Delta State
University

BIO 100 Principle of Biology

Section 7

Fall, 2009

Instructor: Dr. Yass
Kobayashi

Office: Caylor 136

Office Hours: Mondays 8-10,
11-12, 1-5, Tuesdays 8-10, Fridays 8-10

Phone: 846-4245

e-mail: [email-masked]

Lecture:          Mondays, Wednesdays,
and Fridays from 12:00-12:50 PM in Caylor 147

Lab:                 Wednesdays
8:00-9:50AM in Caylor 108

Required Textbook: Biology by Brooker,
Windmaier, Graham, and Stiling

Laboratory Materials: Handouts

Course Objectives:

After completing this class,
a student should:

Become familiar with
basic principles, concepts, and theories of biology.

Become familiar with
taxonomy and systematics

Understand the basic
concepts of ecology and species interaction

Understand the chemical
nature of life and biochemical molecules

Become familiar with general and specific
features of cells and their functions

Understand that DNA as
the genetic material

Understand how genetic
information is transformed into biologically active form

Understand the process
of mitosis and meiosis

Become familiar with the process of bioenergetics
including respiration and photosynthesis

Become familiar with different patterns of
inheritance

Credit
hours: 4 (Lecture 3 hours, laboratory 2 hours.)

Teaching philosophy and
Instructor’s Responsibilities:

My teaching philosophy is to challenge students to learn
beyond their expectations and help them develop problem-solving skills through
independent learning and thinking.
My goal is to do the best possible job of teaching this course. The
laboratory sessions have been designed by the instructors teaching this course
to provide as much hands-on experience as possible. I expect to come to each
class well prepared and to clearly communicate information that is relevant to
this course. I strongly encourage and welcome classroom discussion about the
topics being presented. I am also eager to answer any questions you may have
during the lecture or laboratory sessions.

Student’s
Responsibilities:

I expect you to come to each lecture and laboratory
session with a desire to learn. You are also expected to complete the reading
assignments, study the material thoroughly outside of class, and come to class
prepared to ask questions about subjects that are unclear to you. Remember,
learning is an active process and requires a significant amount of time and
effort!

Communication with the
instructor via e-mail

Official
electronic communications regarding this class or any other courses that are offered
at Delta State University
will be conducted through OKRA mail.
You MUST use OKRA mail when you need to contact me about this
class.  I will not read or respond
to your e-mail if it comes from the account other than OKRA mail.  You are also responsible for maintaining
your OKRA mail account for the official communication with Delta State
University
officials.  If you have questions
about using OKRA mail, please contact the Office of Institutional Technology
(OIT) in Bailey Hall.

Exams

There
will be three hourly examinations plus one final examination.  Dates of the exams will be announced at
least one week before the anticipated exam date.  Each exam consists of multiple
choice-type questions and written questions.  Questions on the exam are designed not
only to evaluate your ability to acquire and recite information presented in
the lectures but also to think critically and solve problems.  Final exam is worth 100 points.  The University of Mississippi Medical
College policy will be applied on the day of the exam.  You are allowed to take only writing
utensils and a scientific calculator to your chair.  Your books, notes, cell phones, and
other electronic devises, as well as backpack and purses must be placed on the
tables located in front of the room as you enter the room during the
examination. If you need to dispute your exam scores because of mistake(s) on
my grading such as marking right answer as wrong or accidentally counting the
points wrong, you must bring the exam back with the written notice that clearly
states the mistake and proof for the right answer from your textbook and
lecture notes (only proof allowed) within seven (7) days after the exam is
returned to you.

Laboratory Reports

In
this class, you will be required to complete several laboratory exercises.  Results of these exercises have to be
summarized in the form of laboratory reports.  You will be required to turn in 1)
preliminary report (due as you complete each exercise) and 2) post-laboratory
report (must be typed and due one week after the completion of each
exercise).  Post-laboratory report
is due at the beginning of each laboratory.  You must turn your assignment in ON TIME
in order to receive full credit.
Twenty five percent of the credit will be automatically deducted if the
report is 24 hours past due.  If the
report is 48 hours past due, 50 % of the credit will be deducted.  You will receive zero (0) thereafter.

Grading

Based
upon examinations (3 hourly exams plus a final examination), laboratory
activities, assignments, and participation.

Exams:
400 pts (100 pts per exam)

Laboratory
activities: 100 pts

Assignments:
100 pts

Grading Scale: >90 % = A, 80-89 % = B,
70-79 % = C, 60-69 % = D, <60 % = F

Class
attendance will be used as the X-factor on your final grade as follow:

1)      Greater than 95 % = Maximum
3 % added. Most likely one letter grade if on the border line (87 %, 77 %, 67
%, etc)

2)      90-94 % = Maximum 1.5 % added

3)      Below 90 % = 0 % added

Class Attendance

Students
are expected to follow all University Policies.  Class attendance will be taken at the
beginning of each class.  It is YOUR responsibility to attend all class
and laboratory meetings.  Although I
am not very strict on class attendance as many other instructors are, I WILL NOT TOLERATE TARDINESS!  YOU WILL BE MARKED AS LATE ONCE I close the door.   The door in Caylor 147
automatically locks itself and you will not be allowed to enter. If you are
late for the day of the exam, YOU WILL
NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ROOM IF YOU ARE LATE, AND YOU WILL RECEIVE ZERO (0)
ON THE EXAM.  If you are going
to miss class(es) or laboratory because of the University sanctioned events,
(Athletics, musical performances, etc), you MUST NOTIFY THE INTSRUCTOR AT LEAST ONE WEEK (5 WORKING DAYS) PRIOR TO THE
DAY OF EXAMINATION with written documentation
(notes from the coach, band director, etc).

Make-up exams:

There
will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS, PRACTICALS, OR
QUIZZES.  If you know that you
are going to miss the exam, you must do the following:

1)
Complete request
for changing examination date form (available in Walters 150)

2)
Have the form
signed by Dean
of College of Arts and Sciences (Mr. Collier Parker, Kethley 113) and Chairman of the Division of Biological and
Physical Sciences (Dr, Barry Campbell,
Walters 150)

3)      In addition, have the form signed by the
Chairperson of the respective department (Nursing: Dr. Carlson, Family and
Consumer Sciences: Dr. Jan Haynes, Athletic Training: Dr. Tim Colbert) if you
are not in the science program.

4)
Obtain the note from the coach,
band director, etc. if you are going to miss the exam due to the
University-sanctioned events.

You
must provide the instructor with completed request form and other additional
documents at least 5 (five) days before the anticipated exam.  Only then, you may take the make-up
examination.  Other emergencies such
as illness, family emergency, and car problems must be substantiated by written
documents.  Otherwise, you will
receive ZERO on your missed exams.  REGARDLESS OF THE SITUATION, YOU MUST
INFORM THE INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU ARE GOING TO MISS EXAMS.  ANY TYPE OF EXCUSES, LEGITIMATE OR NOT,
WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED 48 HOURS AFTER THE EXAM IS DISTRIBUTED.

Cell Phones and Other Electronic Devises

All
cell phones and other electronic devises such as i-pod must be turned off and
remain inactive during lecture and laboratory.  Please turn them off before entering the
classroom or laboratory.  You will
be asked to leave the room if these devises become activated during lecture and
laboratory. IF YOU LEAVE THE ROOM TO
ANSWER YOUR CELL PHONE, YOU WILL BE MARKED AS ABSENT AND WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO
RE-ENTER THE LECTURE.  Activation of these devises, as well as departure from the room to
answer the phone, during examination will result in automatic “F”
on the exam.

Disability Services at Delta
State University

Americans
with Disability Act is designed to provide necessary accommodations to ensure
equal opportunity for learning and prevent discrimination of students with
disability.   If you need
accommodations because of a disability, if you have emergency medical
information to share with me, or if you need special arrangements in case the
building must be evacuated, please inform Disability Service (Dr. Richard
Houston, coordinator) at Reilly
Student Health
Center (846-4690, [email-masked]) immediately.
It is the campus office responsible for reviewing documentation provided by
students requesting academic accommodations, and for accommodations planning in
cooperation with students and instructors, as needed and consistent with course
requirements.

Academic Dishonesty:

As
a member of academic community, you are expected to complete your own work
honorably.  Any effort to gain
unfair advantages over others, whether it is successful or not, is considered
as academic dishonesty.  We regard
academic dishonesty as an extremely serious matter, with serious consequences
that range from probation to expulsion. Cheating on exams and copying
other’s laboratory assignments and homeworks will not be tolerated.  According to the divisional policy,
students who are caught cheating will face following consequences:

Receive a failing grade
(F) on the exam and assignment after the first offense.  Divisional chairman and College
Dean will be notified.

Receive a failing grade
for the class after the second offense.  Divisional chairman, College Dean,
and the Dean of Student Affair will be notified.

Dismissal from the program and the University
after the third offense.

Tentative
Lecture Schedule and Topics

Wk

Topic

1

Introduction,
Science as a Way of Learning

1

2

Taxonomy
and systematics

1,
25

3

Basic
ecology

54

4

Species
interaction (Exam I)

57

5

Chemical
nature of life I

2

6

Chemical
nature of life II

3

7

Cells

4,
6

8

Plasma
membrane (Exam II)

5

9

Enzymes
and cellular respiration

7

10

Photosynthesis

8

11

Nucleic
acid structure (Exam III)

11

12

Gene
Expression at Molecular Level

12

13

Chromosomes,
mitosis, and meiosis

15

14

Genetics

16,
17

15

Final
Exam

BIO 100 Principle of Biology

Tentative laboratory Schedule

Week 1            Introduction,
Lab Safety, Student Assessment

Week 2            Scientific
method I (Hypothesis development)

Week 3            Scientific
Method II (Measurement)

Week 4            Scientific
Method III (Statistics and data interpretation)

Week 5            Taxonomy

Week 6            Biochemical
molecules

Week 7            Microscopy
I (Introduction and proper scope use)

Week 8            Microscopy
II (Cells and tissues)

Week 9            Microscopy
III (Cell division), Osmosis and diffusion

Week 10          Osmosis
and diffusion, Cellular respiration

Week 11          Photosynthesis

Week 12          DNA
isolation

Week 13          PCR
experiment

No labs during Fall Break,
Thanksgiving Break, and the Finals Week.