Welcome to Concepts of Biology! This website contains the schedule for lecture, as well as other material available on the syllabus. There are also some potentially useful links to biological websites.

Lecture syllabus
Biology links
Some notes about class
Vocabulary:
exam 1 | exam 2 | exam 3 | exam 4
final vocabulary

Tentative schedule of topics and readings for BIOL 115

Click on a linked topic to get an outline of that day's class

Class
Date
Day
Topics
Solomon
et al.
1
Sept 2
2

Introduction and population ecology
1
2
Sept 6
4

Population ecology
51
3
Sept 8
6

Community ecology
52
4
Sept 10
2
5
Sept 14
4

Ecosystem ecology and the biosphere
53
6
Sept 16
6
7
Sept 20
2

Biomes
54
8
Sept 22
4

Humans in the environment
55
9
Sept 24
6

EXAM 1 (classes 1-8)
10
Sept 28
2

Chromosomes and cell division
9
11
Sept 30
4
12
Oct 4
6

Mendelian genetics
10
13
Oct 6
2
14
Oct 8
4

Atoms, molecules and bonds
2
15
Oct 13
6
16
Oct 15
2

EXAM 2 (classes 10-15)
17
Oct 19
4

The chemistry of life and organic chemistry
3
18
Oct 21
6
19
Oct 25
2

DNA structure and replication
11
20
Oct 27
4
21
Oct 29
6

Transcription and translation
12
22
Nov 2
2
23
Nov 4
4

EXAM 3 (classes 17-22)
24
Nov 8
6

Gene regulation
13
25
Nov 10
2

Genetic engineering
14
26
Nov 12
4

Human genetics
15
27
Nov 16
6

Introduction to Darwinian evolution
17
28
Nov 18
2
29
Nov 22
4

The modern synthesis
18
T .H .A .N .K .S .G .I .V .I .N .G . . B .R .E .A .K
30
Nov 29
6

The modern synthesis
18
31
Dec 1
2

EXAM 4 (classes 24-30)
32
Dec 3
4

Speciation and extinction
19
33
Dec 7
6
34
Dec 9
2

The evolutionary history of life
20
35
Dec 13
4
Thursday, Dec. 16
8:00-10:00 am

FINAL EXAM (classes 32-35 and comprehensive)

For a sneak preview of the final exam, click here!

Biological Links

Lecture

Ecology

Sites of interest to Ecologists -- all sortsa links

Evolution

Talk Origin Archives -- a good info source for evolution, including an intelligent discussion about "Creation Science"

The Yale Invertebrate Paleontology Image Gallery -- lots of cool fossils.

For a list of other paleontological sites click here

Cells

The Virtual Cell -- slice and dice this computer model of an animal cell

Cells Alive! -- cool movies of cells

Lab

Concepts of Biology Lab website -- this site is constantly updated, but will always include:
Lab report protocol -- What we expect from your Euglena lab write-up

Concepts Statistics -- Statistical tests, including ANOVA, Chi-squared, and T-tests

 

 

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