BIOL-1406 Cellular and Molecular Biology

Charles Bernhard

Credit Fall 2024

Section(s)

BIOL-1406-033 (89183)
LEC DIL ONL DIL

LAB DIL ONL DIL

Course Requirements

  1. A computer or iPad compatible with Respondus Monitor testing software.  Chromebooks and other tablets are not compatible with Respondus Monitor.  Technical requirements include:
    1. Windows (7,8,10), Mac (OS X 10.10 or higher), or iPad (iOS 10.0+)
    2. web camera (internal or external)
    3. microphone
    4. broadband internet connection

Info about ACC Drive Up Wifi can be found here: https://www.austincc.edu/coronavirus/drive-up-wifi.

You may borrow an iPad from ACC (while supplies last): https://www.austincc.edu/students/student-technology-services

 

  1. Choose 1 of the 2 textbook options below (pick a or b):
    1. Free Biology 2e from OpenStax™: https://openstax.org/details/books/biology-2e
    2. Biology (10th, 11th, or 12th edition), Campbell et al. Pearson publishing Co. Available in Online bookstores, ACC/ University Co-Op or other bookstores. Latest edition or additional materials from this book are not needed. Cheaper used, electronic, and international edition books are encouraged.


BIOL 1406 Lab Manual is available for free on Blackboard. Please use the version I post on Blackboard. There are multiple versions we will NOT use.

Readings

BIOL 1406-033 ONL Course Schedule - Bernhard – Fall 2024

Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in any given week.

Unit

Week

Date

Day

Lecture*

Reading**

Lab

1

1

26-August

Mon - Sat

L0 - Syllabus, intros, and Q&A

C: 1

OS: 1, 18.1

  

Lab Safety

 

Lab 0 - Spreadsheets

1

1

L1 - Intro to Biology

1

1

1-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***:

1) Orientation assignment (see beginning of syllabus)

2) Exam #0 Respondus Monitor practice exam

3) Discussion board post #1 (with 2 thoughtful replies)

4) Ch 1 Homework

5) Ch 18.1 Homework

6) Lab 0 Report

7) Lab Safety Training Quiz

1

2

2-September

Mon - Sat

L2 - Chemical Context of Life

C: 2

OS: 2.1

Lab 1 - Collecting & Analyzing Data

1

2

L3 - Water and Life

C: 3

OS: 2.2

1

2

8-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 1 Report

2) Discussion board post #3 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

3) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

4) Preview next week’s material

1

3

9-September

Mon - Sat

L4 - Carbon & the Molecular Diversity of Life

C: 4

OS: 2.3

Lab 2 - Preparing Solutions

1

3

(Wed, Sep 11: Last day to drop w/o W)

L5 - Biomolecules (Carbohydrates)

C: 5

OS: 3

1

3

15-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 2 Report

2) Ch 2 Homework

Additionally, successful students will:

3) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

4) Preview next week’s material

1

4

16-September

Mon - Sat

L6 - Biomolecules (Lipids & Proteins)

C: 5

OS: 3

Lab 3 - pH & buffers

1

4

L1-6 Review

 

1

4

22-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 3 Report

2) Ch 3 Homework

3) Discussion board post #4 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

5) Choose special topic and pre-lab partner (Discussion board post #2)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

1

5

23-September

Mon - Sat

Unit 1 Lecture Exam

  

Lab 4 - Cell Structure

2

5

L7 - Tour of the Cell (Not on Unit 1 exam)

C: 6

OS: 4

2

5

29-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 4 Report

2) Ch 4 Homework

3) Discussion board post #5 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

4)       Unit 1 Lecture Exam (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

2

6

30-September

Mon - Sat

L8 - Membranes and Cell Communication

C: 7, 11

OS: 5, 9

Lab 5 - Diffusion & Osmosis

2

6

L9 - Introduction to Metabolism

C: 8

OS: 6

2

6

6-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 5 Report

2) Ch 5 Homework

3) Ch 6 Homework

6) Discussion board post #6 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

2

7

7-October

Mon - Sat

L10 - Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

C: 9

OS: 7

Lab 6 - Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity

2

7

L11 - Photosynthesis

C: 10

OS: 8

2

7

13-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 6 Report

2) Ch 8 Homework

3) Ch 7 Homework

4) Discussion board post #7 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

5) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

6) Preview next week’s material

2

8

14-October

Mon - Sat

L7-11 Review

 

Lab Exam 1

2

8

Unit 2 Lecture Exam

 

2

8

20-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Discussion board post #8 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

2) Unit 2 Lecture Exam (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

3)               Lab Exam 1 (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

Additionally, successful students will:

2) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

3) Preview next week’s material

3

9

21-October

Mon - Sat

L12 - Cell Cycle and Mitosis

C: 12

OS: 10

Lab 7 - Thin Layer Chromatography

3

9

L13 - Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

C: 13

OS: 11

3

9

27-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 7 Report

2) Ch 10 Homework

3) Ch 11 Homework

4) Discussion board post #9 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

5) Discussion board post #10 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

6) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

7) Preview next week’s material

3

10

28-October

Mon - Sat

L14 - Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

C: 14, 15

OS: 12, 13

Lab 8 – Cell Division


 

3

10

L15 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance

C: 16

OS: 14

3

10

3-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Ch 12 Homework

2) Ch 14 Homework

3) Lab 8 Report

4) Discussion board post #11 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

5) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

6) Preview next week’s material

3

11

4-November

Mon - Sat

L12-15 Review

 

Lab 9 – Patterns of Inheritance

3

11

Lecture Exam 3

 

3

11

10-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

2) Lab 9 Report

3) Discussion board post #12 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

4) Early Submission for Bonus on Special Topic Presentations

5) Lecture Exam 3 (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

4

12

11-November

Mon - Sat

L16 - Gene to Protein

C: 17

OS: 15

Lab 10 – GMO Detection with PCR

4

12

L17 - Regulation of Gene Expression

C: 18

OS: 16

4

12

17-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 10 Report

2)        Ch 15 Homework

2) Ch 16 Homework

3) Special topic partner presentation (bonus for early submission)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

4

13

18-November

Mon - Sat

L1 – 6 Review

 

Lab 11 – Size Exclusion Chromatography

4

13

L18 – Viruses

(Final Withdrawal date Monday, Nov 21)

C: 19

OS: 21

4

13

24-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 11 Report

2) Ch 21 Homework

3) Discussion board post #13 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

4) Special topic partner presentation

Additionally, successful students will:

5) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

6) Preview next week’s material

4

14

25-November

Mon - Sat

L7 – 11 Review

  

No Lab

4

14

Thanksgiving (Holiday; no class)

 

4

14

1-December

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Monday instead:

  1. N/A

Additionally, successful students will:

1) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

2) Preview next week’s material

4

15

2-December

Mon - Sat

L19 - Biotechnology pt 1

C: 20

OS: 17

Lab 12 – DNA Fingerprinting

4

15

L20 - Biotechnology pt 2

C: 20

OS: 17
 

15

8-December

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Ch 17 Homework

2) Lab 12 Report

Additionally, successful students will:

1) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

4

16

9-December

Mon - Sat

L 12 – 16 Review

 

Lab Exam 2 

4

16

Comprehensive Final Exam

 
 

16

15-December

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Comprehensive Lecture Exam 4 (Available on Wed, Due on Sun; note exam proctoring hours****)

2) Lab Exam 2 (Available on Wed, Due on Sun; note exam proctoring hours****)

*This schedule is tentative.  Changes will be announced on Blackboard.

**C = Campbell Biology, OS = OpenStax Biology 2e

***Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in each week.

****DE Proctoring Hours of operation (All times are Central (CST/CDT)

  • Monday – Thursday: 9 am to 10:00 pm
  • Friday: 9 am to 4:30 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 7 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 5:30 pm

Course Subjects

BIOL 1406-033 ONL Course Schedule - Bernhard – Fall 2024

Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in any given week.

Unit

Week

Date

Day

Lecture*

Reading**

Lab

1

1

26-August

Mon - Sat

L0 - Syllabus, intros, and Q&A

C: 1

OS: 1, 18.1

  

Lab Safety

 

Lab 0 - Spreadsheets

1

1

L1 - Intro to Biology

1

1

1-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday***:

1) Orientation assignment (see beginning of syllabus)

2) Exam #0 Respondus Monitor practice exam

3) Discussion board post #1 (with 2 thoughtful replies)

4) Ch 1 Homework

5) Ch 18.1 Homework

6) Lab 0 Report

7) Lab Safety Training Quiz

1

2

2-September

Mon - Sat

L2 - Chemical Context of Life

C: 2

OS: 2.1

Lab 1 - Collecting & Analyzing Data

1

2

L3 - Water and Life

C: 3

OS: 2.2

1

2

8-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 1 Report

2) Discussion board post #3 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

3) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

4) Preview next week’s material

1

3

9-September

Mon - Sat

L4 - Carbon & the Molecular Diversity of Life

C: 4

OS: 2.3

Lab 2 - Preparing Solutions

1

3

(Wed, Sep 11: Last day to drop w/o W)

L5 - Biomolecules (Carbohydrates)

C: 5

OS: 3

1

3

15-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 2 Report

2) Ch 2 Homework

Additionally, successful students will:

3) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

4) Preview next week’s material

1

4

16-September

Mon - Sat

L6 - Biomolecules (Lipids & Proteins)

C: 5

OS: 3

Lab 3 - pH & buffers

1

4

L1-6 Review

 

1

4

22-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 3 Report

2) Ch 3 Homework

3) Discussion board post #4 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

5) Choose special topic and pre-lab partner (Discussion board post #2)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

1

5

23-September

Mon - Sat

Unit 1 Lecture Exam

  

Lab 4 - Cell Structure

2

5

L7 - Tour of the Cell (Not on Unit 1 exam)

C: 6

OS: 4

2

5

29-September

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 4 Report

2) Ch 4 Homework

3) Discussion board post #5 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

4)       Unit 1 Lecture Exam (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

2

6

30-September

Mon - Sat

L8 - Membranes and Cell Communication

C: 7, 11

OS: 5, 9

Lab 5 - Diffusion & Osmosis

2

6

L9 - Introduction to Metabolism

C: 8

OS: 6

2

6

6-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 5 Report

2) Ch 5 Homework

3) Ch 6 Homework

6) Discussion board post #6 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

2

7

7-October

Mon - Sat

L10 - Cellular Respiration and Fermentation

C: 9

OS: 7

Lab 6 - Factors Affecting Enzyme Activity

2

7

L11 - Photosynthesis

C: 10

OS: 8

2

7

13-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 6 Report

2) Ch 8 Homework

3) Ch 7 Homework

4) Discussion board post #7 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

5) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

6) Preview next week’s material

2

8

14-October

Mon - Sat

L7-11 Review

 

Lab Exam 1

2

8

Unit 2 Lecture Exam

 

2

8

20-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Discussion board post #8 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

2) Unit 2 Lecture Exam (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

3)               Lab Exam 1 (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

Additionally, successful students will:

2) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

3) Preview next week’s material

3

9

21-October

Mon - Sat

L12 - Cell Cycle and Mitosis

C: 12

OS: 10

Lab 7 - Thin Layer Chromatography

3

9

L13 - Meiosis and Sexual Life Cycles

C: 13

OS: 11

3

9

27-October

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 7 Report

2) Ch 10 Homework

3) Ch 11 Homework

4) Discussion board post #9 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

5) Discussion board post #10 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

6) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

7) Preview next week’s material

3

10

28-October

Mon - Sat

L14 - Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance

C: 14, 15

OS: 12, 13

Lab 8 – Cell Division


 

3

10

L15 - Molecular Basis of Inheritance

C: 16

OS: 14

3

10

3-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Ch 12 Homework

2) Ch 14 Homework

3) Lab 8 Report

4) Discussion board post #11 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

Additionally, successful students will:

5) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

6) Preview next week’s material

3

11

4-November

Mon - Sat

L12-15 Review

 

Lab 9 – Patterns of Inheritance

3

11

Lecture Exam 3

 

3

11

10-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

2) Lab 9 Report

3) Discussion board post #12 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

4) Early Submission for Bonus on Special Topic Presentations

5) Lecture Exam 3 (Available on Wed, Due on Mon; note exam proctoring hours****)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

4

12

11-November

Mon - Sat

L16 - Gene to Protein

C: 17

OS: 15

Lab 10 – GMO Detection with PCR

4

12

L17 - Regulation of Gene Expression

C: 18

OS: 16

4

12

17-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 10 Report

2)        Ch 15 Homework

2) Ch 16 Homework

3) Special topic partner presentation (bonus for early submission)

Additionally, successful students will:

4) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

5) Preview next week’s material

4

13

18-November

Mon - Sat

L1 – 6 Review

 

Lab 11 – Size Exclusion Chromatography

4

13

L18 – Viruses

(Final Withdrawal date Monday, Nov 21)

C: 19

OS: 21

4

13

24-November

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Lab 11 Report

2) Ch 21 Homework

3) Discussion board post #13 (with at least 1 thoughtful reply)

4) Special topic partner presentation

Additionally, successful students will:

5) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

6) Preview next week’s material

4

14

25-November

Mon - Sat

L7 – 11 Review

  

No Lab

4

14

Thanksgiving (Holiday; no class)

 

4

14

1-December

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Monday instead:

  1. N/A

Additionally, successful students will:

1) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

2) Preview next week’s material

4

15

2-December

Mon - Sat

L19 - Biotechnology pt 1

C: 20

OS: 17

Lab 12 – DNA Fingerprinting

4

15

L20 - Biotechnology pt 2

C: 20

OS: 17
 

15

8-December

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Ch 17 Homework

2) Lab 12 Report

Additionally, successful students will:

1) Study for upcoming Lecture Exam and Lab Exam

4

16

9-December

Mon - Sat

L 12 – 16 Review

 

Lab Exam 2 

4

16

Comprehensive Final Exam

 
 

16

15-December

Sunday

Due by 11:59 PM on Sunday:

1) Comprehensive Lecture Exam 4 (Available on Wed, Due on Sun; note exam proctoring hours****)

2) Lab Exam 2 (Available on Wed, Due on Sun; note exam proctoring hours****)

*This schedule is tentative.  Changes will be announced on Blackboard.

**C = Campbell Biology, OS = OpenStax Biology 2e

***Students are expected to SET PERSONAL DEADLINES for themselves, so it is never attempted to complete all assignments on Sunday in each week.

****DE Proctoring Hours of operation (All times are Central (CST/CDT)

  • Monday – Thursday: 9 am to 10:00 pm
  • Friday: 9 am to 4:30 pm
  • Saturday: 9 am to 7 pm
  • Sunday: 10 am to 5:30 pm

Student Learning Outcomes/Learning Objectives

COURSE RATIONALE

Biology 1406 is a major’s level course for those who wish to pursue careers in biology, biotechnology, the health sciences, and other related fields. There are four units that will be explored during the semester: 

 

1) The chemistry of living organisms including the structure of atoms and molecules, pH, the macromolecules of living organisms, and energetics, enzymes and enzymatic pathways. 

 

2) The structure and function of cells including the differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes, the eukaryotic organelles and biological membranes and intercellular communication.

 

3) Nucleic acids including mitosis and meiosis, DNA structure and replication, RNA transcription and translation, and gene regulation.

 

4) DNA technology, viruses, Mendelian genetics, molecular genetics, and Darwinian evolution. 

 

Skills Requirements

Reading, writing, and mathematics proficiency determined by the COMPASS or ASSET test, by the statewide THEA test, or by providing an official transcript from another college.

 

Course Prerequisites

One year of high school chemistry or one semester of college chemistry and two years of high school algebra or MATD 0390 required.

 

Student Learning Outcomes / Course-Level

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to 

  • Identify the 4 classes of macromolecules, their monomers, and their functions in cells.
  • Describe the structures and functions of cell organelles.
  • Discuss energy transfer, enzyme function and the pathways of cellular respiration and photosynthesis.
  • Describe prokaryotic binary fission, the eukaryotic cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis.
  • Identify DNA structure and replication, transcription, translation and gene expression.
  • Solve problems in Mendelian genetics, including multiple alleles and X-linkage along with the Laws of Segregation and Independent Assortment.
  • Describe modern biotechnological techniques and their impacts on society.

 

Program-Level Outcomes

As a required course for an Associate of Science in Biology, students will be able to:

  • Compare the structure and function of cells.
  • Describe the chemical basis of life including the importance of water, gases and macromolecules.
  • Explain energy movement, enzyme structure and function, respiration and photosynthesis.
  • Illustrate DNA structure and replication, protein synthesis, mutations and genetic analysis.

 

General Education Objectives

As a Core Curriculum course, students completing this course will demonstrate competence in:

  • Critical Thinking - Gathering, analyzing, synthesizing, evaluating and applying information. 
  • Interpersonal Skills - Interacting collaboratively to achieve common goals.
  • Quantitative and Empirical Reasoning - Applying mathematical, logical and scientific principles and methods.
  • Written, Oral and Visual Communication - Communicating effectively, adapting to purpose, structure, audience, and medium. 

Office Hours

W 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM RRC 8323.07 & Online via Zoom

NOTE Additional times with sufficient notice

Office Hours

W 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM RRC 8323.07 & Online via Zoom

NOTE Additional times with sufficient notice

Published: 07/29/2024 14:37:13