Bios 104 Website
Spring 2007

Instructors Dr. Kate Warpeha
(Professor)		 Michael Muller
(Lab Coordinator)
Email  kwarpeha@uic.edu  mmuller@uic.edu
Office  4300 MBRB 3100 SEL
Phone  312-996-0549  312-996-3476 
Office Hours  TBA Wed 9-11 am

Lectures meet every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 9:00 to 9:50 in Lecture Center F3.

Laboratory meets in 3100 SEL

Overview of the Course

Biology is the fastest-growing area of science. It is built on advances made early in the century by physics and chemistry and has changed from a science that describes and catalogs the natural world to one that provides detailed explanations of the way the world works. Research in biology has created new areas of investigation, ranging from molecular genetics to bio-geological cycles.

The result is that many new technologies, with great powers to change our lives are now available. The pressure of human population growth means you will have to make informed decisions at the personal, local, and global level. Many of these decisions will require knowledge of biological principles. You will need to have a working knowledge of biology to shape and support the decisions that you will make in the coming years.

We designed this course for students who are not science majors, but who wish to acquire the knowledge necessary to understand how the living world works, and to make informed decisions about this world. Our goal is to provide you with knowledge of the fundamental concepts of biology, and with a logical and orderly way of thinking about these concepts.

We do not plan to review all areas of biology. We will emphasize the process of science. This will help you understand basic concepts, and relate the latest news items to your new knowledge. We want you to understand what life is, how science works, and what our cells are doing. We also want you to understand how our biology effects our behavior, what inheritance is, and the influence of environment and evolution on our actions and abilities.

 

Textbooks:

Essentials of Biology 1st Edition
Mader, Sylvia.  2007. 
McGraw Hill

 
Human Development and Reproduction / 
Life Evolving 2nd Ed.
Molumby & Muller, 2006 
Hayden McNeil Publishing

Lecture Syllabus (pdf)

Lab Syllabus & Discussion List

Teaching Staff