26. 03/27/2001 Midterm II announcement For Dr. Robinson’s lectures, Chapters 49, 11, 45 and 46 will be covered on Friday's exam. In addition, portions of Chapters 48, 40, and 44 will be covered - see figures posted above on course website. There will be 2 review sessions for midterm 2: Drs. Robinson and Manzara: Wednesday March 28, 5-7 PM, LL 10 Nick Orfanidis: Thursday March 29, 3-5 PM, GD101 Bring your Penn ID and a pen to take the exam. Do not use pencil, red ink, or white-out on the exams. The following table lists the seating assignments for the exam: Room Lab TA Lab Time # students Proctor GD 101 Ann M 2-5 21 Chris GD 101 Ann W 2-5 22 Chris LL 101 Quan W 9-12 13 Quan LL 117 Quan R 1-4 15 Ann LL 115 Kendra R 9-12 13 Linda LL 114 Shaya T 1-4 15 Shaya LL 10 Wasila M 2-5 21 Wasila LL 10 Wasila W 2-5 21 Wasila LL 10 David T 1-4 21 David LL 10 David F 2-5 18 David LL 10 Kendra T 9-12 22 Kendra LL 10 Shaya T 9-12 21 Kendra Because of recent cheating problems, we have assigned students to rooms as indicated above to ensure that copying will not be a problem. In addition, please adhere to the following exam rules: You will all have exactly 50 minutes for the exam. Your proctor will announce when time is up. When time is up, students must put their pens down or they will receive a zero. In LL10, please hand your exams your TA. Shaya's students should hand their exams to Kendra and show ID. In other rooms, hand your exam to the proctor and show ID. In LL10 and GD 101, students must have at least one seat between them and their neighbors, organized in straight rows. 03/29/2001 Clarification: Exam II Review Sessions The review sessions for exam II will be: Wed 3/28 from 5-7 PM, LL 10, Drs. Robinson and Manzara Thurs 3/29 from 3-5 PM, GD 101, Nick Orfanidis Thurs 3/29 from 9-11 PM, Kings Court/English House 03/30/2001 Final Exam Scheduling The final exam will be held Monday, May 7 from 11 AM to 1 PM. 04/10/2001 Figures from Campbells 4/6 Lecture: Figures 19.3, 21.14 (additional figures handed out in class) 4/9 Lecture: Figures 23.4, 23.5 (additional figures handed out in class) 04/12/2001 Course announcements Guest Lecturers: On Friday, 4/13, Dr. Jonathon Narita will lecture on Organismal Ecology. On Monday, 4/16, Dr. Danny Gustafson will lecture on Population Ecology. Material from these lectures will be covered on Exam III and on the Final Exam. Additional information concerning the Chapter 50 reading assignment: Students are responsible for the material covered on pages 1026 - 34 and 1042 - 50 and associated figures, even though not all of it will be covered in lecture. Office hour and discussion changes: Dr. Manzara's office hour on Friday, 4/16 is cancelled. Chris Wills will lead the discussion section on Monday, 4/16 at 4 - 5 PM in Goddard Hall. Figures from Campbell 4/11 Lecture: Figures 23.11, 2.1 (additional figures handed out in class) Chapter 50: Figures 50.2 - 50.8, 50.15 - 50.18 04/23/2001 Course information Figures from Campbell 4/18 Lecture: Figures 52.21, 52.22, 53.10, 53.12, 53.13 (additional figures and reading handed out in class) 4/20 Lecture: Figures 37.9, 53.16, 54.1, 54.2 Announcements Exam III covers Chapters 33, 34, 23 (selected pages), 50, 52 - 54 Dr. Manzara will hold office hours on Monday 4/23 and Wednesday 4/25 from 2 - 3 PM Exam reviews will be held on Wednesday 4/25 from 5 - 7 PM in Leidy 10 (Dr. Manzara) and on Thursday evening (room and time to be announced by Nick) 04/24/2001 Course information Figures from Campbell 4/23 Lecture: Figures 54.3 through 54.7, 54.16 (you are also responsible for Figures 54.8 - 54.10) Announcements Exam III Review Sessions: Wednesday 4/25 from 5 - 7 PM in Leidy 10 (Dr. Manzara), Thursday 4/26 from 6 -8 PM in Leidy 10 (Nick) Final Exam Review Session: Wednesday 5/2 from 2 - 4 PM in Leidy 10 (Drs. Robinson and Manzara)

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last updated September 28, 2001