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BALTIMORE CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE
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COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS
August, 2015
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Note this departmentally developed course syllabus is intended for use by faculty, staff,
students and stakeholders in the College. The original is housed in the Office of the Vice
President of Academic Affairs and an electronic copy is stored on the College’s intranet.
The syllabus is posted on the course Black Board from which students can print a copy.
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Course Code: Biology 102
Course Title: Principles of Biology
Department: Natural & Physical Sciences
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Originally developed (date): 3/24/10
Updated: August, 2015
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1. COURSE INFORMATION
Course Description: This is a competency-based one semester lecture/laboratory course
covering the major principles of biology. Topics include biochemistry, cell biology, respiration,
photosynthesis, genetics, evolution, ecology, reproduction, and energetics. Recommended for
non-science majors who plan to transfer to four-year institution.
Learning Outcomes for this course:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
 Summarize the importance of acquiring a basic knowledge of biology.
 Illustrate how science is actually done by defining theory and developing
hypothesis as applied to the scientific method.
 Summarize the characteristics of life and describe the hierarchy of living
things.
 Analyze the molecular nature of life.
 Compare the metabolic processes of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
 Diagram the life cycle of a eukaryotic cell.
 Summarize the roll of DNA in molecular genetics and protein synthesis.
 Demonstrate an informed understanding of the origin of life and evolution.
 Apply the general principles of ecology.
Pre-requisites - MAT 81 and ENG 82 (for ESL: ELI 82W) or appropriate
ACCUPLACER scores.
Co-requisites: None
Course Credits: 4 credits
Types of hours
Hours of Lecture:
15 Hours per Credit
Hours assigned
45
(3 hours per week)
Hours of Lab
15 Hours per Credit
45
(3 hours per week)
Hours of Studio
30 Hours per Credit
0
Hours of Fieldwork
45 Hours per Credit
0
Hours of Practical
45 Hours per Credit
0
Calculations
Lecture
Credit
Equals =
Lab
Credit
Equals =
Studio
Credit
Equals =
Fieldwork
Credit
Equals =
Practical
Credit
Equals =
Total Calculated Credits =
4
0
(combined with
lecture)
0.00
0.00
0.00
4.00
Average number of pages per week (based on a 15-week semester) for assigned reading:
25 – 35 pages per week
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Frequency of Offering
a.
Day:
Fall ___X__ Spring __X___ Summer __X____
b.
Evening:
Fall ___X__ Spring __X__ Summer __X___
c.
Weekend:
Fall ___X__ Spring __X__ Summer ___X___
d.
Distance learning: Fall ___X_ Spring ___X__ Summer ____X__
2. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED FOR THIS COURSE
Required text: Reece, Taylor, Simon and Dickey, Campbell Biology: Concepts &
Connections, (8th Edition), Pearson Education, Inc., publishing, 2014, ISBN-10:
0321885325; ISBN-13: 9780321885326
Lab Manual: Principles of Biology Laboratory Manual: Dr. Malathi Radhakrishnan,
Prof. William Starke and Dr. Samson Mengesha – 2015, Morton Publishing, ISBN 10: 161731-541-9; ISBN 13: 978-1-61731-541-1.
(You may purchase these books which are available in BCCC bookstore).
A laboratory coat must be worn at all times in the laboratory.
The Lecture and Laboratory Instructor will post course related documents, assignments
and grades under course shell.
3. COURSE ACTIVITIES
a. Written and Oral Communication: Each student will be responsible for written
assignments as described by the lecture instructor and to actively participate in group
laboratory experiments.
b. Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning: Each student will be responsible for preparing
lab assignments with data analysis.
c. Critical Analysis and Reasoning: Students will be required to critically compare
hypothetical, experimental situations and potential outcomes.
d. Technological Competency: Students will be required to demonstrate the use of
course-specific technology:
 Related to textbook and assignments
 LMS
e. Information Literacy: Students will be required to effectively access college resources
and online sources; evaluate these sources and prepare a laboratory presentation.
4. RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE STUDENT
a.
Follow particular safety rules - Required __ X__ Optional ____Not used______
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b.
c.
d.
Required tools or equipment -
Required __X__
Optional ____Not used______
A Laboratory coat is required in the laboratory.
Other requirements (please list): NA
5. CRITERIA FOR STUDENT EVALUATION
a. Class attendance
Required__ X Optional ___ Not used___
b. Class discussion
Required__ X_ Optional___ Not used___
c. Written Paper
Required__ X_ Optional____ Not used___
d. Portfolio
Required___
Optional___
e. Written report
Required___
Optional_ X_ Not used___
f. Presentations
Required___
Optional_ X_ Not used___
Not used _X_
g. Computer assignments Required___ Optional_ X _Not used___
h. Tests/quizzes
Required_ X__ Optional___ Not used___
i. Mid-term Exam
Required_ X_ Optional___
j. Final exam
Required_ X__ Optional___ Not used___
k. Fieldwork review
Required___
Optional___
Not used_ X_
l. Practicum review
Required___
Optional___
Not used_ X__
m. Internship review
Required___
Optional___
Not used_ X_
Not used___
n. Other (please list and indicate if required or optional)
6.
COURSE ASSESSMENTS – (See Grading System below)
7.
BIO 102 COURSE GRADING POLICY (Revised grade points system)
Lecture is 50% of your course grade. Lab is 50% of your course grade.
Allocation of points for Lecture Class: 50 %
Two Exams (Midterm & Final) 100 points each
 200 Points
Ten Chapter Quizzes 10 points each
 100 Points
Two Assignments/Activity 50 points each
 100 Points
Research paper 40 Points + Oral presentation 40 points  80 Points
Attendance/Participation /Timeliness
 20 Points
Total
 500 Points
Laboratory Class: 50% ( MUST enroll in a Bio 102 LAB)
Two Exams (Midterm & Final) 100 points each  200 points
Ten Lab Quizzes 10 points each
 100 points
Ten Lab Reports 15 points each
 150 points
Attendance/Participation /Timeliness
 50 Points
Total
 500 Points
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To determine your course letter grade at end of semester:
Lecture: Total your lecture scores and multiply the total by 0.1 to get your lecture score out of 50
points.
Lab: Total your lab scores and multiply the total by 0.1 to get your lab score out of 50 points.
Final Grade is the total of Lecture 50 points + Lab 50 points = 100%
Final %
90- 100
80-89
70-79
60-69
Less than 60
Letter grade
A
B
C
D
F
All assignments will be due on the announced due date. Assignments turned in late will be
penalized by a reduction in grade.
Students from Bio 102 Online Classes (both Lecture and Lab) are required to come to
BCCC Testing Center to take all the exams.
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COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES -
Biology: Exploring Life:
1.
Describe the characteristics commonly attributed to living things.
2.
Explain how the diversity in life is unified by the evolutionary concept.
3.
List and describe the levels of organization of living things.
4.
Describe each of the following: emergent properties, inductive and deductive reasoning.
5.
Describe the system of classifying living organisms and identify the types of organisms
found in each class.
6.
Define the steps in the “scientific process”.
The Chemical Basis of Life:
1.
Describe the properties of three subatomic particles.
2.
Define the following terms: atom, molecule, compound and ion.
3.
Describe the types of chemical bonding and indicate their significances.
4.
Explain chemical bonding and chemical reaction.
5.
Describe the properties of water.
6.
Define acid, base and buffer system.
The Molecules of Cells:
1.
Describe monomers and polymers in the biological systems.
2.
Describe the major classes of biological polymers and list their functions.
A Tour of the Cell:
1.
Differentiate prokaryotic/eukaryotic cells and plant/animal cells.
2.
Identify the endo-membranous system and describe its function.
3.
Identify and distinguish the functions of all cellular organelles.
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4.
Identify and describe the actions of extra-cellular components and intercellular
communication
The Working Cell:
a. Membrane Structure and Function
1.
Describe the structure of the plasma membrane and identify the function of the
components.
2.
Define: isotonic, hypotonic, hypertonic, phagocytosis, pinocytosis, endocytosis and
exocytosis.
3.
Explain how a cell will be affected by a hypotonic, isotonic and hypertonic environment.
4.
Describe passive and active transport and list examples.
5.
Describe modifications that occur on cell surfaces.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
b. Energy and Enzymes:
Define: metabolism
Describe the basic properties of energy as related to the Laws of Thermodynamics.
Define: entropy, exergonic, endergonic, coupled reactions, energy of activation, catalyst,
enzyme, substrate, "ATP" and “ADP”.
Explain enzyme activity and regulation.
Describe the cellular organelles involved in the flow of energy.
How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy: Cellular Respiration
1.
Explain oxidation, reduction or “redox” reactions
2.
Explain the structure of mitochondria as related to cellular respiration.
3.
Identify the chemical equation for the process of cellular respiration.
4.
Describe the stages of aerobic cellular respiration and how many ATPs are generated in
each stage.
5.
Describe the processes of anaerobic fermentation (lactic acid and alcoholic) and identify
the end products.
Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food
1.
Discuss the importance of photosynthesis.
2.
Define: autotrophic, heterotrophic, producer and consumer.
3.
Explain the structure and function of a leaf and chloroplast.
4.
Name the pigments involved in photosynthesis
5.
Explain the two stages of photosynthesis (light and dark reaction) and identify where
each stage occurs.
6.
Identify the chemical equation for the process of photosynthesis.
7.
Compare and contrast the processes of photosynthesis and aerobic cellular respiration.
The Cell Cycle and Cellular Reproduction:
a. Mitosis
1.
Define: chromosome, chromatid, chromatin network, centromere, kinetochore, diploid
(2n) and haploid (n).
2.
Describe the phases of the cell cycle.
3.
Explain the various stages of Interphase.
4.
List all the phases of mitosis in order of occurrence and describe what is occurring during
each phase.
5.
Explain the differences between plant and animal cell mitosis.
6.
Explain the process of binary fission in the bacterial cell.
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Explain the correlation between uncontrolled cell division and cancer.
b. Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction:
Define: life cycle, karyotype, homologous chromosome, autosomes, haploid cell, diploid
cell, zygote, alternation of generations, and interkinesis.
Describe, in detail, each stage occurring in of meiosis I and II.
Explain the difference between spermatogenesis and oogenesis.
Explain the modes of genetic variation: crossing over, genetic recombination,
independent assortment, synapsis, deletion
Compare and contrast mitosis and meiosis
Describe the meaning of “the human life cycle”.
Mendelian Patterns of Inheritance:
1.
Define: heredity, locus, allele, genetics, phenotype, genotype, homozygous,
heterozygous, self-pollination, cross-pollination, dominant and recessive trait.
2.
Discuss the Laws of Probability.
3.
Explain monohybrid and dihybrid cross with suitable examples.
4.
State the Law of Segregation and Law of Independent Assortment.
5.
Describe the given terms with examples: incomplete dominance, co-dominance, multiple
allele inheritance and pleiotropy.
6.
Discuss human traits and relate them to Mendelian patterns of inheritance.
Molecular Biology of the Gene:
1.
Describe the Watson and Crick model of DNA.
2.
Demonstrate the structure of a nucleotide.
3.
Explain the process of DNA replication.
4.
Define the following terms: transcription, translation, codon, anticodon, intron, and
exon.
5.
Describe three types of RNA and how they differ from DNA.
6.
Explain the steps of protein synthesis. Include the location of each event and describe the
role of the important players – mRNA, rRNA, tRNA, amino acid and ribosome.
Darwin and Evolution:
1.
Discuss the history of evolutionary thought.
2.
Discuss Darwin’s theory of evolution
3.
Define “natural selection” and how it relates to “adaptation”.
4.
List evidence for evolution.
Community and Ecosystem Ecology:
1.
Describe the structure of a community and the interactions that occur in it.
2.
Define ecological succession.
3.
Describe the dynamics of an ecosystem.
4.
Define: energy flow, chemical cycling, food web, ecological pyramid.
5.
Describe the biogeochemical cycles.
9. Tentative Lecture Sequence
Chapter 1
Biology: Exploring Life
Chapter 2
The Chemical Basis of Life
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Chapter 3
The Molecules of Cells
Chapter 4
A Tour of the Cell
Chapter 5
The Working Cell
Mid Term Exam
Covering Chapters 1 to 5
Chapter 6
How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy
Chapter 7
Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food
Chapter 8
The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance
Chapter 9
Patterns of Inheritance
Chapter 10
Molecular Biology of the Gene
Chapter 13 Darwin and Evolution (If time permits)
Chapter 37 Communities and Ecosystems (If time permits)
Final Exam (cumulative) - Chapters 1 to 10
10. Tentative Laboratory Sequence
Lab Exercise 1 --> Orientation & Metric System
Lab Exercise 2 --> Microscope
Lab Exercise 3 --> Chemical Aspects
Lab Exercise 4 --> The Cell
Lab Exercise 5 --> Diffusion and Osmosis
Lab Mid Term Exam – 1 Lab Exercises 1 to 5
Lab Exercise 6 --> Enzymes
Lab Exercise 7 --> Cellular Respiration
Lab Exercise 8 --> Photosynthesis
Lab Exercise 9 --> Cell Division
Lab Exercise 10 --> Dissection of Fetal Pig
Lab Final Exam (cumulative) – Lab Exercises 1 to 10
11.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Annotated bibliography:
1. Campbell, Neil A., and Jane B. Reece, Biology 9th ed., Pearson Education, San
Francisco, CA, 2010
This is a college textbook on biology, designed to help students construct a conceptual
appreciation of life within the context of integrating themes and to inspire a more positive
and realistic impression of science as a human activity. Fifty-five chapters discuss the
chemistry of life, the cell, genetics, mechanisms of evolution, the evolutionary history of
biological diversity, plant and animal form and function, and ecology. Illustrates in color
and includes CD-ROM with120 interactive exercises, animations, and lab simulations.
2. Freeman, Biological Science, 4th Edition., Benjamin Cummings, 2011.
Freeman's Biological Science helps teach readers the fundamentals while introducing them
to the excitement that drives the science. By presenting unifying concepts and methods of
analysis, this book helps its readers learn to think like biologists and gives them the tools
they need for success in understanding more advanced subjects. It covers topics under the
general headings of: the origin and early evolution of life, cell functions, gene structure and
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expression, developmental biology, evolutionary patterns and processes, the diversification
of life, how plants work, how animals work, and ecology.
3. Raven et. al. BIOLOGY. Ninth Edition.., McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2011
This text book for students majoring in biology emphasizes on evolution and scientific
inquiry. This emphasis on evolution is combined with a modern integration of the
importance of cellular, molecular biology and genomics. This student friendly text discusses
current content from the most modern perspective.
4.
Robert Brooker et al , Biology, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill Higher Education, 2011.
This book provides an outstanding view of the biological world. It helps students to test their
knowledge and critical thinking skills, with number of Concept Check questions that are
associated with the figure legends. It also contains questions at the end of each chapter with
answer key in an appendix at the end of the book.
5. Cecie Starr, Ralph Taggart, Biology: The Unity and Diversity of Life, 12th Edition,
Cengage Learning, 2008
By using an issues-oriented approach, this text grabs student interest with real life issues.
This text includes new coverage and pedagogy that encourage students to think critically and
takes students beyond memorization and encourage them to ask questions in new ways as
they learn to interpret data.
6.
Hartwell, Leland H., et al, Genetics: From Genes to Genomes 4th ed., McGraw-Hill,
New York, N.Y., 2010
This book builds upon the integration of Mendelian and molecular principles, providing
students with the links between the early understanding of genetics and the new molecular
discoveries.
7.
Watson, James D. with Andrew Berry, DNA: The Secret of Life, Columbia
University Press, New York, N.Y., 2007
It covers the history of DNA since its discovery, as well discusses the role DNA plays in
modern day biology. Watson begins with a brief history from the discovery of the
structure of DNA to the completion of the Human Genome Project. The remainder of the
book deals with how DNA is used to understand and treat disease, how it is used to create
more viable food sources, and touches on the ethical issues these uses of DNA raise.
8.
Browne, Janet, Darwin’s Origin of Species: A Biography, Atlantic Monthly Press,
New York, N.Y., 2006
A Biography by Janet Browne is a biography of both Charles Darwin and his book On the
Origin of Species. Structurally, the book is divided into five sections, beginning with
Darwin's childhood, then a discussion of the influential ideas, then the publication, then the
controversy surrounding the publication, and most uniquely, a section on the legacy of the
scientific treatise.
9.
G. Tyler Miller Jr. Scott Spoolman, Essentials of Ecology, 6th Edition, Cengage
Learning, 2012.
This textbook covers scientific principles and concepts, ecosystems, evolution, biodiversity,
population ecology, and more. Sustainability is the integrating theme. The concept-centered
approach transforms complex environmental topics and issues into key concepts that
students will understand and remember.
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