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BIOL 101 – General Biology
Section Number 50320
Catalog Description:

Basic principles of general biology as they relate to the cellular, organismic, and population levels of organization. Includes cell ultrastructure and function, energy transfer, reproduction, genetics, evolution, diversity of organisms, and ecology. Not open to students with prior credit in BIOL 100.  CSU; UC*; BIOL 101 plus 101L equals CAN BIOL 2.Closed Captioned.

Instructor:

Dan Sourbeer and James Gilardi

Class Meetings:

9:00-11:50am
On the following Saturday’s: June 4, 11, 18, 25; July 2, 9
Room LS-24

Broadcast Days and Times:

Times and days for Cox Cable North – Channel 16 and Adelphia Cable – Channel 67:
Saturday Midnight-4:00am OR Sunday 8:00am-Noon

Viewing Options

If this course does not air in your area or you don’t have cable you have two options. The first option is you can check out video tapes from the Learning Resource Center on the San Marcos Main Campus Library or the Escondido, Fallbrook, Ramona or Mt Carmel sites. The second option is watching the lessons online. All of our classes are video streamed.For more information click here.

Class Outline

Course materials are available the Friday prior to when classes begin. Access your course outline, assignments, handouts and announcements, as well as view video lessons in Blackboard. Log in Blackboard instructions.

USERNAME: STUDENT ID #
PASSWORD: STUDENT ID#
(Unless you are a returning student and previously changed your password)

To log in go to: http://www.palomar.edu/pconline/

Textbook and Other Required Materials:

All students will require the Biology 100/101Lecture Outline and Study Guide, by Daniel Sourbeer (Whittier Publishing). It must be purchased at the college bookstore. The lecture outline is the script for the videos, and as I said, is absolutely required if you are to succeed in the course.

I am recommending Biology: Concepts and Connections by Campbell, Reese, Mitchell and Taylor, 4th Ed. however, any college level textbook will do. Shop around and get the best deal you can.

You will also need a Periodic Table of the Elements. A Periodic Table can be purchased at the bookstore, or go to http://images.google.com/images, enter “Periodic Table of the Elements” in the search window, and select and print one you like.

Video Lesson Descriptions:
  1. The Nature of Science
  2. Basic Chemistry: Atomic Structure
  3. Basic Chemistry: Chemical Bonding & Reactions
  4. Biochemistry: General Concepts & Important Inorganics
  5. Biochemistry: Carbohydrates & Proteins
  6. Biochemistry: Protein & Lipids
  7. Plasma Membranes & Solutions
  8. Cells and Their Structures
  9. Energetic: An Overview
  10. Energetic: Pieces of the Energy Puzzle
  11. Energetic: Photosynthesis
  12. The Cellular Oxidation of Glucose
  13. DNA Structure and Transcription
  14. Mutation and Translation
  15. Control of Gene Expression and Chromosome Replication
  16. Mitosis
  17. Meiosis and Sexual Reproduction
  18. Mendel and Single Trait Inheritance
  19. Solving Problems and Multiple Trait Inheritance
  20. Multiple Trait Inheritance, Epistasis
  21. X-Linked Traits, Imprinting and More
  22. Genetic Technology
  23. More Genetic Technology
  24. Origin of Life and Evolution of Theory
  25. Modern Theory and Speciation
  26. The Evidence for a Common Ancestry
  27. More Evidence and Human Evolution
  28. Classification and Monerans
  29. Protists, Fungi and Plant Life Cycles
  30. Vascular Tissues and Primitive Plants
  31. Advanced Plants
  32. Animal Diversity-Part One
  33. Animal Diversity-Part Two
  34. Population Dynamics
  35. Population Control
  36. Ecosystem Structure and Common Biomes
  37. Chemical Cycling and Succession
  38. Ecosystem Dynamics and Species under Siege
  39. Global Warming and Ozone Depletion