BIOLOGY 1103
GENERAL INFORMATION
FALL 2006
LECTURE:
Dr. William Barstow
Room 405 BioScience, 542-1688, barstow@plantbio.uga.edu
Office hours: Tues. & Thurs. 11:00 – 12:00 & 1:00 – 3:00 or by appointment.
LAB PROGRAM DIRECTOR:
Ms. Kristen Miller
Room 402 BioSciences, 542-1681, krmiller@uga.edu
See Ms. Miller with questions regarding laboratory scheduling and or the laboratory program.
DATA COLLECTION SPECIALIST:
Ms. Yulonda Davis
Room 403 BioSciences, 542-1684, ydavis1@uga.edu
See Ms. Davis for questions about quiz and exam scores, enrollment, withdrawals, exam scheduling.
DEGREE PROGRAM SPECIALIST:
Ms. Francine Palevitz
Room 411 BioScience, 542-1691, palevitz@uga.edu
See Mrs. Palevitz or Mr. Joey Freeman if you are interested in the Biology Major.
INTERNET:
The Biology Division homepage is: http://www.biosci.uga.edu. Click almanac and then Biology 1103 for course announcements, notes, outlines, checking your grades and internet links. All Biology 1103 course material will be placed on WebCT. Webmaster and Director of the Biosciences Learning Center is Ms. Petra Babbitt petra@uga.edu
WebCT:
WebCT users login to all courses with a single User ID - the UGA MyID. You can create your UGA MyID by going to: http://www.uga.edu/myid.
TEXTBOOK - BIOLOGY A Guide to the Natural World, Third Edition, (Custom Core Edition, by David Krough, Pearson Custom Publishing, 2005.
BIOSCIENCE LEARNING CENTER:
Room 406 BioScience. Available in the BLC are class notes on the "web" with links to related sites, interactive question modules, computer programs, and Internet access. BLC hours: Monday - Thursday 8:30 am - 7:00 pm, Friday 8:30 am - 5:00 pm
LECTURES:
are in room 404E BioScience. I expect you to attend all of the lectures. Missing a Tuesday/Thursday lecture is equivalent to missing one-and-a-half lectures of a MWF schedule. My experience shows a high correlation between higher test grades and attendance. Please arrive on time and avoid leaving early.
CELL PHONES:
that have a cute little ring (or any ring at all) are an annoyance and a distraction to the lecturer and to your neighbors. Please turn off your cell phone before entering room 404E. Talking on your cell phone during class is an absolute no no!
COMPUTERS:
are to be used for taking notes. No playing games or surfing the web during class.
ASSIGNED SEATS:
After drop-add you will be assigned a permanent seat in the lecture hall. You should find a seat where you would like to sit for the entire semester. Please sit in your assigned seat for lecture and exams.
EXAMINATIONS and QUIZZES:
will be machine graded. YOU WILL NEED A #2 PENCIL FOR THE EXAMS. Grades will be reported to you on WebCT. If you have any questions about your test scores, check with Ms. Davis in the Biology Undergraduate Office (room 403).
ACADEMIC HONESTY:
Any person appearing to be academically dishonest will be immediately reported to the office of the Vice President for Instruction. For more information regarding academic dishonesty, please consult ÒA Culture of HonestyÓ available in the Biology Instruction Office (room 403) or on the web at www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/academic_honesty.html.The penalties for academic dishonesty can be severe.
GRADES:
There are 11 quizzes, 4-one hour exams and a comprehensive final exam. Each question is worth two points. Each quiz will have 5 questions. The lowest quiz grade will be dropped. If you are absent for a quiz then that is the quiz that will be dropped. There are 100 points available for the quizzes. Each hour exam will have 50 questions for a total of 400 points. The final exam will have 100 questions worth 200 points. Total points for the semester are 700. Final grades are based on your accumulated points and will be awarded as listed below:
| Possible Points for the Semester |
Grade |
% |
Total Points |
| Exams - 4 exams x 100 points |
400 points |
A |
93-100 |
651-700 |
| Quizzes |
100 points |
A- |
90-93 |
630-650 |
| Final Exam |
200 points |
B+ |
87-90 |
609-629 |
| |
|
B |
83-87 |
581-608 |
| Total Points |
700 |
B- |
80-83 |
560-580 |
| |
|
C+ |
77-80 |
539-559 |
| |
|
C |
73-77 |
511-538 |
| |
|
C- |
70-73 |
490-510 |
| |
|
D |
60-70 |
420-489 |
| |
|
F |
<60 |
|
SPECIAL CONSIDERATION IN DETERMINING THE FINAL GRADE:
In some cases you may feel that your total points do not accurately reflect your actual level of achievement in the course. This is especially true for people within a few points of the next highest grade. Unfortunately, there is no reasonable way to award higher grades to some borderline cases and not to others and still consider the grading system fair to all. In an effort to take into account all special cases whether or not they are "borderline", the comprehensive final exam may be reviewed as a separate item. The final exam will be counted in two ways. First, the final is 200 points. You will be assigned a letter grade based on the total number of points that you have out of 700. Then, your final exam score will be given a letter grade. If the letter grade on the final exam is higher than the grade assigned from total points, then you will be awarded the higher grade. You can raise your grade in the course one letter grade. However, in order to raise your grade through the final exam, you must have taken all the exams and quizzes.
INCOMPLETE:
The grade of incomplete is given to students who for reason of illness or accident were unable to complete a segment of the course. Only that segment that was missed will be made up to remove the incomplete. In no case will the grade of incomplete be given as a means to avoid a failing grade.
FINAL EXAM THURSDAY DECEMBER 14, 2006 - 8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
| Date |
Day |
Lect # LectureTopic |
Text Reference |
| Aug. 17 Th |
1 |
Introduction to biology 1103: The nature of biology |
Ch.1 |
| Aug. 22 Tu |
2 |
The nature of science, Atoms and molecules |
Ch. 1 |
| Aug. 24 Th |
3 |
Chemical bonding, Water and pH |
Ch. 2 |
| Aug. 29 Tu |
4 |
Organic molecules - carbohydrates and lipids
Permanent Ðseats will be assigned today |
Ch. 3 |
| Aug. 31 Th |
5 |
Proteins and nucleic acids
ATP and Enzymes (Quiz#1) |
Ch. 3 & 6 |
| Sept. 05 Tu. |
6 |
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic cells, Mitosis and cytokinesis |
Ch. 4 |
| Sept. 07 Th |
7 |
Meiosis and sexual reproduction, (Quiz#2) |
Ch. 10 |
| Sept. 12 Tu |
8 |
A CELEBRATION OF LEARNING - EXAM #1 |
|
| Sept. 14 Th |
9 |
Human reproduction and development I |
Ch. 30 |
| Sept. 19 Tu |
10 |
Human reproduction and development II (Quiz#3) |
Ch. 30 |
| Sept. 21 Th |
11 |
DNA structure and replication |
Ch. 13 |
| Sept. 26 Tu |
12 |
How proteins are made Ð (Quiz#4) |
Ch. 14 |
| Sept. 28 Th |
13 |
How proteins are made |
Ch. 14 |
| Oct. 03 Tu |
14 |
Biotechnology (Quiz#5) |
Ch. 15 |
| Oct. 05 Th |
15 |
A CELEBRATION OF LEARNING - EXAM #2 |
|
| Oct. 09 M |
|
Midpoint Withdrawal Deadline |
|
| Oct. 10 Tu |
16 |
Mendelian genetics |
Ch.11 |
| Oct. 12 Th |
17 |
Codminance, incomplete dominance, multiple alleles, Polygenic inheritance, pleiotropy (Quiz #6) |
Ch.11 |
| Oct. 17 Tu |
18 |
Human Genetics - chromosomes and inheritance |
Ch.12 |
| Oct. 19 Th |
19 |
The life of Charles Darwin and Natural Selection (Quiz#7) |
Ch. 16 |
| Oct. 24 Tu |
20 |
The controversy and the evidence for evolution (Quiz #8) |
Ch. 16 |
| Oct. 26 Th |
|
Fall Break |
|
| Oct. 31 Tu |
21 |
Microevolution |
Ch. 17 |
| Nov. 02 Th |
22 |
How do new species arise? (Quiz #9) |
Ch. 18 |
| Nov. 07 Tu |
23 |
A CELEBRATION OF LEARNING - EXAM #3 |
|
| Nov. 09 Th |
24 |
Deriving energy from food I |
Ch. 7 |
| Nov. 14 Tu |
25 |
Deriving energy from food II (Quiz#10) |
Ch. 7 |
| Nov. 16 Th |
26 |
Photosynthesis I |
Ch. 8 |
| Nov. 21 Tu |
27 |
Photosynthesis II (Quiz#11) |
Ch. 8 |
| Nov. 22 Wed |
|
Thanksgiving vacation November 22-24 |
|
| Nov. 28 Tu |
28 |
Ecology: populations |
Ch. 31 |
| Nov. 30 Th |
29 |
A CELEBRATION OF LEARNING - EXAM #4 |
|
| Dec. 05 Tu |
30 |
Ecology: ecosystems |
Ch. 32 |
| Dec. 07 Th |
|
Reading Day |
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