BIOL 104

 ORIENTATION       Orientation:  Tuesday, Sept. 2 at 1:00pm in lab room 245.

                             Attendance of this orientation is mandatory and if you do not attend you will be dropped from the course.

Orientation topics will be the syllabus, communication, Blackboard, T-Now, Turnitin, laboratory, and any questions.                                          

LABORATORY       Mandatory.  Please be certain that you are registered for one of the possible laboratories:

BIOL 104A    F01      MW    8-10am                        RM 245

                                                            F02      MW    10:10am-12:10pm      RM 245

                                                            F03      T TH   12:20-2:20pm             RM 245

                                                            F04      MW    6-8pm                         RM 245

 EXAM SCHEDULE            - On campus

·         Exam 1- Sept. 30 at 8:30-9:55am OR 10:10-11:35am in Room 241

·         Exam 2- Oct. 28 at 8:30-9:55am OR 10:10-11:35am in Room 241 

·         Exam 3 – Nov. 25 at 8:30-9:55am OR 10:10-11:35am in Room 241

·         Exam 4 – TBD sometime on Dec. 15, 16, 17.

 NECESSARY COMPUTER SOFTWARE

Internet, BlackBoard access, PowerPoint Viewer (free), Microsoft Word (or free software from internet “Open Office), media player.   Recommended: High speed Internet access, speakers, QuickTime, Java, Flash.

 TEXTBOOKS

·         Starr, Evers, Starr.  2008.  Biology: Concepts and Applications. 7th ed. Thomson Brooks/Cole.  ISBN 13 978-0-495-11981-4 , paperback or ISBN 13 978-0-495-11997-5, hardback (Has many on-line resourses and mp3 downloads)

·         Perry, Morton, & Perry.  2008. Laboratory Manual for General Biology. 5thed. Thomson Brooks/Cole.  ISBN 10: 0-495-46657-3