Syllabus
| No. | Date | Topic | Campbells Chapters |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9/17 | Histology and Digestion | 40, 41 |
| 2 | 9/24 | Digestion and Excretion | 41, 44 |
| 3 | 10/1 | Circulation and Respiration | 42 |
| 4 | 10/8 | Immunology | 43 |
| 5 | 10/15 | Endocrinology | 45 |
| 6 | 10/22 | Reproduction | 46 |
| 7 | 10/29 | Development | 47 |
| 8 | 11/5 | Nervous System I | 48 |
| 9 | 11/12 | Nervous System II | 49 |
| 10 | 11/19 | Sensory and Motor Systems | 50 |
| 11 | 11/26 | Animals Review | No reading |
| 12 | 12/3 | Plant Diversity | 29, 30 |
| 13 | 12/10 | Plant Development and Histology | 35 |
| 14 | 12/17 | Plant Nutrition | 36, 37 |
| 15 | 12/24 | Plant Hormones | 38 |
| 16 | 12/31 | Plant Biotechnology and Biochemistry | 39 |
| 17 | 1/7 | Plants Review | No reading |
| 18 | 1/14 | Animal Behavior | 51 |
| 19 | 1/21 | Ecology I | 52, 53, 54 |
| 20 | 1/28 | Ecology II + Review | 55, 56 |
*Syllabus is tentative
| No. | Date | Topic/Reading | New Concepts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4/30 | Introduction to Biology, USABO, and Science Chapter 1 |
How to read biology and bio questions |
| 2 | 5/7 | Introduction to Biochemistry Chapters 2-5 |
AP Chem but in an hour (VSEPR, acid/base, Henderson Hasselbalch, etc.) |
| 3 | 5/14 | Cell Biology Chapters 6, 7 |
Microscopy for Dummies |
| 4 | 5/21 | Cell Catabolism Chapters 8, 9 |
Synthesis and Arrow Pushing |
| 5 | 5/28 | Cell Anabolism Chapter 10 |
Metabolic enzyme mechanisms, More on Michaelis Menten |
| 6 | 6/4 | Cell Communication and REVIEW Chapter 11 |
More metabolic enzyme mechanisms, Flux stuff |
| 7 | 6/11 | Cell Division Chapters 12, 13 |
Common signaling pathways (IP3/DAG, cAMP, MAPKKK, etc.) |
| 8 | 6/18 | Classical Genetics Chapters 14, 15 |
DNA repair mechanisms (BER, MMR, etc.), Holliday junctions and DSBs |
| 9 | 6/25 | Molecular Genetics Chapters 16-18 |
Genetic Counseling 101 (Pedigree analysis, Bayes Theorem practice) |
| 10 | 7/2 | Molecular Biology Techniques Chapter 20 |
Miscellaneous Cell Bio topics |
| 11 | 7/9 | Molecular Biology REVIEW (No reading) |
Extensive Mol Bio practice (para/pericentric, Cre-Lox, GAL4-UAS, etc.) |
| 12 | 7/16 | Evolutionary Biology Chapters 22, 24 |
Replication/transcription/translation in eukaryotes/prokaryotes in detail |
| 13 | 7/23 | Evolutionary Genetics Chapters 21, 23 |
Novel/Misc Mol Bio techniques, with practice |
| 14 | 7/30 | Introduction to Diversity Chapters 25, 26 |
More Mol Bio practice problems |
| 15 | 8/6 | Microbiology Chapters 19, 27 |
BLAST and Sequence alignment algorithms |
| 16 | 8/13 | Eukarya Chapters 28, 31 |
Chi Square with practice, Population Genetics practice |
| 17 | 8/20 | Plants Chapter 29, 30 |
GWAS, Metagenomics, More Pop Gen practice |
| 18 | 8/27 | Animals I Chapter 32 |
UPGMA and Treebuilding practice |
| 19 | 9/3 | Animals II Chapter 33 |
Crash Course Epidemiology |
| 20 | 9/10 | Evolution REVIEW (No reading) |
Problem solving with a Mol Bio/Stat focus |
*Syllabus is tentative
*Times are in EST