BIO 141 Syllabus—Part II—The Course Schedule*

 

Date

Lecture Topic

Suggested Readings

Quizzes

Groups

Lab Topic/Lab

 ALL LABS ARE TENTATIVELY ASSIGNED

Notes & Due Dates

 

Week 1

Aug 22

Introduction to Anatomy

Ch 1**

 

Syllabus/ Intro to Lab Safety/ intro to lab groups and case studies/terminology

Discussions

1 and 2 due

Aug. 26th

Lab 2

Week 2

 

Aug 27 & 29

Chemistry of life

Ch. 2

Sackheim Ch. 1-4, 8-9, 11, 13-15

 

 

 

 

Q1***

May need part of lab for lecture

 

Chemistry of Life Handout

Week 3

Sept 5

Cells-I

Ch 2

Sackheim. Ch. 6

 

Lab 4

9/3—no class

9/5 last day to adjust schedule

9/4  Group Charter Due

 

Week 4

Sept 10 & 12

Cells II and III

Chs. 3 & 4

Sackheim Ch. 17-19

 

 

Q2

Lab 5

 

Lab 7 (not karyotyping)

Make DNA

Week 5

Sept 17 & 19

Lecture Exam 1

Tissues

Chapter 5

 

 

 

Practice Practical

 

Lab notebook due at start of exam

Lab Exam 1

Week 6

Sept 24 & 26

Integument system

Bone Tissue

Ch. 6

 

 

Q3

Lab 8—epithelial tissue

Lab 9—Connective Tissue

 

Lab 11—skin histology

Week 7

Oct 1 & 3

Axial Skeleton

Chs. 7 & 8

CS1***

 

Lab 12—bone histology

10/1—last day to apply for graduation

Skeleton & bone review

Labs 16, 17 & 18

Week 8

Oct 10

Appendicular Skeleton

Q4

10/8-no class

Week 9

Oct. 15 & 17

joints

 

Practice Practical

Lab notebook due at start of exam

Lecture Exam 2

Lab Exam 2

Week 10

Oct 22 & 24

 

Muscle Physiology

And Energetics

 

Ch 9

 

CS2

CS1 due

 

 

Muscle histology

Lab 10 (partial)

10/29 Last day to withdraw without grade penalty; last day to change to audit

Work on muscle Book

 

Week 11

Oct 29 & 31

Muscles of the body

 

 

Q5

Labs 19-23;

Study Muscle Models

Optional  dissection Lab 24

 

Week 12

Nov.5 & 7

Respiratory System

Ch 19

Sackheim, Ch. 21

 

CS3

CS2due

 

Lab 50

Optional  dissection Lab 51

Lab 52

Week 13

Nov 12 & 14

Cardiac Anatomy & Physiology

Ch 15

 

CS4

 

 

Lab 40

Optional  dissection

Lab 45

 

Week 14

Nov 19

Lecture Exam 3

 

CS3 due

 

11/21-no class

 

Week 15

Nov. 26 to 28

Hematology

Blood Vessel Anatomy and Physiology

Ch 14

CS5

CS4 due

 

 

 

Week 16

 

review

 

 

Practice Practical

Lab notebook due at start of exam

Lab Exam  3

Dec. 12

Lecture Exam 4

 

CS5due

 

 

 

*   Subject to change according to the needs of the course & at the discretion of the instructor

**  Ch_ refers to chapters in your text

*** Q_ refers to quizzes; CS refers to case studies group projects