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Optional textbooks and resources:
Safety goggles (Must be worn during all laboratory sessions). A limited number are
available in the lab for student use.
H. All PowerPoint lectures, worksheets, animations, and take home assignments are on
Blackboard.
B. Major Topics1:
1. Chemistry of life
2. Characteristics and classification of life (Microscopy)
3. Cell types, structures and functions
4. Cell membrane structure and function
5. Cellular metabolism (including enzymes, photosynthesis and cellular respiration
6. Cellular reproduction (including DNA, mitosis and meiosis
7. Molecular genetics (including transcription and translation)
8. Classical genetics
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9. Evolution
10. Biotechnology
11. The process of science (Metric system of measurement and lab skills including the
proper use of scientific equipment)
C. Rationale: This course can be used to meet the General Education requirement of a four-
credit course in the science domain for general education. This course is intended for pre-allied
health and science majors. Non-science majors should take BIOL 108
III. Evaluation
A. Requirements1: This course will include five lecture exams and a cumulative final exam. In
addition, there will be several quizzes and written assignments. The dates of the exams and lab
practicals are reflected in the class schedule.
B. Instructor's grading policy:
i. Lecture is now 70% of the total (700/1000). Students must pass lecture with at least a
60% to pass the entire course.
ii. Recitation is worth 5% of the total (50/1000): Attendance is required but student are
permitted two absences, any more than that and the student will automatically fail the
course. Your recitation points will be determined by averaging the score on all the
quizzes. (For example, if each quiz is worth 10 points and your average for the 13
quizzes is 8.7 your recitation points will be 8.7 * 5 = 43.5 points.) Quizzes may be
taken 3 times during their availability.
iii. Lab is 25% of the total (250/1000). Students must pass the lab with at least a 60% to
pass the entire course.
1. Short Lab Reports: 20 points each100 points (count highest 5) will be
written on the following labs: metric, osmosis, enzymes, photosynthesis,
cellular respiration and Mendelian Genetics.
2. Weekly quizzes: 10 points each100 points (count highest 10)
3. Formal lab report: 50 points. This year the formal lab report will be written on the
osmosis, enzyme or photosynthesis lab.
3. Instructors audit policy: Important notes: (1) you can no longer wait until mid-semester
to decide that auditing a course is appropriate: the final date to change to an audit now
coincides with the final date for withdrawing with a 50% refund, and (2) failure to
participate in the class as follows will result in a grade of W instead of AU. The last
day to switch to an audit this semester is Friday, September 15, 2017.
C. Contact information for course-related concerns: See endnote for contact information2.
D. Additional Procedures: No food or drink is allowed in any science lab at any time. Feet
should be covered with closed-toed shoes to provide protection from broken glass, spilled
chemicals, and other laboratory hazards. Eye, hand, skin and clothing protection may be
required when chemical or biological hazards are present. Failure to abide by laboratory
safety policies will result in removal of students from the class.
E. Course calendar/schedule: See the printed schedule appended to this document.
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Note that the content in these sections is dictated by the Common Course Outline for this course, as
approved at the college-wide level: [http://www.ccbcmd.edu/cco/home.html]
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Students should first attempt to take concerns to the faculty member. If students are unable to resolve
course-related concerns with the instructor, they should contact Ms. Karen Dalton, Catonsville BIOL
Coordinator at kdalton@ccbcmd.edu or 443-840-5944.
Labs run Tuesday Monday after Labor Day until Thanksgiving, then labs will run Mon Thursday
(Note: No Friday labs)
Note: first week - Mandatory safety training and quiz. Students must pass the mandatory safety quiz with at
least 80%. Without a safety quiz a student is not allowed in the lab. A librarian will also come to the lab. The
metric portion/conversion of Experiment #1 will be done during the first week.
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After Labor Day (Monday 9/5) Labs run Tuesday-Monday until Thanksgiving, then labs run M-R. Note: there are
no labs on Friday.
Students can make up two labs without penalty during the same lab week as specified in the tentative schedule
above, only if space is available and with the instructors consent. The table on the following page contain a
list of labs days/times, room number, and instructors. It is the student responsibility to contact the instructor
for make ups. Make-ups are NOT guaranteed.