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Baltimore, MD 21215
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COLLEGE COURSE SYLLABUS
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Note this departmentally developed course syllabus is intended for use by
faculty, staff, and stakeholders in the College. It is not intended to be handed out
to students as a specific guide to their individual classes; however, students, as
stakeholders may have access to it. The original is housed in the Office of the
Vice President of Academic Affairs and an electronic copy is stored on the
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Course Code: Biology 102
Course Title: Principles of Biology
Department: Natural & Physical Sciences
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Originally developed (date): March 2010
Updated: January, 2016
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1. COURSE INFORMATION
a. 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 science and non-science majors who are planning to transfer to fouryear institutions.
Learning Outcomes for this course:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
1. Identify the scientific terminology and processes in regard to biological organisms
2. Illustrate the steps in the scientific method by researching the topic, stating a
question, developing hypothesis, perform experiment, collect & analyze data and
formulate valid conclusions based on the results.
3. Explain the definitive characteristics of living organisms.
4. Explain the atomic and molecular nature of life.
5. Compare between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells
6. Compare the metabolic processes of cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
7. Illustrate the role of DNA in molecular genetics and Protein synthesis
b. Pre-requisites - MAT 81 and ENG 82 (for ESL: ELI 82W); or MAT 91 and RENG 92, or
appropriate ACCUPLACER scores.
c. Co-requisites: None
d. Course Credits: 4 credits
Types of hours
Hours assigned
Calculations
Hours of Lecture:
15 Hours per Credit
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
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
e. Average number of pages per week (based on a 15-week semester) for assigned reading:
25 – 35 pages per week
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f. Frequency of Offering
i.
Day:
ii.
Evening:
iii. Weekend:
iv.
Distance learning:
Fall ___X__ Spring __X___ Summer __X____
Fall ___X__ Spring __X__ Summer __X___
Fall ___X__ Spring __X__ Summer __X___
Fall ___X_ Spring ___X__ Summer __ X__
2. INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS USED FOR THIS COURSE
Required text:
Reece, J. B., Taylor, M. R., Simon, E. J., Dickey, J. L. & Hogan, K. A. (2014). Campbell
Biology: Concepts & Connections (8th ed.), San Francisco, CA, Pearson
Education, Inc., publishing, ISBN-10: 0321885325; ISBN-13: 9780321885326.
Required Lab Manual:
Radhakrishnan, M., Starke, W., & Mengesha, S. (2015). Principles of Biology
Laboratory Manual (3rd ed.), Englewood, CO, 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
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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______
b. Required tools or equipment -
Required __X__
Optional ____Not used______
c. A Laboratory coat is required in the laboratory.
d. Other requirements (please list): NA
5. CRITERIA FOR STUDENT EVALUATION
a. Class attendance
Required__ X
Optional ___
Not used___
b. Class discussion
Required__ _
Optional_ X _
Not used___
c. Written Paper
Required__ X_
Optional____
Not used___
d. Portfolio
Required___
Optional___
Not used _X_
e. Written report
Required__ X
Optional_ _
Not used___
f. Presentations
Required__ X
Optional_ _
Not used___
g. Computer assignments
Required___
Optional_ X _
Not used___
h. Tests/quizzes
Required_ X__ Optional___
Not used___
i. Mid-term Exam
Required_ X_
Optional___
Not used___
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_
n. Other (please list and indicate if required or optional)
COURSE ASSESSMENTS – (See Grading System below)
6.
Lecture is 50% of your course grade. Lab is 50% of your course grade. So, make sure that
you enroll for both Lecture and Lab Classes during this semester.
7.
GRADING System (Revised grade points system)
Allocation of points for Lecture Class: 50 %
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 25%
10 Quizzes 20%
Two Assignments/Activity 20%
Research paper & Oral presentation 10%
Attendance/Participation /Timeliness 5%
Total
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100 Points
125 Points
100 Points
100 Points
50 Points
25 Points
500 Points
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Allocation of points for Lab Class: 50 % (MUST enroll in a Bio 102 LAB)
Midterm Exam 20%
Final Exam 25%
10 Quizzes 25%
10 Lab Reports 25%
Attendance/Participation /Timeliness 5%
Total
 100 Points
 125 Points
 125 Points
 125 points
 25 Points
 500 Points
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.
8. 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.
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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.
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.
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2.
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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 the number of ATP molecules 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).
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
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6.
Describe the phases of the cell cycle.
Explain the various stages of Interphase.
List all the phases of mitosis in order of occurrence and describe what is occurring during
each phase.
Explain the differences between plant and animal cell mitosis.
Explain the process of binary fission in the bacterial cell.
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 Darwin’s theory of evolution
2.
Define “natural selection” and how it relates to “adaptation”.
Community and Ecosystem Ecology:
1.
Describe the structure of a community and the interactions that occur in it.
2.
Describe an ecosystem.
3.
Define: energy flow, chemical cycling and food chain.
A. Tentative Lecture Sequence
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Biology: Exploring Life
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
Final Exam (cumulative) - Chapters 1 to 10
B. Tentative Laboratory Sequence
Lab Exercise 1 -->Scientific Observation & Measurement
Lab Exercise 2 --> Microscopy for Biology
Lab Exercise 3 --> Chemical of Life
Lab Exercise 4 --> Cell Structure and Function
Lab Exercise 5 --> Transport across a cell Membrane
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
--> Fetal Pig Dissection
Lab Final Exam (cumulative) – Lab Exercises 1 to 10
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Annotated bibliography:
1. Brooker, R., Widmaier, E., Graham, L., & Stiling, P. (2013). Biology (3rd ed.).
Mcgraw-Hill education.
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.
2. Freeman, S., Quillin, K., & Allison, L. (2013). Biological Science (5th ed., Vol. 1).
Benjamin Cummings .
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
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covers topics under the general headings of: the origin and early evolution of life, cell
functions, gene structure and expression, developmental biology, evolutionary
patterns and processes, the diversification of life, how plants work, how animals work,
and ecology.
3. Raven, P., Johnson, G. B., Mason, K. A., Losos, J. B., & Singer, S. S. (2014). Biology.
New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.
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. Reece, J. B., Urry, L. A., Cain, M. L., Wasserman, S. A., Minorsky, P. V., & Jackson, R.
B. (2013). Campbell Biology (10th ed.). Benjamin Cummings.
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.
5. Starr, C., Taggart, R., Evers, C., & Starr, L. (2015). Biology:The Unity and Diversity
of life (14th ed.). Brooks Cole.
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.
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