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Fundamentals of Biology 11900: FALL 2016 Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00-9:50 am in TEXTOR 102 Labs: Days and times are listed below, CNS 102/105 Instructor: Course web sites: Office Hours:

1 Fundamentals of Biology 11900: FALL 2016 Lectures: Monday, Wednesday, Friday 9:00-9:50 am in TEXTOR 102 Labs: Days and times are listed below, CNS 102/105 Instructor: Course web sites: Office Hours: Maya Patel Center for Natural Sciences Rm. 213A Contact: (607) , Sakai (lecture and lab resources) and Mastering Biology (homework and textbook resources) Mon, Weds, Fri :50 PM Textbook: Authors: Reece, Taylor, Simon, Dickey & Hogan. CAMPBELL: BIOLOGY IN FOCUS: 2nd ed. with Mastering Biology. To register for Mastering Biology on-line: course ID = FUNBIOFALL16 Lab Manual: Fundamentals of Biology 119 Lab Manual, Fall 2016 Clicker (PRS): ResponseCard NXT: Rcxr-03 CLICKER, Turning Technologies Laboratory Sessions: Section, Room Lab Instructor: , office Monday 1:00 3:50 PM 02, CNS 105 Maya Patel: mpatel@ithaca.edu, CNS 213A Monday 1:00 3:50 PM 05, CNS 102 Heidi Hopkins: hhopkins@ithaca.edu, CNS 254 Tuesday 9:25 AM 12:05 PM 03, CNS 105 Jayasri Srinivasan: jsri123@yahoo.com, 213B Tuesday 9:25 AM 12:05 PM 04, CNS 102 Katherine Muma: muma@ithaca.edu, CNS 158 Tuesday 1:00 3:50 PM 06, CNS 102 Katherine Muma: muma@ithaca.edu, CNS 158 Tuesday 1:00 3:50 PM 08, CNS 105 Heidi Hopkins: hhopkins@ithaca.edu, CNS 254 Wednesday 1:00 3:50 PM 07, CNS 102 Maya Patel: mpatel@ithaca.edu, CNS 213A Thursday 9:25 AM 12:05 PM 09, CNS 102 David Gondek: dgondek@ithaca.edu, CNS 164 Thursday 1:00 3:50 PM 10, CNS 105 Heidi Hopkins: hhopkins@ithaca.edu, CNS 254 Thursday 1:00 3:50 PM 11, CNS 102 Rebecca Brady: rbrady@ithaca.edu, CNS 157 COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course meets the needs of Occupational and Physical Therapy majors who require a full year of biology for their professional programs. It is appropriate for other students in Health Sciences and Human Performance as a general biology requirement and is acceptable for students applying to medical fields. Students requiring a full year of introductory biology should enroll in the fall offering of

2 the course. Students requiring a single semester of introductory biology should enroll in the spring offering of the course. Learning outcomes include: 1. Develop your ability to use scientific methods and reasoning to observe phenomena, design investigations, make accurate measurements, summarize and interpret data and communicate your results. 2. Understand the levels of organization of life, and the role of evolution in explaining the diversity of life. 3. Describe and explain the basic concepts in biological chemistry; the structure and functions of cells, including how cells produce and use energy, how cells reproduce; and the basic principles of inheritance. 4. Describe and explain animal structure and function (and the relationships between the two) with emphasis on major physiological systems such as nervous control, muscles and skeleton, respiration, digestion, and circulation. 5. Apply knowledge of phenomena at the atomic and molecular level to the structure and function of cells, cellular processes. 6. Apply knowledge of phenomena at the molecular and cellular level in order to understand the structure and function of tissues, organs, and systems of the animal body 7. Describe and explain homeostasis and interconnections among physiological systems. ASSESSMENT and STUDENT LEARNING: Your knowledge and understanding will be assessed in a variety of ways throughout the semester. Knowledge refers to what facts and concepts you can recall and describe. Understanding refers to your ability to explain and apply your knowledge: to explain a process or the interrelationships between facts, and to make connections between related material across different lectures. Hopefully, you can see that it will be impossible for you to explain or apply what you cannot first recall and describe. Homework, clicker questions, and exams will test both knowledge and understanding. Lab quizzes will test your ability to recall and describe. Lab assignments will test your ability to explain, apply, and analyze. Formative assessments are those which help YOU to self-monitor your on-going progress and performance in the course. These include homework, clicker questions, practice problems and lecture exams. If you are having a difficult time scoring well on these formative assessments, this indicates that you should spend more time reading, practicing, and studying course material. You should seek 2

3 help early! Help is available from many sources: the course TA, your lab instructor, the course instructor, and tutoring services. Lecture exams. Three preliminary exams will be given during the scheduled lecture period and are based on previous lectures and assigned readings. These tests address learning outcomes 2-7. o Each exam is worth 50 points, and your score will be converted to a percentage and posted to Sakai. Your total lecture exam grade will be an average of the three percentages and your final exam (see below) o All exams questions are multiple-choice, including the final exam. o Make-up exams are available only in the case of an excused absence (serious illness or family emergency). Make-up exams are not multiple-choice. It is the student s responsibility to inform us in advance of the exam, and to provide documentation either of the illness or the nature of the emergency. See Course Policy #5 on missed tests below. Final exam. The final lecture exam will be comprehensive (covering the entire semester) and is given during the final exam period. o Your final exam is scheduled for Friday, Dec. 16 in the Hill Center gymnasium at 4:30 PM. Please schedule your departure for the end-of-term accordingly. See Course Policy #5 on Missed Tests below. o This exam is also entirely multiple choice. o This exam is worth 100 points and your score will be converted to a percentage and posted to Sakai. Weekly homework on Mastering Biology ( course ID = FUNBIOFALL16). These homework assignments are on-line, and are based on the textbook reading assignments for the week. o Homework assignments are generated through Mastering Biology. Each opens on a Friday at noon and is due the following Saturday at midnight. You can still turn a homework in up to one week late, with a small penalty of 1% per day. After this second grace week the assignment closes and you can no longer submit for a grade. However, you can view and review every assignment after its closeing date. Do yourself a favor and set a weekly reminder to complete your homework on one of your personal electronic devices. o Homeworks generally take about an hour to an hour and a half to complete (though this will vary a bit throughout the semester). You can save and come back to your work throughout the week, but you cannot change your answers once you ve submitted that portion of the homework. o Your lowest homework grade (including zero if you elect to skip one) will be dropped before your final grade is calculated. o Each homework grade will be converted to a percentage. Your final homework grade will be an average of all of these percentages (excluding lowest) and posted to Sakai. 3

4 o Working together on homework problems is encouraged. Students learn more when they discuss problems and possible answers. o Simply getting the answers from (or giving the answers to) another student is a different story. THIS IS A FORM OF ACCADEMIC DISHONESTY (see Course Policy #2 on Standards of Academic Conduct below) that I cannot police. Students who parasitize the homework of other students, or Google the answer to every question, are totally missing the benefits of homework. They also generally miss the similar questions on their exams. Five exam points are worth far more than five homework points. Clicker questions in lecture. We will start using clickers on Friday Sept. 2. Clicker questions are multiple choice questions that are also similar to some of the questions you will find on the exams. o Register your clicker on Sakai by clicking on the Turning Technologies tab on our course page (scroll all the way down to the bottom of our Sakai page, it is the last tab on the list). Remember to bring your clicker with you to lecture every day. I offer six freebees to cover those instances where you forget your clicker, miss a class (excused or unexcused), or discover that your batteries are dead. o Starting Sept. 2, you will receive 1 point for bringing your clicker to lecture, and one point for each question you get correct. o Your six lowest clicker grades will be dropped before your final grade is calculated. o The clicker score for each session will be converted to a percentage. Your clicker score for the course will be an average of these percentages (excluding your six lowest scores) and posted to Sakai. o Working together to answer clicker questions is encouraged. Students learn more through discussing the problems and possible correct answers. This is not a violation of the honor code. o Occasionally students will elect to skip class and pass their clicker to another student so that this student can answer the clicker questions for them. THIS IS A FORM OF ACCADEMIC DISHONESTY and a VIOLATION OF THE ITHACA COLLEGE HONOR CODE and will be treated as such (see Course Policy #2 on Standards of Academic Conduct below). The penalty for this kind of violation is a zero clicker score for the entire semester for both parties. Lab quizzes are written quizzes and are given at the beginning of most lab periods (see the lab syllabus for exact dates). o These cover the assigned readings for each lab. o We begin each lab with a pre-lab quiz because preparation for lab is as important as your ability to synthesize the material after each lab. Lab assignments. You will also have a write-up or some other assignment for most labs. o Some lab assignments will be submitted as a group effort. Others will be submitted as an individual s effort. Your lab instructor will clearly indicate which is which. o The two pig dissection labs will be followed by a 40-point practical quiz based on actual specimens from the previous two dissection labs. 4

5 o Your active participation will also earn you 10 points toward your final laboratory grade. Your participation will be assessed by your lab TA and your lab instructor (also, see course policy 1 on Attendance below). How to Succeed in Fundamentals of Biology: And by succeed I do mean earn an A. The simplest answer is time-on-task, as of course you already know. To succeed on multiple choice tests aimed at testing your knowledge and understanding, you must first memorize material. You can show me that you know your vocabulary by making a ginormous stack of flashcards and flipping through them as often as necessary to know them cold. But Biology goes far beyond just vocabulary. It is also all about connections and levels. Learn how your vocabulary terms relate to one another within topics across topics and levels, and memorize these connections as well. This cognitive task is generally called integration. Note these connections on your flashcards, and/or make additional ones. Draw diagrams, concept maps, or charts to summarize how things are related. Make these for yourself. Don t go looking for them ready-made on line. You can show me that you understand relationships and connections when you can explain and apply your knowledge. We will practice these cognitive tasks in class throughout the semester, but you will need additional practice on your own. Testing yourself is the only way for you to know whether or not you know something before you take my test. In developing your approach to studying, start by thinking about TIME. Study daily, not at the last minute: study chunks of material, both new stuff AND review old stuff every day. Mix it up and spread it out. Read: Study Better: Tough Studying Makes Easy Tests ( and follow those five rules especially those about cramming. Give yourself plenty of time EACH DAY (you know, like how you go to the gym or brush your teeth or find time to do BOTH of these things every day). I post a study guide for each topic on Sakai to help you focus your study time. USE IT. I do. When I write your exams. You have a pre-lab assignment before each lab meeting to help you prepare for your pre-lab quiz. DO IT. I do. When I write your quiz. EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE IN EITHER THE LECTURE OR LABORATORY PORTIONS OF THIS COURSE. Do the work you are supposed to do when you are supposed to do it, and give it your best effort. Get help early if you are having trouble with the course material or requirements (this includes difficulties with the group and difficulties with writing). Again, help is available from so many sources: your lab instructor, the course instructor, teaching assistants, and tutors ( A note about tutoring: LOTS of students sign up for tutors each year, often because they are encouraged to do so, whether they really need a tutor or not. Tutoring is a passive approach to studying and will not solve all of your problems. 5

6 CALCULATING YOUR GRADE: Both your midterm grade and your final grade will be calculated according to the following formula: Lecture tests 50 points each = 150 pts pts) 45% Clicker points ( 20 pts per week) 10% Lab points (weekly quizzes, lab assignments, pig practical) 35% Mastering HWs ( 30 pts per week) 10% Grade Scale: A = , A- = 90-92, B+ = 87-89, B = 83-86, B- = 80-82, C+ = 77-79, C = 73-76, C- = 70-72, D+ = 67-69, D = 63-66, D- = 60-62, F < 60 Sakai automatically weights and averages your scores for you so your most current grade is always an accurate reflection of your status in the course (with the exception of dropping the lowest homework and clicker scores this calculation is not performed until the very end of the semester). COURSE POLICIES: 1. Attendance The Undergraduate Handbook states the general policy that students are expected to attend classes and that they are responsible for all material even when absent. Both lecture and laboratory are integral and essential parts of the course. I do not take attendance during lecture, and do not require that students inform me when they are absent. You are responsible for making up any course material you miss. Lecture outlines (PowerPoints) are available through Sakai. Class notes that fill in the details should be obtained from a peer. You have six clicker free bees to accommodate occasional absences (whether excused or not), forgotten clickers, and dead batteries. Attendance IS documented during lab and you must attend each lab session. If for some reason, you cannot attend your scheduled section of lab (i.e. due to medical reasons or college sporting event off campus), you must make it up in another section during that same week. If yours is the last section of the week, contact your instructor as soon as possible to make alternate arrangements. You will be dropped from the course if you have two absences from laboratory without valid reasons. Students who consistently arrive late to lab, or skip out before all work is completed, will lose participation points. Occasionally a student will ask to leave lab early in order to make it to practice or an on-campus sporting event. These requests are not appropriate and will not be accommodated. Lab ends at 3:50 PM; practice starts at 4:00 PM. Please ask your coach to contact me if there are any issues with your lab time. 6

7 2. Standards of Academic Conduct These are outlined clearly in the student handbook ( Academic honesty is a cornerstone of the mission of the College. Unless it is otherwise stipulated, students may submit for evaluation only that work that is their own and that is submitted originally for a specific course. According to traditions of higher education, forms of conduct that will be considered evidence of academic misconduct include but are not limited to the following: conversations between students during an examination; reviewing, without authorization, material during an examination (e.g., personal notes, another student's exam); unauthorized collaboration; submission of a paper also submitted for credit in another course; reference to written material related to the course brought into an examination room during a closed-book, written examination; and submission without proper acknowledgment of work that is based partially or entirely on the ideas or writings of others. Only when a faculty member gives prior approval for such actions can they be acceptable Because Ithaca College is an academic community, ignorance of the accepted standards of academic honesty in no way affects the responsibility of students who violate standards of conduct in courses and other academic activities. Please familiarize yourself with the definition of plagiarism, and review the course policies for homework and clickers described in those sections of this syllabus. Academic dishonesty can lead to a zero grade on that assignment, a failing grade in the course, academic code probation, suspension, or expulsion from the College depending on the gravity of the violation and the decision of the judicial board. 3. Students with Disabilities In compliance with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act, reasonable accommodation will be provided to students with documented disabilities on a case by case basis. Students must register with the Office of Academic Support Services ( TDD , acssd@ithaca.edu) and provide appropriate documentation to the college before any academic adjustment will be provided. Students should schedule an appointment with the course instructors as soon as possible to discuss their individual needs. 4. Dissection Policy We will dissect a fetal pig during two lab periods to prepare for future dissection labs (PT and some medical students will go on to dissect a human cadaver). The pigs are a by-product of the meat industry and are not bred specifically for our dissection. If a student has a compelling, valid reason for not performing the pig dissection (ethical, religious, medical) they must inform us in writing within the first two weeks of classes and arrange a meeting with the course instructor. In the letter the student should explain the exact reasons for requesting an exemption. Requests will be evaluated and if necessary an alternative exercise and testing will be assigned. 7

8 5. Missed Tests A test (lecture or lab) missed during an un-excused absence will result in a zero grade for that test. For an unexpected absence (illness, death in the immediate family, accident), you must inform us before the test if at all possible. is preferred (mpatel@ithaca.edu). However, you can also phone me ( ) or the Biology Department ( ) to leave a message. Such notification does not guarantee our accepting your reason for absence, but failing to notify us guarantees you will not be excused. Oversleeping or "not being prepared" do not constitute valid excuses. Tests cannot be written earlier than scheduled on the syllabus. Makeup tests will not be multiple choice and are given within one week of the missed test. 6. Course Evaluations Course evaluations will be completed at the end of the semester (usually during the last week of classes). You will receive an from the Department Assistant with a link to the on-line form. The Department Assistant will verify that you have submitted the form and remove your identification so that it will be not be printed with the comments. 8

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10 Stimulus and Response Internal Environment Fundamentals of Biology Fall 2016 Weds. Oct. 5 Cellular Respiration Part 2 Fri. Oct. 7 Photosynthesis (Condensed Version) Mon. Oct. 10 Weds. Oct. 12 Diffusion, Osmosis, and Transport across membranes Practice Problems. pp ; bottom Reread 2 nd ½ 25-26; 2 nd ½ ; especially Figs. 8.3, 8.10 and Reread bottom ; Figs. 5.2, 5.3, 5.5; pp. 105-top 110; Fig. 5.14; pp , Fig on pg. 526 Catch up on your reading; get HW7 out of the way MB HW6 Fri. Oct. 14 Fall Break - MB HW7 Mon. Oct. 17 Respiratory system Bottom 2 nd ½ of 720- top 723; 724 Lungs 1 st ½ 727 Weds. Oct. Hemoglobin and Gas pp top Exchange Fri. Oct. 21 Circulation pp (read Maintaining the Heart s Rhythmic Beat for lab but skip Fluid Return by the Lymphatic System ) Mon. Oct. 24 Practice Problems Catch up on your reading; get a head start on HW9 MB HW8 Weds. Oct. 26 Nervous System Part 1 Pg. 116 Ligand-gated ion channel and Fig. 5.22; pp 773- top 776; Fri. Oct. 28 Exam 2 MB HW9 Mon. Oct. 31 Weds. Nov. 2 Fri. Nov. 4 Nervous System Part 2 Musculo-Skeletal System Musculo-Skeletal System Pp 783- top 786; Control of Breathing in Humans pp top 728; Maintaining the Heart s Rhythmic beat and Fig pg. 712; review Gap Junctions in Fig on pg. 96; pp pp. 815-very top of 821, Bottom 1 st half 821-top 823 (Skip Hydrostatic Skeletons and Exoskeletons ), pay special attention to Figs & MB HW10 No labs at all this week Fall Break Thurs. and Fri!! Lab 7: Cardiopulmonary Lab Lab 8: Fetal Pig Dissection Part 2 Lab 9: Fetal Pig Lab Practical

11 Inheritance Fundamentals of Biology Fall 2016 Mon. Nov. 7 DNA replication pp ; pp. 258 starting with words double helix - top of 264, Fig pg. 265 Weds. Nov. 9 Transcription 2 nd ½ 280- top 288 (Skip Spliceosome ) Fri. Nov. 11 Translation Review Figs. 3.22, 4.9, 4.10 and 5.7; bottom ; 295-top 296; Fig ; 2 nd ½ 300 Mon. Nov. 14 Mutations and Cancer Weds. Nov. 16 Cell Division Part 2: Meiosis & Sexual Reproduction pp. 266-top 267; pp st ½ 300; reread 1 st ½ 185; pp , Review Fig ; pp st ½ 204; ; st ½ 760 MB HW11 Lab 10: Nerves, Muscles and the Brain Lab 11: Meiosis and Independent Assortment Fri. Nov. 18 Practice Problems Catch up or read ahead. MB HW12 Mon. Nov. 21 Thanksgiving Break Give thanks. No Labs 14 Weds. Nov. 23 Fri. Nov. 25 Mon. Nov. 28 Mendelian Genetics: monohybrid crosses Non-Mendelian pp Testcross on 219; From Probability laws on Weds. Nov. 30 pp Pleiotropy on Genetics 225 Fri. Dec. 2 Dihybrid, linked, From Law of and sex-linked Independent genetics Assortment pg top 221; bottom Mon. Dec. 5 Practice problems Catch up on your reading. Weds. Dec. 7 Human Genome ; bottom 1 st half ; Fri. Dec. 9 Exam 3 Friday Dec. 16 Final Exam 4:30 7 PM in the Hill Center Gymnasium MB HW13 Lab 12: PTCtasting lab Part 1 Lab 13: PTCtasting Lab Part

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