Syllabi for Brantley
REQUIRED TEXT:
Biology: Volume I second custom edition for Valencia College (with student access code) from Reece, et. al. Campbell Biology, 9th Edition (2011). Benjamin/Cummings.
This textbook comes with access to MasteringBiology, which is an excellent source of information, review questions, tutorials, and activities that will help you with this course. (The activities also count for 100 of your 900 course points). You’ll need to register using the course code: BRANTLEYFALL2012
GRADING SCALE:
Your grade will be based on 4 lecture exams (100 points each), 1 final lecture exam (100 points), 10 lab quizzes (10 points each), 2 laboratory practical exams (100 points each) and 10 MasteringBiology assignments (10 points each) totaling 900 points for the course. The quizzes will be given during the first 10 minutes of the lab and will examine your knowledge of the material covered the previous week as well as your understanding of what is to be covered in the current lab for that new week. The lecture and lab practical exams will cover only that material that has been presented since the previous exam. The final lecture exam, however, will be comprehensive in nature covering ALL of the material reviewed in the entire course. Should you perform better on the final lecture exam than one of your previous lecture exams, I will drop the score of the lower lecture exam and replace it with your final lecture exam grade (essentially allowing the final lecture exam to count twice). However, you must take the Lecture Final Exam as failure to do so will earn you a grade of F for the course.
The Grading Scale is based on a percentage of the 900 points possible
90-100% = A
80 - 89% = B
70 - 79% = C
60 - 69% = D
< 60% = F
***Grades are NOT rounded up***
FALL TERM 2012
Please read the assigned chapters listed below prior to coming to class. The instructor will assume you have done so.
Course Schedule (subject to change)
Class Meetings: | Lecture Mondays 2:30-5:15pm HSB 146
| Lab Meetings:
| Lab Schedule Wednesdays 2:30-5:15pm AHS 321 |
Aug 27
| Chapter 1 Chapter 2 | Aug 29 | Lab 1 – Scientific Method |
Sep 3
| LABOR DAY HOLIDAY
| Sep 5 | Quiz #1 Lab 2 – Atoms/Molecules |
Sep 10
| Chapter 3 Chapter 4 | Sep 12 | Quiz #2 Lab 3 – Microscope Usage
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Sep 17
| Exam 1: Chapters 1-4 Chapter 5
| Sep 19 | Quiz #3 Lab 4 - Cells |
Sep 24
| Chapter 6
| Sep 26 | Quiz #4 Lab 5 – Diffusion/Membranes I |
Oct 1
| Chapter 7 | Oct 3 | Quiz #5 Lab 6 – Diffusion/Membranes II |
Oct 8
| Exam 2: Chapters 5-7 Chapter 8 | Oct 10
| LAB MIDTERM EXAM (Labs 1 – 6)
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Oct 15 | Chapter 9 Chapter 10 | Oct 17 | Lab 7 – Enzymes |
Oct 22 | Exam 3: Chapters 8-10 Chapter 12
| Oct 24 | Quiz #6 Lab 8 – Cellular Respiration |
Oct 29 | Chapter 13 | Oct 31 | Quiz #7 Lab 9 – Photosynthesis |
Nov 5 | Chapter 14 | Nov 7 | Quiz #8 Lab 10 – Mitosis/Meiosis |
Nov 12 | Chapter 15
| Nov 14 | Quiz #9 Lab 11 – Mendelian Genetics |
Nov 19 | Exam 4: Chapters 12-15 | Nov 21 | THANKSGIVING |
Nov 26
| Chapter 16 | Nov 28 | Quiz #10 Lab 12 – Human Phenotypes |
Dec 3
| Chapter 17
| Dec 5 | LAB FINAL EXAM (Labs 7 – 12) |
Dec 10 | NO CLASS MEETING | Dec 12 | FINAL LECTURE EXAM (including Chapters 16 & 17) 1:00- 3:30pm |