Sample Schedules
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Bio 101
Course Materials
Textbook
Clark et al., 2018, Biology, 2e, OpenStax Free online textbook
Printed copies are also for sale at the bookstore.
BioBinder
For those new to Intro Bio, purchase the Bio Binder ($10) that comes with reference documents and a quad ruled laboratory notebook at the Reed College Bookstore next to the textbook.
Assignments and Exams
- Pre-lab exercises will be available on Moodle.reed.edu starting at 10:25 am Thursday the week before each lab and are due by 1:00 pm on your lab day. These are open notes.
- There will be both in lecture and in lab assignments. Attendance is critical.
- There will be a mid-term exam at the end of each section.
- A three-hour final exam will be given at the end of the term.
- The honor principle is in effect at all times.
Date | Topic | Lab |
Aug 28 M | Course Overview | A Question of Homology |
Aug 29 T | Module 1 (Keith Karoly) Plant Evolution | |
Aug 31 Th | Unity and Diversity: Plant Reproductive Biology | |
Sept 4 M | No Class-Labor Day |
Phylogenetic Analyses & Plant Diversity I
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Sept 5 T | Organizing Diversity - Phylogenetics | |
Sept 7 Th | Linking Taxonomy & Phylogeny | |
Sept 11 M | Diversity - A View Using Population Genetics | Phylogenetic Analyses & Plant Diversity II |
Sept 12 T | Evolutionary Mechanisms | |
Sept 14 Th | Evolutionary Mechanisms & Diversity | |
Sept 18 M | Experimental Design & Statistical Analysis | Brassica Responses to Herbivory |
Sept 19 T | Adaptation: Plant Reproductive Biology | |
Sept 21 Th | Darwin's Abominable Mystery | |
Sept 25 M | Module 2 (Jay Mellies) Microbiology | Aseptic Technique and Microbial Populations |
Sept 26 T | Plant Evolution midterm exam | |
Sept 28 Th | Bacterial Anatomy | |
Oct 2 M | Microbial Growth | Microbial Growth and Staining |
Oct 3 T | Bacterial Anatomy | |
Oct 5 Th | Molecular Genetics I | |
Oct 9 M | Conjugation | Conjugation, Coliforms, and Antimicrobials |
Oct 10 T | Molecular Genetics II | |
Oct 12 Th | Prokaryotic HGT | |
Oct 16-20 | FALL BREAK | FALL BREAK |
Oct 23 M | Antibiotic Resistance | Data Analysis |
Oct 24 T | Energetics | |
Oct 26 Th | Energetics | |
Oct 30 M | Module 3 (Sarah Schaack) Genetics and Genomics | Introduction to Using Databases for Genetic Research and DNA Extraction |
Oct 31 T | Introduction to the Sushi Labs | |
Nov 2 Th | Microbiology midterm exam | |
Nov 6 M | Amplifying & Working with DNA | Sequence Alignment, Primer Design, and PCR |
Nov 7 T | DNA, Genes, & Genomes; Replication & Mitosis | |
Nov 9 Th | Mutation and Evolution | |
Nov 13 M | Visualizing & Sequencing DNA | Gel Electrophoresis and DNA Sequencing |
Nov 14 T | Transcription, Translation, and Proteins | |
Nov 16 Th | Genotype to Phenotype, and Genetic Disease | |
Nov 20 M | Meiosis, Sex, and Recombination | NO LABS-- Thanksgiving |
Nov 21 T | Diversity in Reproduction & Inheritance | |
Nov 23 Th | NO Lecture-- Thanksgiving | |
Nov 27 M | Analyzing Sequence Data | Sequence Analysis and Scientific Writing |
Nov 28 T | Functional Genetics and Genomics | |
Nov 30 Th | Editing and Synthesizing Genes and Genomes | |
Dec 4 M | Midterm review | NO LABS |
Dec 5 T | Genetics and Genomics midterm exam | |
Dec 15 T | Final Exam 9am-noon VLH |
Bio 102
Course Materials
Textbook
Clark et al., 2018, Biology, 2e, OpenStax Free online textbook
Printed copies are also for sale at the bookstore.
BioBinder
For those new to Intro Bio, purchase the Bio Binder ($10) that comes with reference documents and a quad ruled laboratory notebook at the Reed College Bookstore next to the textbook.
Assignments and Exams
- Pre-lab exercises will be available on Moodle.reed.edu starting at 10:20 am Thursday the week before each lab and are due by 1:00 pm on your lab day. These are open notes.
- There will be both in lecture and in lab assignments. Attendance is critical.
- There will be a problem set in the middle of each section.
- There will be a mid-term exam at the end of each section.
- A three-hour final exam will be given at the end of the term.
- The honor principle is in effect at all times.
Date | Lecture | Lab |
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Jan 24 T 26 Th |
Human and Molecular Genetics (Janis Shampay) Transmission Genetics in Humans |
DNA Extraction (aka Taste Part I); Genetics in the News |
Jan 31 T Feb 2 Th |
Karyotypes, the Cell Cycle, and Cancer |
Eukaryotic Cell Division |
Feb 7 T 9 Th |
Finding Genes: Family and Association Studies |
Cloning Part I |
Feb 14 T 16 Th |
Development and Differentiation (Problem Set due) Joint Lecture: Computational Biology (Anna Ritz |
Cloning Part II |
Feb 21 T 23 Th |
Structure-Function I Structure-Function II |
Transgenic Flies (simulation) |
Feb 28 T Mar 2 Th |
Pharmacogenetics Telomeres and Aging |
DNA Digests/Gels (aka Taste Part II |
Mar 7 T 9 Th |
Genetics midterm exam 9:30 am Joint Lecture: Asking Questions (Suzy Renn) |
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Mar 13-17 | SPRING BREAK | SPRING BREAK |
Mar 21 T 23 Th |
Sex and Behavior Communication I |
Asking Questions |
Mar 28 T 30 Th |
Communication II & Lab Lecture Choice and Competition |
Learning to be Winners or Losers: Crayfish |
Apr 4 T 6 Th |
Hypotheses & Data Neurons and Action Potentials |
Data, Graphs, Statistics |
Apr 11 T 13 Th |
Behavioral Genetics/Genomics (Problem Set due) Learning |
Behavioral Genetics: Drosophila |
Apr 18 T 20 Th |
Joint Lecture: Stress: Neural and Hormonal Mechanisms (Erik Zornik) Timing |
Data, Graphs, Statistics |
Apr 25 T 27 Th |
Electric Fish Animal Behavior midterm exam 9:30 am |
Electric Fish |
May 8 M | Final Exam 9am-12 pm Psych 105 |