BILD 1, THE CELL: LECTURE SCHEDULE

Date	Lecture	Topic	Reading
9/26, Th	1	Introduction, Building Blocks of Life	Ch. 1-2
9/30, Tu	2	Macromolecules I	Ch. 3
10/2, Th	3	Macromolecules II	Ch. 3 (Prob. Set)
10/7, Tu	4	Organelles and Cells	Ch. 4
10/9, Th	5	Membranes	Ch. 5 (Prob. Set)
10/14, Tu	6	Bioenergetics	Ch 6
10/16, Th	7	Enzymes and Metabolism	Ch. 6
10/21, Tu		MIDTERM EXAM I (through Lecture 6)
10/23, Th	8	Respiration	Ch. 7 (Prob. Set)
10/28, Tu	9	Photosynthesis	Ch. 8
10/30, Th	10	Cell Cycle and Mitosis	Ch. 9
11/4, Tu	11	Meiosis	Ch. 9 (Prob. Set)
11/6, Th	12	Mendelian Genetics	Ch. 10
11/11, HOLIDAY	13	Exceptions to Mendelian Genetics (Rescheduled for Saturday, 11/15)	Ch. 10
11/13, Th		MIDTERM EXAM II (through Lecture 12)
11/18, Tu	14	DNA and Heredity, Replication	Ch. 11 (Prob. Set)
11/20, Th	15	Transcription and Translation	Ch. 12
11/25, Tu	16	Regulation of Gene Expression	Ch. 13 & 14 (Prob. Set)
12/2, Tu	17	Viruses	Ch. 13
12/4, Th	18	Introduction to Genetic Engineering	Ch. 17
12/12, Fri		FINAL EXAM (Comprehensive), 8:00a — 11:00a

BILD 1, THE CELL – GENERAL INFORMATION

INSTRUCTOR:	Dr. Bob Schmidt
LECTURES:	Tuesday & Thursday, 9:30a — 10:50, Warren 2001
OFFICE HOURS:	Thursdays, 11:00a- 12:00 Noon, 3218 Muir Biology
TEXTS:	LIFE, the Science of Biology 6th Edition, by Purves, and Sadava, Orians and Heller The Double Helix, by James Watson Books are available at the Price Center Bookstore and the Student Coop General Store. Several copies are on reserve at the Undergraduate Library.
DISCUSSION SECTIONS:	Sign up for sections in the North Lobby of the Muir Biology Building. Questions about the lecture, assigned reading and problem sets will be answered in your section.
PROBLEM SETS:	Problem Sets will be handed out in class and discussed at the subsequent week's discussion section. Problem sets will not be graded, but the material they cover will be central to the exams. Solutions will be available at Soft Reserves.
EXAMS:	There will be two Midterms and one Final. The Final Exam will be on Friday, December 12th, 8:00-11:00a. There will be NO MAKE-UPS for missed exams other than an oral make-up given by the professor. No one may take the Final Exam early!!
GRADES:	Each Midterm will be worth 25% and the Final worth 50% of the grade. The Final is comprehensive. The class will be graded on a curve.
ADMINISTRATIVE QUESTIONS: CLASS HANDOUTS	See Biology Student Affairs (Undergraduate Office), Pacific Hall, room 1129 for adding this class, drop-add, etc. Any missed class handouts/problem sets can be picked up from the head TAs after class.