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Course Policy Sheet—Dual Credit General Biology I
Course Title/Course #: General Biology I (BIO 1133)
Dates of Course: August 8 – December 23
Instructor: Mrs. Amanda Marbury
e-mail address: [email protected]
Textbook: Campbell Biology: Concepts and Connections, 8th edition by Reece, et al.
Course/Departmental Grading Scale:
A=90-100
B=80-89
C=70-79
D=60-69
F= Below 60
Methods of Evaluation: PLEASE READ CAREFULLY!!!!! Students will be given five exams during the
semester with the fifth exam being the final exam. Each exam will cover about three chapters, and the final will
be comprehensive and will also include new material from the final chapter we will cover.
Students will receive a high school grade and a college grade for this course, and these will be included on the
high school and college transcripts, respectively. The college grade will only consist of the 5 exams. Students
will be given several formative grades (quizzes) throughout the semester in order to acclimate them to studying
for a college course. These formative grades will not be included in the final college grade. The high school
grade will be graded as other high school courses with the summative exams counting 60% and the formative
quizzes counting 40%. The high school grade will be weighted by 1.10, but the college grade will not be
weighted.
Special Arrangements on Penalties for Make-Up Exams/Late Assignments: A student must make up a
missed exam or quiz before the next class meeting or as soon as he or she returns to school. A student will only
be allowed to make up an exam if the absence was excused. These can be made up before school.
Attendance/Tardy/Withdrawal Policy:
Students must attend 80% of the meetings for each course in order to receive credit for a course. If a student
wants to withdraw from the course, he/she must do so through Hinds Community College as well as Florence
High School. Withdrawal must be from the lab in addition to the lecture.
Failure to report to class at the beginning of the class period equals a tardy. Three tardies equal one unexcused
absence. Students who miss more than fifteen (15) minutes of a class will be marked absent. A student who
leaves the classroom without the instructor’s permission will be marked absent.
HCC recognizes two types of excused absences: those for personal emergencies, and those for official school
activities. The student is allowed to make up the work that occurred during excused absences.
Student absences may be excused by the instructor for personal emergencies such as illness, death in the
student’s immediate family, or other valid unavoidable circumstances. It is the responsibility of the student to
inform all instructors when absences are due to personal emergency. Instructors may require written
documentation, such as verification of illness on a physician’s letterhead. All absences not due to personal
emergency or official school activities are unexcused. Students who are absent from a final exam without the
approval of the instructor will receive a course grade of “F”.
Policy on Cheating/Plagiarism:
Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated. If a student is caught cheating, he or she will receive a 0 for the
assignment.
Policy on Student Conduct:
Students are expected to attend class and to behave in a manner that does not impede the learning process. If a
student receives multiple discipline referrals, he/she will be asked to withdraw from the course.
Cell phones are not permitted. If you have a cell phone visible during a test or quiz, I will confiscate it and give
you a zero on the assignment. If you were just checking the time, you will still receive a zero and will hopefully
learn to wear a watch next time.
Policy on Accommodations: Hinds Community College, in accordance with the American Disabilities Act and
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, shall provide reasonable accommodations for students with
documented disabilities. A student who needs academic adjustment must self-identify himself or herself by
registering early in the semester with the Office of Disability Services on his or her campus and by providing
current documentation of the disability. Students previously registered with disability services must update
their files each semester for any accommodation requests. All documentation and discussion will remain
confidential.
Course Syllabus
Title of Course: Biology I (BIO 1133)
Textbook(s): Biology Concepts and Connections, 5th edition, by Campbell
Course Description: A course for biology majors with emphasis on cell chemistry, cell structure, cell
physiology, cell processes to include respiration and photosynthesis, cell reproduction, genetics and
embryology. (Co-requisite BIO 1131)
Course Goals:
1. Student identifies the common characteristics of organisms.
2. Student identifies the process of science, utilizing the scientific method.
3. Student defines matter and distinguishes between the structure and interaction of atoms, elements,
and compounds.
4. Student describes the life supporting properties of water.
5. Student describes the structure and function of the macromolecules important to organisms, with
emphasis on carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, and nucleic acids.
6. Student explains the structure and function of the cellular components.
7. Student describes energy transfer within cells and the role of enzymatic activity during cellular
physiological processes.
8. Student lists and describes the stages of photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
9. Student identifies the various types of cell reproduction and describes the stages involved in each.
10. Student describes the basic principles of embryonic development.
11. Student describes Mendel’s laws of genetics.
12. Student solves problems involving genetic inheritance.
Chapter Title: Biology Exploring Life (1)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Define the levels of biological organization from molecules to the biosphere, noting the relationship
each level has to the other.
2. Explain how the web of relationships gives an ecosystem its structure.
3. Compare the flow of chemical nutrients and the flow of energy in an ecosystem.
4. Explain how cells are the structural and functional units of life. Compare prokaryotic and eukaryotic
cells.
5. Define emergent properties.
6. Explain how DNA encodes a cell’s information.
7. Describe seven properties that are common to all life.
8. Compare the three domains of life. Distinguish between the three multicellular kingdoms within
Eukarya.
9. Describe the process and products of natural selection. Explain why individual cannot evolve.
10. Describe the goals and limits of scientific investigations.
11. Compare discovery science and hypothesis-based science.
12. Define a hypothesis and compare inductive and deductive reasoning.
13. Define a control and describe an example.
Chapter Title: The Chemical Basis of Life (2)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Define matter, an element and a trace element.
2. Explain how and why iron, iodine, and fluoride are added to the human diet.
3. Define a compound and explain how compounds in living organisms are different from compounds in
nonbiological materials.
4. Describe the structure of an atom.
5. Define the atomic number and mass number of an atom.
6. Define an isotope and explain what makes some isotopes radioactive.
7. Explain how the electron configuration of an atom influences its chemical behavior.
8. Distinguish among nonpolar covalent bonds, polar covalent bonds, ionic bonds, and hydrogen bonds,
noting their relative strength and how they are formed.
9. Describe the special properties of water that make it vital to living systems.
10. Define and distinguish between cohesion and surface tension.
11. Define and distinguish between heat and temperature.
12. Define a solute, solvent and a solution.
13. Explain how acids and bases directly or indirectly affect the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution.
14. Explain the basis for the pH scale.
15. Explain how buffers work.
Chapter Title: The Molecule of Cells (3)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Explain why carbon is unparalleled in its ability to form large, diverse molecules.
2. Define organic compounds, hydrocarbons, a carbon skeleton and an isomer.
3. Describe the properties of and distinguish among the five functional groups of organic molecules.
4. List the four classes of macromolecules.
5. Explain the relationship between monomers and polymers.
6. Compare the processes of dehydration synthesis and hydrolysis.
7. Describe the structures, functions, properties and types of carbohydrate molecules.
8. Describe the structures, functions, properties and types of proteins.
9. Describe the major achievements of Linus Pauling.
10. Compare the structures and functions of DNA and RNA.
Chapter Title: A Tour of the Cell (4)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Compare the designs of and images produced by a light microscope, a scanning electron microscope,
and transmission electron microscope.
2. Distinguish between magnification and resolving power.
3. Define cell theory and briefly describe the discoveries that led to its development.
4. Explain why there are upper and lower limits to cell size.
5. Distinguish between the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.
6. Explain why compartmentalization is important in eukaryotic cells.
7. Compare the structure of plant and animal cells. Note the function of each part.
8. Describe the structure and functions of the nucleus, endomembrane system, smooth and rough
endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, and vacuoles.
9. Compare the structures and functions of cholorplasts and mitochondria.
10. Compare the structures and functions of microfilaments, intermediate filaments and microtubules.
11. Explain how the structure of cilia and flagella relate to their functions.
12. Compare the structures and functions of cell surfaces and intercellular junctions of plant and animal
cells.
Chapter Title: The Working Cell (5)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Define and compare kinetic energy, potential energy, chemical energy and heat.
2. Define the first and second laws of thermodynamics. Explain how these laws of thermodynamics guide
energy transformations.
3. Define and compare endergonic and exergonic reactions.
4. Explain how cells use cellular respiration and energy to survive.
5. Explain how ATP functions as an energy shuttle.
6. Explain how enzymes speed up chemical reactions.
7. Describe the structure of an enzyme-substrate interaction.
8. Explain how the cellular environment affects enzyme activity.
9. Explain how competitive and non competitive inhibitors alter an enzyme’s activity.
10. Describe the process of feedback inhibition.
11. Describe how certain poisons, pesticides and drugs inhibit enzymes.
12. Explain how membranes help organize the chemical activities of a cell.
13. Relate the structure of phospholipids molecules to the structure and properties of cell membranes.
14. Describe the fluid mosaic structure of cell membranes.
15. Describe the diverse functions of membrane proteins.
16. Define diffusion and describe the process of passive transport.
17. Explain how transport proteins facilitate diffusion.
18. Explain how osmosis can be considered to be the diffusion of water across a membrane.
19. Distinguish among hypertonic, hypotonic and isotonic solutions.
20. Explain how plant and animal cells change when placed into hypertonic or hypotonic solutions.
21. Compare the processes of facilitated diffusion and active transport.
22. Distinguish among exocytosis, endocytosis, phagocytosis, pinocytosis and receptor-mediated
endocytosis
23. Describe the central role of chloroplasts and mitochondria in harvesting energy and making it available
for cellular work.
Chapter Title: How Cells Harvest Chemical Energy (6)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Compare the process and locations of cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
2. Describe how you rely on energy from the sun.
3. Define and compare the processes of breathing and cellular respiration.
4. Describe the overall chemical equation for cellular respiration.
5. Explain how the human body uses its daily supply of ATP.
6. Explain how the energy in a glucose molecule is released during cellular respiration.
7. Explain how redox reactions are used in cellular respiration.
8. Describe the roles of dehydrogenase, NAD1, and the electron transport chain in cellular respiration.
9. List the cellular regions where glycolysis, the citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation occur.
10. Compare the reactants, products and energy yield of the three stages of cellular respiration.
11. Compare the reactants, products and energy yield of alcohol and lactic acid fermentation.
12. Distinguish between strict anaerobes and facultative anaerobes.
13. Explain how polysaccharides, fats and proteins are broken down to yield ATP.
14. Explain how food molecules are used in biosynthesis.
Chapter Title: Photosynthesis: Using Light to Make Food (7)
Chapter Objectives:
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Define the terms autotrophs, photoautotrophs and producers.
Describe the structure of chloroplasts and their location in a leaf.
Identify specifically where most light energy is converted to chemical energy.
Explain how plants produce oxygen.
Describe the role of redox reactions in photosynthesis and cellular respiration.
Compare the reactants and products of the light reactions and the Calvin cycle.
Describe the properties and function of the different photosynthetic pigments.
Explain how photosystems capture solar energy.
Explain how the electron transport chain and chemiosmosis generate ATP, NADPH and oxygen in the
light reactions.
10. Compare photophosphorylation andoxidative phosphorylation.
11. Describe the reactants and products of the Calvin cycle. Explain why this cycle is dependent upon the
light reactions.
12. Review the overall process of the light reactions and the Calvin cycle, noting the products, reactants and
locations of each major step.
13. Compare the mechanisms of C3, C4 and CAM plants use to obtain carbon dioxide.
14. Explain the greenhouse effect.
15. Explain how the ozone layer forms and how human activities have damaged it.
Chapter Title: The Cellular Basis of Reproduction and Inheritance (8)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Compare the relationship between a parent and its offspring resulting from asexual versus sexual
reproduction.
2. Explain why cell division is essential for eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells.
3. Explain how daughter prokaryotic chromosomes are separated from each other during binary fission.
4. Compare the structure of prokaryotic and eukaryotic chromosomes.
5. Describe the stages and significance of the cell cycle.
6. List the phases of mitosis and describe the events characteristic of each phase. Recognize the phases of
mitosis in diagrams and micrographs.
7. Compare cytokinesis in animals and plants.
8. Explain how cancerous cells are different from healthy cells.
9. Describe the functions of mitosis.
10. Explain how chromosomes are paired. Distinguish between autosomes and sex chromosomes.
11. Distinguish between somatic cells and gametes.
12. Distinguish between diploid cells and haploid cells.
13. List the phases of meiosis I and meiosis II and describe the events characteristic of each phase.
Recognize the steps of meiosis in diagrams and micrographs.
14. Describe key differences between mitosis and meiosis.
15. Examine three sources of genetic variability in sexual reproducing organisms to include crossing over,
independent orientation and random fertilization.
16. Explain how and why karyotyping is performed.
17. Describe the causes and symptoms of Down syndrome.
18. Describe the consequences of abnormal numbers of sex chromosomes.
Chapter Title: Patterns of Inheritance (9)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Explain why Mendel’s decision to work with peas was a good choice.
2. Define and distinguish among true breeding organisms, hybrids, the P generation, the F1 generation and
the F2 generation.
3. Define and distinguish between the following pairs of terms: genotype versus phenotype, dominant
allele versus recessive allele and heterozygous versus homozygous.
4. Define a monohybrid cross and a Punnett square.
5. Explain how Mendel’s law of segregation describes the inheritance of a single characteristic.
6. Describe the genetic relationships between homologous chromosomes.
7. Explain how Mendel’s law of independent assortment applies to a dihybrid cross.
8. Explain how a testcross is performed to determine the genotype of an organism.
9. Explain how recessive and dominant disorders are inherited and give examples of each.
10. Describe the inheritance patterns of incomplete dominance.
11. Describe the limits, benefits and ethical challenges of genetic testing.
12. Describe the chromosome theory of inheritance.
13. Describe T. H. Morgan’s studies of crossing over.
14. Explain how sex is genetically determined in humans.
15. Describe the patterns of sex-linked inheritance.
Chapter Title: Molecular Biology of the Gene (10)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Describe the experiments of Griffith, Avery and Hershey and Chase which demonstrated that DNA is
the genetic material.
2. Compare the structure of DNA and RNA
3. Explain how the structure of DNA facilitates its replication.
4. Describe the process of DNA replication.
5. Describe the locations, reactants and products of transcription and translation.
6. Explain how RNA is produced.
7. Explain how eukaryotic RNA is processed before leaving the nucleus.
8. Explain how tRNA functions in the process of translation.
9. Describe the structure and function of ribosomes.
10. Explain how translation begins.
11. Describe the step-by-step process by which amino acids are added to a growing polypeptide chain.
12. Diagram the overall process of transcription and translation.
13. Describe the major types of mutations and their possible consequences.
14. Compare the lytic and lysogenic reproductive cycles of a phage.
15. Compare the structures and reproductive cycles of an enveloped RNA virus and the herpesvirus.
16. Describe the common characteristics of plant viruses.
17. Describe three ways that new disease causing viruses evolve.
18. Explain how the AIDS virus enters a host cell and reproduces.
19. Define and compare the processes of transformation, transduction and conjugation.
Chapter Title: The Control of Gene Expression (11)
Chapter Objectives:
1. Describe and compare the regulatory mechanisms of the lac operon, trp operon and operons using
activators.
2. Explain how selective gene expression yields a variety of cell types in multicellular eukaryotes.
3. Describe examples of dedifferentiation followed by redifferentiation in plant and animal cells.
4. Explain how DNA is packaged into chromosomes and explain how packing influences gene expression.
5. Explain how eukaryotic gene expression is controlled and compare it to gene control in prokaryotes.
6. Describe the process and significance of alternative DNA splicing.
7. Describe and compare the processes of reproductive cloning and therapeutic cloning.
8. Describe the potential uses of reproductive cloning of nonhuman mammals.
9. Compare the sources and properties of embryonic stem cells and adult stem cells.
10. Describe the roles of cell-to-cell signaling and signal-transduction pathways in development.
11. Explain how viruses, proto-oncogenes, and tumor-suppressor genes can each contribute to cancer.
12. Explain how mutations in ras or p53 proteins can lead to cancer.
13. Describe the mail events in the development of colon cancer.
14. Describe the recent discoveries associated with the genetic basis of familial breast cancer.
15. Describe factors that can increase or decrease your risk of developing cancer.
Chapter Title: DNA Technology and Genomics (12)
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Explain how plasmids are used in gene cloning.
Explain how restriction enzymes are use to “cut and paste” DNA into plasmids
Describe the process used to produce many copies of a desired human gene.
Explain how plasmids and phages can be used to construct genomic libraries.
Explain how a cDNA library is constructed and how it is different from genomic libraries constructed
using plasmid phages.
6. Explain why different organisms are used to mass produce proteins.
7. Explain how DNA technology has helped to produce insulin, growth hormone and vaccines.
8. Explain how a nucleic acid probe can be used to identify clones carrying specific genes.
9. Explain how DNA microarrays make it easy to determine exactly what genes are active in any particular
cell at a certain time.
10. Explain how gel electrophoresis is used to sort DNA and proteins.
11. Explain how restriction fragment analysis is used to detect differences in DNA sequence.
12. Explain how DNA fingerprinting is used to make identifications and answer questions about family
relationships.
13. Describe the recent efforts and potential of human gene therapy. Discuss ethical issues with these
techniques.
14. Explain how the polymerase chain reaction works.
15. Describe the three overlapping stages of the Human Genome Project.
16. Explain how genetically modified organisms are transforming agriculture.