Lecturer and Lab Instructor: Joan Sharp (jsharp@sfu.ca)        Office: B9243

Prerequisites: High school BIOL 12 (or equivalent) or BISC 100

BISC 102 home page: http://www.sfu.ca/bisc/biointro/bio102.htm
 

DESCRIPTION:

WEEK                TOPIC

1                Introduction
2                Earth comes alive
3                Life divides and conquers the land; forest walk
4                Legacy of the past
5                The design of organisms
6                Genes and inheritance
7                Natural selection
8                Behavior
9                Macropatterns and speciation
10              Laboratory examination
11              Ecology project
12              Ecology project
13              Ecology project

TEXTBOOK: Biology, 5th Edition; Campbell, N.A., 1999; Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Co. Inc
 

GRADING:

Tutorial contribution:  10%
Midterm:  15%
Ecology project: 20% Laboratory examination:  25%
Final:  30%

Note: To pass this course, you must obtain a passing mark on the laboratory component of the course.