Welcome to

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Welcome to General Biology BI103 - Winter 2003
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Course Introduction
Instructor Mike LeMaster
Office 119 Natural Sciences
E-Mail lemastm_at_wou.edu Phone 838 - 8136
(x8-8136)
Office Hours T 100 - 300 pm W 1000 am
- 1200 pm
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Course Introduction
Lectures

• MWF 100 - 150 am 103 NS

• Labs No Lab See Me!
• 3 or more absences failure of class
• Labs start this week...

• Required Text
• Biology - Life on Earth (Audesirk2 Byers -
  6th Ed.)
• Laboratory Manual (BI 102)

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Course Introduction
Grading
Exam 1 (31 Jan) 100 Exam 2 (21
Feb) 100 Final (17 Mar) 150 Laboratory
150 500
Testing Format
Multiple Choice True/False Matching (w/
Diagrams) Fill-in-the-blank / Short Answer
Curve at end if average falls below 75
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Course Introduction
Web Site

• http//www.wou.edu/lemastm/BI103

• What is the content of BI 103?
• Unit 1 Plant Anatomy and Physiology
  Chapters 23-25
• Plant Form / Function (Chapter 23)
• Plant Reproduction / Development (Chapter 24)
• Plant Response to Environment (Chapter 25)
• Unit 2 Animal Anatomy and Physiology
  Chapters 26-35
• Homeostasis / Organization (Chapter 26)
• Body Systems (Chapters 27 - 34)
• Animal Behavior (Chapter 37)

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Course Introduction
How to get the most out of BI 102

• 1) Come to class (even on Fridays...)
• 2) Read the book before lecture
• 3) Review study questions.
• 4) Do your best in lab (Its 30 of your grade!)
• 5) Seek understanding of concepts. Ask
  questions!
• talk to your professor
• visit the tutoring center
• start a study group
• 6) Stay Healthy!

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(Figure 1.2)
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Chapter 1 Introduction to Life on Earth
What is Life?
What are the Characteristics of Living Things?
2) Living things need nutrients and energy
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Categorization of Life (Chapters 19 - 22)
Eukarya (Eukaryotes nucleus)
Prokaryotes (no nucleus)
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Word of the Term
Tissue (tish-ü)

• A group of cells that are similar in structure
  and
• designed to perform a specialized function