WELCOME TO BIOLOGY 101

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WELCOME TO BIOLOGY 101
FALL 2011
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BIOLOGY 101

• Introductions
• My Background
• Contact Information
• Reagan Lake
• Rm 454 (BS Bldg)
• Email lake1_at_umbc.edu
• Office Hours Mondays, Noon 1PM

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BIOLOGY 101

• BIOL101 is a course designed for pre-allied
  health students (pre-pharmacy, pre-nursing for
  ex.) who need a rigorous introductory course in
  biology
• BIOL 101 is a prerequisite for
• Microbiology
• Human Anatomy Physiology
• BIOL101 may also serve as a general education
  science course for non-science majors

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BIOLOGY 101

• BIOL101 will NOT meet MAJOR requirements for the
  following majors
• Biological Sciences
• Biochemistry Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics Computational Biology
• Chemistry and Chemistry Education
• Physics
• Psychology (B.S.)
• Computer science
• Engineering
• Environmental Science

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BIOLOGY 101

• This course is NOT the same as Biology 100 and
  taking this course will not replace your previous
  grade in BIOL100!

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BIOLOGY 101

• If you need a majors course in biology,
• you should register for
• BIOL 141/142
• If you need a non-majors course to meet the GFR
  requirement for a lab based science course, you
  should register for
• The Water Course (Sci 100)
• Intro to Modern Biology (Biol 109)
• NOTE There is NO LAB or Discussion for this
  course

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BIOLOGY 101

• Rules Regulations
• Attendance in lecture is not mandatory but
• Eating/drinking/smoking
• Arriving late/leaving early
• Turn cell phones OFF
• Talking/Reading the paper

• Administrative Issues

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BIOLOGY 101

• What Youll Need
• The Textbook
• Campbell Essential Biology, 4th Edition
• Use as supplement to lecture
• Dont need to bring to lecture

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BIOLOGY 101

• What Youll Need
• Turning Point Response Pad
• Purchase at bookstore
• Register online via Blackboard
• In BB, go to Tools ? Turning Pt. Registration
• Bring to lecture EVERYDAY!
• Use for in-class activities
• First in-class exercise will take place NEXT week

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BIOLOGY 101

• What Youll Need
• The Syllabus
• Outlines lecture topics
• Dates are tentative
• Recommends readings
• Exam dates
• NOT subject to change!
• NOTE Final Exam is Thurs. Dec 15th 1-3pm!

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BIOLOGY 101

• What Youll Need
• Course Web Site www.umbc.edu/bioclass/biol100a
• Well use BLACKBOARD to post grades (ONLY)
• If you are not yet registered for BIOL101and add
  the class, youll need to register YOURSELF
• A Course Management Tool
• Announcements
• Practice Exams, Exam Keys, Problem Sets
• Power Point Lecture Notes

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BIOLOGY 101

• What Youll Need
• Power Point Lecture Notes
• Posted night before lecture
• Download in either of 2 formats
• Html
• Power point
• Serves as OUTLINE only
• Not a substitute for being present IN CLASS!

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BIOLOGY 101

• Your Grade is Determined by Performance on Exams
• 2 Highest Exam Scores
  200 pts
• 1 Final Exam 100 pts
• TOTAL POINTS
  300 pts
• NOTE NO EXTRA CREDIT ASSIGNMENTS IN THIS
  COURSE!

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BIOLOGY 101

• Lecture Exams
• Hourly Examinations
• Total of 3
• Lowest exam dropped
• NO MAKEUPS
• Miss an exam dropped exam!
• Final Exam
• Cannot be dropped!
• NO MAKEUP
• Miss the final zero

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BIOLOGY 101

• Clickers
• Your participation in clicker activities will be
  recorded over the course of the semester
• You will NOT receive points for clicker activity
• But participation will be used to determine your
  FINAL grade if you fall between two letter grades

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BIOLOGY 101

• Academic Misconduct
• Not tolerated at any time!
• Includes
• Exams
• In class exercises (clickers)
• For university policy see
• Course syllabus or UMBC web site

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HINTS FOR SUCCESS

• Print Out Lecture Notes
• Attend Every Class
• Take Notes
• Ask Questions
• Read Assigned Chapters

• Dont Fall Behind
• Dont Memorize Facts
• Form A Study Group
• Get Help (Tutoring)

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CLICKER REGISTRATION

• Hints on Clicker Registration
• Serial is the 6 digit code below bar code
• The serial only includes numbers 0 9 and
  letters A F
• You only need to register your pad ONCE, no
  matter how many classes you are using it in
• There is no additional fee to register your pad
  for each additional class
• For questions, see www.turningtechnologies.com/re
  sponsesystemsupport/downloads/