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BIOLOGY 120 (Summer 2015)
Course: Biology 120, Section 15
Instructor: Dr. Greg Doheny PhD, RMCCM
Office: Room 542
Office Hours: Tuesday 4:15pm-6pm, Friday 1pm-2pm
Required Text Book: BIOLOGY 9th Edition, Campbell et al., (available at the College
bookstore. You can also buy used copies from various sources.)
Required Lab Manual: BIOLOGY 120 Lab Manual
(Available for download at http://gregdoheny.weebly.com)
PLEASE DOWNLOAD AND READ THE LAB MANUAL BEFORE YOUR FIRST LAB
PERIOD.
Course Lecture Notes: I will be putting notes for each lecture on my website
(http://gregdoheny.weebly.com/). PLEASE START DOWNLOADING THE LECTURE
NOTES. I WILL NOT BE HANDING OUT ANY MORE NOTES AFTER TODAY.
MEETING TIMES
Lectures:
Thursdays and Fridays 2:00pm-4:00pm in Room 360
Labs: (Section 15) Tuesday 2:00-4:00pm in Room 434
(Section 90) Tuesday 6:00-8:00pm in Room 434
Mark Distribution:
Daily Quizzes: 10%
Pre-test:
0%
Post-test: Bonus 2%
Pre-MidTerm
5%
MidTerm
25%
Reading Quiz 1 5%
Reading Quiz 2 5%
Lab Reports
10%
Lab Exam
10%
Final Exam
30%
Total:
100%
Daily Quizzes: Beginning in the second week of classes we will have a 5 minute pop-quiz at the
beginning and/or the end of lectures. Each quiz is worth 1% of your letter grade. You will not
know in advance what days the quizzes are on, so please be prepared. These quizzes serve two
purposes: 1) To encourage you to attend each lecture, arrive on time time, and stay until the end,
and, 2) To give you a reason to review the material regularly. The quizzes are cumulative, and
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cover all previous material. (ie-they will not be on just the current of previous week's lecture
material.) I will be locking the door at 5 minutes past the hour. If you are late to class, and
arrive after the door is locked, you will miss the quiz, and lose 1% of your grade. You will
not be permitted to make up the quiz later. So, don’t be late!
**ATTENTION: If you are late, DO NOT KNOCK ON THE DOOR! I will not let anybody in
after the door is shut. There will be a ten minute break at the top of the hour. You can come
in then. ***
Lab Reports: Each lab is associated with a lab report. Lab reports from the previous week are
due at the BEGINNING of the next lab session. NO EXCEPTIONS. NO PART MARKS FOR
LATE LAB REPORTS. Lab reports are worth 1% of your grade, each.
Lab Reports and Plagiarism: Plagiarism is the act of presenting somebody else’s work, and
pretending it is your own. You are supposed to work on your lab reports by yourself, but you do
have to cooperate with your lab partners. However, you should not submit lab reports that use
the same wording. This constitutes plagiarism, which is considered to be a very serious offense.
At Columbia, instructors are required to fill out reports on students who plagiarize each other’s
material, and being found guilty of plagiarism could result in expulsion from the college.
Lab Quizzes: Each lab has a section at the beginning called “Lab Quiz Questions.” At the
beginning of each lab we will have a quiz, and the questions will be drawn from these questions.
So, make sure you know the answers to these questions before coming to the lab. Each lab
report is worth 1% of your mark, and the quiz is worth half of this mark. Again, I will be
locking the door to the lab at 5 minutes past the hour, and if you are late you will not be
able to write the quiz, and you will lose 0.5% of your grade. So, don’t be late!
Lab 2 Pre-assignment: Note that Lab 2 also has a pre-lab assignment. This assignment is worth
1% of your grade, and is due at the beginning of the lab period for Lab 2.
Lab Attendance: If you miss a lab, I cannot accept a lab report for that lab. You must actually
DO the lab in order to get credit for it.
Tardiness (lateness) for lectures: Do not be late for lecture or lab! Each lecture will start at 5
minutes past the hour. I will shut and lock the door in order for the class to do the quiz. If you
are late, and the door is closed DO NOT KNOCK ON THE DOOR. We will have a break at
the top of the hour, and I will open the door. You will have to wait until the break to come in.
Conduct During Tests and Exams: All you will need during tests will be a pencil (or pen), a
spare pencil, and an eraser. Do not bring PENCIL CASES to your desk, as some students hide
notes in their pencil cases. Absolutely NO ELECTRONIC DEVICES are allowed during
tests. You must place all of your belongings at the front of the room before sitting down. Leave
your iPads, iPhones and pencil cases in your bags. DO NOT LEAVE THEM IN YOUR
POCKETS. If you are even FOUND with an iPad or iPhone in your pocket during an exam you
will be penalized for cheating. (This is standard Columbia College Policy.) Do not look around.
Do not expose your paper to another student (keep it covered). Do not communicate with others
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(no whispering…do not even whisper to yourself!). DO NOT ASK OTHER STUDENTS TO
BORROW THEIR ERASERS OR PENCIL SHARPENERS! Bring your OWN erasers
and pencil sharpeners. For the larger tests, like mid-terms, I will be assigning seating. All
exams will be numbered, and all seats will be numbered. I will post a notice on the door
indicating which seat you will be at. Read the notice, and when I open the door, place your
belongings at the front of the room, and quickly move to the seat you have been assigned.
Course Schedule
Week 1 (Starts May 11th)
Lectures: Macromolecules and the cell (Chapters 5 and 6)
Lab: Biology 120 Pre-lab test
Week 2 (Starts May 18th)
DAILY QUIZZES BEGIN! (There may be a surprise 1% quiz at the beginning of any lecture.)
Lectures: Cell membranes and cell metabolism (Chapters 7 and 8)
Lab: Scientific reading exercise
Week 3 (Starts May 25th)
Lectures: Plant Photosynthesis and Plant Structure (Chapters 10 and 35)
Lab: LAB 1 Using the Compound Microscope
Week 4 (Starts June 1st)
Lectures: Plant Hormones (Chapter 39)
Lab: LAB 2 Cells and Osmosis
PRE-MIDTERM EXAM (Friday June 5th, 1 hour, worth 5% of grade)
Week 5 (Starts June 8th)
Lectures: Animal Form and Function, Introduction to Histology (Chapter 40)
Lab: LAB 3 Enzymes
Week 6 (Starts June 15th)
Lectures: Digestive System and Circulatory System I [Hearts] (Chapters 41 and 42)
Lab: LAB 4 Plant Pigments and Photosynthesis (Introduction to Chromatography)
MIDTERM EXAM (Friday June 19th, 2 hours, worth 25% of grade)
Week 7 (Starts June 22st)
Lectures: Circulatory System II [blood and blood vessels] and III [respiration] (Chapter 42)
Lab: LAB 5 Plant Anatomy
Week 8 (Starts June 29th)
Lectures: Immunology and the Lymphatic System (Chapter 43)
Lab: LAB 6 Digestive Systems (rat and frog dissection are required)
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Week 9 (Starts July 6th)
Lectures: Excretion and the Renal System (Chapter 44)
Lab: LAB 7 Circulatory System
Week 10 (Starts July 13th)
Lectures: Hormones and the Endocrine System (Chapter 45)
Lab: LAB 8 Respiratory System
READING QUIZ 1 (Friday July 17th, 2 hours, worth 5% of grade, quiz not returned)
Week 11 (Starts July 20th)
Lectures: The Reproductive System (Chapter 46)
Lab: LAB 9 Renal and Reproductive Systems
Week 12 (Starts July 27th)
Lectures: Neurons and the Nervous System (Chapters 48 and 49)
Lab: LAB EXAM Tuesday July 28th at 2pm in the Biology Lab. (Worth 10% of grade.)
Week 13 (Starts August 3rd)
Lectures: (If time permits) Human Genetic Diseases (material not in textbook)
READING QUIZ 2 (Tuesday August 4th, GO TO LECTURE ROOM AT 2pm instead of lab.
Worth 5% of grade. Quiz not returned.)
Biology 120 POST-TEST (Friday August 7th, worth a bonus 2% of grade)
SEMESTER ENDS/ EXAMS BEGIN
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