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Bio 101

Course Materials

Textbook

Clark et al., 2018, Biology, 2e, OpenStax Free online textbook
Printed copies are also for sale at the bookstore.

BioBinder

For those new to Intro Bio, purchase the Bio Binder ($10) that comes with reference documents and a quad ruled laboratory notebook at the Reed College Bookstore next to the textbook.

Assignments and Exams

  • Pre-lab exercises will be available on Moodle.reed.edu starting at 10:25 am Thursday the week before each lab and are due by 1:00 pm on your lab day. These are open notes.
  • There will be both in lecture and in lab assignments. Attendance is critical.
  • There will be a mid-term exam at the end of each section.
  • A three-hour final exam will be given at the end of the term.
  • The honor principle is in effect at all times.
Date Topic Lab
Aug 28 M Course Overview A Question of Homology
 
Aug 29 T Module 1 (Keith Karoly) Plant Evolution
Aug 31 Th Unity and Diversity: Plant Reproductive Biology
     
Sept 4 M No Class-Labor Day
Phylogenetic Analyses & Plant Diversity I
Sept 5 T Organizing Diversity - Phylogenetics 
Sept 7 Th Linking Taxonomy & Phylogeny 
     
Sept 11 M Diversity - A View Using Population Genetics Phylogenetic Analyses & Plant Diversity II
Sept 12 T Evolutionary Mechanisms
Sept 14 Th Evolutionary Mechanisms & Diversity
     
Sept 18 M Experimental Design & Statistical Analysis Brassica Responses to Herbivory
Sept 19 T Adaptation: Plant Reproductive Biology
Sept 21 Th Darwin's Abominable Mystery
     
Sept 25 M Module 2 (Jay Mellies) Microbiology Aseptic Technique and Microbial Populations
Sept 26 T Plant Evolution midterm exam
Sept 28 Th  Bacterial Anatomy 
     
Oct 2 M  Microbial Growth  Microbial Growth and Staining
Oct 3 T  Bacterial Anatomy
Oct 5 Th  Molecular Genetics I
     
Oct 9 M Conjugation Conjugation, Coliforms, and Antimicrobials
Oct 10 T Molecular Genetics II
Oct 12 Th Prokaryotic HGT
     
Oct 16-20 FALL BREAK FALL BREAK
     
Oct 23 M Antibiotic Resistance Data Analysis
Oct 24 T Energetics 
Oct 26 Th Energetics
     
Oct 30 M Module 3 (Sarah Schaack) Genetics and Genomics  Introduction to Using Databases for Genetic Research and
DNA Extraction
Oct 31 T Introduction to the Sushi Labs
Nov 2 Th Microbiology midterm exam
     
Nov 6 M Amplifying & Working with DNA Sequence Alignment, Primer Design, and PCR
Nov 7 T DNA, Genes, & Genomes; Replication & Mitosis
Nov 9 Th Mutation and Evolution
     
Nov 13 M Visualizing & Sequencing DNA  Gel Electrophoresis and DNA Sequencing
Nov 14 T Transcription, Translation, and Proteins 
Nov 16 Th Genotype to Phenotype, and Genetic Disease 
     
Nov 20 M Meiosis, Sex, and Recombination NO LABS-- Thanksgiving
Nov 21 T Diversity in Reproduction & Inheritance 
Nov 23 Th NO Lecture-- Thanksgiving
     
Nov 27 M Analyzing Sequence Data Sequence Analysis and Scientific Writing
Nov 28 T Functional Genetics and Genomics
Nov 30 Th Editing and Synthesizing Genes and Genomes
     
Dec 4 M Midterm review NO LABS
Dec 5 T Genetics and Genomics midterm exam
     
Dec 15 T Final Exam 9am-noon VLH  

 Bio 102

Course Materials

Textbook

Clark et al., 2018, Biology, 2e, OpenStax Free online textbook
Printed copies are also for sale at the bookstore.

BioBinder

For those new to Intro Bio, purchase the Bio Binder ($10) that comes with reference documents and a quad ruled laboratory notebook at the Reed College Bookstore next to the textbook.

Assignments and Exams

  • Pre-lab exercises will be available on Moodle.reed.edu starting at 10:20 am Thursday the week before each lab and are due by 1:00 pm on your lab day. These are open notes.
  • There will be both in lecture and in lab assignments. Attendance is critical.
  • There will be a problem set in the middle of each section.
  • There will be a mid-term exam at the end of each section.
  • A three-hour final exam will be given at the end of the term.
  • The honor principle is in effect at all times.
Date Lecture Lab
Jan 24 T
26 Th
Human and Molecular Genetics (Janis Shampay)
Transmission Genetics in Humans
DNA Extraction (aka Taste Part I);
Genetics in the News
Jan 31 T
Feb 2 Th
Karyotypes, the Cell Cycle,
and Cancer
Eukaryotic Cell Division
Feb 7 T
9 Th
Finding Genes:
Family and Association Studies
Cloning Part I
Feb 14 T

16 Th
Development and Differentiation
(Problem Set due)
Joint Lecture: Computational Biology (Anna Ritz
Cloning Part II
Feb 21 T
23 Th
Structure-Function I
Structure-Function II
Transgenic Flies (simulation)
Feb 28 T
Mar 2 Th
Pharmacogenetics
Telomeres and Aging
DNA Digests/Gels (aka Taste Part II
Mar 7 T
9 Th
Genetics midterm exam 9:30 am
Joint Lecture: Asking Questions (Suzy Renn)
Mar 13-17 SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK
Mar 21 T
23 Th
Sex and Behavior
Communication I
Asking Questions
Mar 28 T
30 Th
Communication II & Lab Lecture
Choice and Competition
Learning to be Winners or Losers: Crayfish
Apr 4 T
6 Th
Hypotheses & Data
Neurons and Action Potentials
Data, Graphs, Statistics
Apr 11 T

13 Th
Behavioral Genetics/Genomics
(Problem Set due)
Learning
Behavioral Genetics: Drosophila
Apr 18 T

20 Th
Joint Lecture: Stress:
Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms (Erik Zornik)
Timing
Data, Graphs, Statistics
Apr 25 T
27 Th
Electric Fish
Animal Behavior midterm exam 9:30 am
Electric Fish
May 8 M Final Exam 9am-12 pm Psych 105