Syllabus: BIOLOGY 1108 C General Biology

Fall Semester 2002 C 10:30 - 11:20 a.m. MWF in Seq. 236.
Laboratory: either 1:30 - 3:20 p.m. M or 8:30 - 10:20 a.m. T, both in Seq. 213 (check your schedule).
Lab exercises will be announced in class.

Dr. James K. Adams C 148 Sequoya Hall              Office Hours: 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. - 12:30p.m.
Office: (706) 272-4427 Home: (706) 602-6993              M, W-F; 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., 1:30 - 1:55 p.m.;
E-mail: jadams@daltonstate.edu                                            or by appointment
Faculty website: www.daltonstate.edu/faculty-staff/jadams/         Also 6:00 - 7:00 p.m. W.

Textbook: Biology, 6^th Edition, by Solomon, Berg, and Martin

Week Exams Topics Chapter, Pages

Aug. 21 - 23 Introduction
Microevolution 18

Aug. 26 - 30                                                 Microevolution                                 18 (continued)
                                                                     Macroevolution                                19
                                                                     Classification (covered in lab)            22 (468 - 473)

Sept. 2 - 6 ****Labor Day Holiday, Sept. 2, 2002****
Speciation 19 (continued)

Sept. 9 - 13 Circulatory System (Transport) 42

Sept. 16 - 20 Exam 1, Sept. 16 Defense/Immune System 43
Chaps. 18-19, 22, 42 Respiratory Systems/Gas Exchange 44

Sept. 23 - 27 Respiratory System Function 44 (continued)
Digestive System Function 45

Sept. 30 - Oct. 4 Digestive System 45 (continued)
Osmoregulation/Excretion 46

Oct. 7 - 11 Exam 2, Oct. 11 Osmoregulation/Excretion 46 (continued)
Chaps 43 - 46 Endocrine Systems 47

**** Fall Break, Oct. 14 - 15, 2002 ***

Oct. 16 - 18 Endocrine Systems 47 (continued)
Reproductive Systems 48

Oct. 21 - 25 Reproductive Systems 48 (continued)

Oct. 28 - Nov. 1 Exam 3, Nov. 1 Development 49
Chaps. 47 - 49

Nov. 4 - 8 Neural Control 39

Nov. 11 - 15 Neural Control (continued) 39, also 40 (856 - 859)
Animal Behavior 50

Nov. 18 - 22 Animal Behavior 50 (continued)

Nov. 25 - 27     Exam 4, Nov. 27                  Ecology: Population Ecology             51
                        Chaps. 39 - 40, 50 - 51
                        **** Thanksgiving Break, Nov. 28 - 29, 2002 ****

Dec. 2 - 6 Ecology: Communities 52
Ecology: Ecosystems 53

Dec 9 - 10                                                      Ecology: Biomes/Biosphere                54 (1205 - 1217)
                                        You will be responsible for Chapter 54 as a reading assignment; there will be little if any
                                            lecture on this chap.

FINAL: Friday, DECEMBER 13, 2002, 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.
The final is comprehensive, but will emphasize the Ecology section.