Prof Chang
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Welcome to Introduction to Biology!

Here's some basic information from my general syllabus that might help you get a head start. If you have any questions, email me at profchang@gmx.com.

Required Textbook
  • Biology Now, 1st ed., by Houtman et.al, 2015 (Norton)
    • ISBN-13 = 978-0-393-91892-2
    • Amazon sells the looseleaf version, ISBN-13 = 978-0-393-90624-7; http://amzn.to/2bP7NPz
  • Core Edition of the same book is acceptable, but not preferred
    • ISBN-13 = 978-0-393-93834-0; http://amzn.to/2blyTtX

Required Lab Manual
  • BioExplorations, Spring 2016 edition by the Biology staff at Golden West College, Available at the Golden West Bookstore.

Blackboard is up!
Students, be sure you got at least one email from me saying Blackboard is up, and that you're able to access Blackboard. If not, email me at profchang@gmx.com.

Here's the link to Google Drive>

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B64BPOxoy42ZbEQ3UE82VXBmOWM

** I have not revised below yet for Spring 2017. ETA 1/20 **
Required Materials
  • 4 #882-E Scantrons – turn in to instructor by March 4
  • No more than 6 #815-E Scantrons – keep these with you for lecture
  • #2 Pencils

Topics Covered and Preview Videos

Here are topics covered in this course with some preview videos from Bozeman Science:

1 - Course Introduction/Scientific Method
2 - What is Life?/Diversity of life overview
3 - Atoms, bonds and the importance of water and pH
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/water-a-polar-molecule
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/chemical-bonds-covalent-vs-ionic
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/acids-bases-ph
4 - Important molecules for life
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/molecules-of-life
5 – Plasma membrane and transport
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/015-cell-membrane
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/016-transport-across-cell-membranes
6 – Transport and the cell
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/a-tour-of-the-cell
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/transcription-translation
7 – The cell, continued (End of Exam 1 material)
8 – Introduction to energy
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/012-life-requires-free-energy
EXAM 1 (Lectures 1-7)

9 – Photosynthesis: harnessing solar power for food
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/photosynthesis
10 – Deriving energy from food
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/cellular-respiration
11 – Animal nutrition and transport
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/respiratory-system
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/circulatory-system
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/digestive-system
12 – Plant nutrition and transport (End of Exam 2 material)
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/plant-nutrition-transport
13 – Mitosis, the cell cycle, and cancer
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/mitosis
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/what-is-cancer
EXAM 2 (Lectures 8-12)

14 – Sexual reproduction and meiosis
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/meiosis
15 – Mendel and his discoveries
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/029-mendelian-genetics
16 – Human genetics
17 – DNA and gene regulation
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/what-is-dna
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/transcription-translation
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/032-signal-transmission-and-gene-expression
18 - Biotechnology
19 – Biotechnology, continued (End of Exam 3 material)
20 – Introduction to Evolution and Microevolution
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/evidence-for-evolution-ii
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/microevolution
EXAM 3 (Lectures 13-19)

21 – Microevolution and macroevolution
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/speciation
22 – Viruses, bacteria, archaea
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/viruses
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/archaea
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/bacteria
23 – Protists and fungi
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/protists
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/fungi
24 – Plants
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/plants
25 – Animals
  • http://www.bozemanscience.com/animals
26 – Communities and ecosystems
EXAM 4 (mostly Lectures 20-26, some from 1-19)
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