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SYLLABUS FORM
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Valhalla, NY l0595
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NAME OF COURSE: Biological Science I with Lab (Biol 101 and 102)
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NUMBER OF CREDITS: 4
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COREQUISITES
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BIOL 101,102
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COURSE GRADE
Lecture: 75% (4-5 unit exams and a comprehensive final)
Lab: 25% (3-4 exams+ graded lab work)
13. INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS: List the different instructional methods you might use, in the
course of the semester. List supplementary learning options, if any
Traditional lecture with use of chalkboard
Learning objectives
Overhead transparencies
PowerPoint presentations
Computer assisted learning in the form of tutorials
Computer practice testing
Videos
Group work in lab
Publisher's web site with tutorials and testing
14. CROSS-CURRICULAR OPPORTUNITIES:
A. General Education Enrichment:
Does this course provide opportunities to draw upon examples or concepts from outside the main
objectives of this area of study? If yes, please briefly describe the content, activities or
assignments.
B. Information Management:
Does this course provide opportunities to teach and/or require the students to apply information
management skills? If yes, please briefly describe the content, activities or assignments.
C. Critical Thinking:
Are there components of this course which teach and/or require students to demonstrate Critical
Thinking? If yes, please briefly describe the content, activities or assignments.
D. Student Engagement:
BIOL 101,102
Does this course provide opportunities for students to participate in individual or group
presentations or interactions? If yes, please briefly describe the content, activities or
assignments.
Opportunities
General Education
Activities or Assignments
Students are required to use quantitative skills such as unit
conversions, graphing data, and basic statistical analyses in lab.
Lecture material is related to current event topics in technology,
politics, and history
Information Management
Critical Thinking
Student Engagement
A one-semester science literacy course in biology for students with a limited background
in science. Covering such fundamental issues as the meanings and origin of life, the
evolution of life, reproduction, heredity, and the impact of biology on technology and
society. Designed to fulfill the general science requirement for the non-science major.
Class hours 3; laboratory hours 2, offered every semester.
BIOL 101,102
Topic Outline
WESTCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Course Title:
Credits:
4
Biological Science
Contact Hours:
Required Text:
Concepts of Biology (edited for WCC); Mader ,Sylvia. McGraw Hill. 2008.
In order to register for the publishers ARIS web site, link to:
http://www.mharis.com and follow the instructions to join a course.
You also need the following section codes to complete registration:
Recommended:
Attendance Policy:
Grading Policy:
Your grade will be determined by the following components:
lecture exams and assignments = 75% (see attached for details)
laboratory grade
= 25% ( minimum lab grade is 50%)
Make-up exams are NOT given unless you arrange for one before the
time of the scheduled exam.
LECTURE TOPICS
TEXT CHAPTERS
I. Biology and Society
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A. The Big Picture
1. The scientific method: the marriage of
skepticism and wonder
2. Pure and applied science and public policy
3. Consilience: Towards a Unity of Knowledge
4. The characteristics of life
5. Evolution and homeostasis: unifying biological principles
B. Life, Death and Ethics
1. The beginnings of life and abortion
2. The end of life and euthanasia
EXAM 1 covers topic I above
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READING
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The Microscope:
Extending the Sense of
Sight
Exploring the Cell
Concept
Exploring the Cell
Concept (continued)
A Study of Human
Genetics
A Study of Heredity
Part I
Spontaneous Generation
& the Nature of Infectious
Disease
A Study of Heredity
Part II
Clean Up
FINAL QUIZ
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Dubowsky, N., Priano, M. & Richards, G., Thompson, C., Zemcov, A. 2005. Bio/Logic: A
Laboratory Manual for the Biological Sciences, 2nd (revised).NOTE: Your lab instructor will
describe laboratory requirements and how your grade will be determined during your first lab
meeting.