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This document provides the course syllabus for BIOL 200: General Biology I, a 3-credit course offered in the spring 2010 semester at Lebanese International University. The syllabus outlines the course description, learning outcomes, topics to be covered over 14 weeks, required textbook, grading breakdown, attendance policy, and make-up exam policy. The course aims to familiarize students with cell structure and function, cellular processes, genetics, and classification of living organisms. Topics will include the chemistry of life, cell organization, membranes, energy pathways, DNA, heredity, and viruses. Exams will account for 100% of the final grade.

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Topics Title / Chapter Assignment Hours (50 Minutes) A View of Life (Chapter 1 Pp. 1-24)

This document provides the course syllabus for BIOL 200: General Biology I, a 3-credit course offered in the spring 2010 semester at Lebanese International University. The syllabus outlines the course description, learning outcomes, topics to be covered over 14 weeks, required textbook, grading breakdown, attendance policy, and make-up exam policy. The course aims to familiarize students with cell structure and function, cellular processes, genetics, and classification of living organisms. Topics will include the chemistry of life, cell organization, membranes, energy pathways, DNA, heredity, and viruses. Exams will account for 100% of the final grade.

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LEBANESE INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

BIOL 200: General Biology I (3.0 credits)


Course Syllabus
Spring 2010

Instructor

Lecture Hours

Office Hours

E-mail:

Required textbook: Biology; 8th Edition – Eldra Solomon, Linda Berg and Diana W. Martin.
Brookscole, Thompson Learning, USA (www.brookscole.com).

Course description
This course aims to familiarize the student with the organization and classification of living systems.
The covered topics include mainly the cell structure and function, cell division, cell biochemistry,
cellular respiration, DNA structure and protein function, as well as animal development and
classification. This course has a separate one credit-laboratory component.

Course outcomes
A student completing this course should
 be familiar with fundamental biological concepts and able to apply such principles to daily life,
 know the relationship of human biology to evolution, environment, health, and biotechnology,
 develop interest in and appreciation of biology as a major discipline, and
 gain insights about the complexity and efficiency of interacting biological systems.

Course prerequisite(s):
BIOL160

COURSE OUTLINE BY TOPIC

Topics Title / Chapter Assignment Hours (50


minutes)
A View of Life (Chapter 1; pp. 1-24)
1  Characteristics of life 2
 Levels of Biological organization
 Information transfer
 Evolution: The basic unifying concept of biology
 The energy of life
 The process and method of science (summary: in 5 minutes)
The Chemistry of Life: Organic Compounds (Chapter 3; pp. 45-72)
2  Carbon atoms and molecules 4
 Carbohydrates
 Lipids
 Proteins

1
 Nucleic acids
Organization of the Cell (Chapter 4; pp. 73-105)
3  Cell organization and size 4
 Methods for studying cells (only Cell fractionation)
 Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells
 The cell nucleus
 Organelles in the cytoplasm
 The cytoskeleton
 Cell coverings
Biological Membranes (Chapter 5; pp. 106-133)
4  The structure of biological membranes 4
 Passage of materials through cell membranes
 Passive transport
 Active transport
 Exocytosis and endocytosis
 Cell junctions
Cell Communication (Chapter 6; pp. 134-151)
5  Cell signalling: An Overview 2
 Sending signals
 Reception
 Signal transduction
 Responses to signals

EXAM I (April 9th, 2010) 1


Energy and Metabolism (Chapter 7; pp. 152-170)
6  Biological work 3
 The laws of thermodynamics
 Energy and metabolism
 ATP, the energy currency of the cell
 Energy transfer in redox reactions
 Enzymes
How Cells Make ATP: Energy-Releasing Pathways (Chapter 8; pp. 171-190)
7  Redox reactions 4
 The four stages of aerobic respiration
 Energy yield of nutrients other than glucose
 Anaerobic respiration and fermentation
Chromosomes, Mitosis and Meiosis (Chapter 10; pp. 211-233)
8  Eukaryotic chromosomes 3
 The cell cycle and mitosis
 Regulation of the cell cycle
 Sexual reproduction and meiosis
The Basic Principles of Heredity (Chapter 11; pp. 234-259)
9  Mendel’s principles of inheritance 3
 Inheritance and chromosomes
 Extensions of Mendelian genetics
EXAM II (May 7th, 2010) 1

10 DNA: The Carrier of Genetic Information (Chapter 12; pp. 260-278) 4


 Evidence of DNA as the hereditary material
 The Structure of DNA
 DNA replication
Gene Expression (Chapter 13; pp. 279-303)
11  Information flow from DNA to protein – An overview 4
 Transcription
 Translation
 Variations in gene expression in different organisms (without pages 296 and 297)
 Mutations
Viruses and Prokaryotes (Chapter 24; pp. 500-529)
12  Viruses 3
2
 Viroids and prions (summary)
 Prokaryotes
 The two prokaryotes domains
 Impact of prokaryotes (summary)
Protists (Chapter 25; pp. 530-553)
13  Characteristics of Protists 2
 Means of locomotion, modes of nutrition, interactions with other organisms and modes of
reproduction
 Golden algae, Brown algae, Red algae and Green algae
 Amoebas
Kingdom Fungi (Chapter 26; pp. 555-580)
 Characteristics of Fungi
 Body plan of a fungus
 Life cycle of a typical fungus
 Ecological importance of fungi
 lichens
 Economic and medical importance
Final Exam (Comprehensive)

Grade distribution:
Exam I 30%
Exam II 30%
Final exam 40%

Make-Up Examination Policy


As per university council decision, a student is eligible for a mid-term or final examination make-up if
and only if he/she had the following incidents:
a. Sickness; proved by hospitalization report; that is; a discharge summary is necessary.
b. Death in the family proved by a death certificate and personal identification.
c. Accidents proved by an expert report.
d. The student must write a petition for a make-up within one week from the examination date.
e. Regarding the mid-term examination, if approved, either the student writes a mid-term or the
weight of the mid-term would be credited toward the final.
Final Make-up examinations take place on the last Thursday & Friday prior to starting the following
semester.

Attendance Policy
1.Attendance in all classes is required. There are no exceptions to this policy except in very extenuating
circumstances (sickness of such severity that it prevents the student from attending classes, serious
illness or death in the family). Please note that if you schedule a doctor's or dentist's appointment
during class hours, this is NOT an excused absence. Athletic students (As identified by the
University) will also be excused for documented games/matches/tournaments etc. It is incumbent on
the student to provide acceptable documentation to substantiate all absences or the absence will be
considered unexcused. Acceptable documentation for excused absences must be provided no later
than one week following the student's return to school. Documentation submitted after this time will
not be considered. It is incumbent on the student to provide the documentation, the instructor will not
ask for it. Please note that the documentation must state that the student was unable to attend class
during specific dates.
2.Roll will be called in the very beginning of each class. If you arrive after roll has been called, you will
be marked as half present.
3.In any regular semester or summer term, students may miss no more than the equivalent of five weeks
(15 class sessions for courses offered 3 times a week, 10 for courses offered twice a week, and 5 for
courses offered once a week.) of instructions in any registered course and still receive credit for that
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course. The number of absences in summer modules is 8 class sessions for courses offered 4 times a
week, and 4 class sessions for courses offered twice a week. It should be well noted that attendance is
taken for all class sessions, i.e. from the 1st to the last, and that excuses of any nature do NOT
eliminate an absence whatsoever. Students who exceed the above limits are automatically given an
(AW) grade in the course by the UMS, and consequently not be allowed to attend class any longer.
4.If the number of absences exceeds the limits spelled out in item 3 after the withdrawal deadline, the
student will not receive an AW grade, therefore, the final examination must be written, otherwise, an
F grade will be granted.

Guidelines for the grading system:

Final Grade Letter Grade


90.0-100 A
85.0-89.99 B+
80.0-84.99 B
75.0-79.9 C+
70.0-74.99 C
65.0-69.99 D+
60.0-64.99 D
0.0-59.0 F
Missing final exam due
to a medical problem
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