Syllabus for General Biology, OSSM Spring Semester, 1996

1. The science of Biology, Basic chemistry. Chapters 2 and 3 (Raven and Johnson)*.
2. Molecules. Chapter 3.
3. Biological compounds. Chapter 3.
4. Cell structure. Chapter 5.
5. Membranes. Chapter 6.
6. Osmosis and diffusion. Chapter 6.
7. Energy and metabolism. Chapter 7.
8. Cellular energetics. Chapter 8.
9. Midterm EXAM. The cell cycle. Chapter 10.
10. Patterns of inheritance. Chapter 12.
11. Human genetics. Chapter 13.
12. DNA. Chapter 14.
13. Genes. Chapter 15.
14. Molecular biology. Chapter 15.
15. Mutations. Chapter 15.
16. The five kingdoms of life. Chapter 28.
17. Diversity of plants. Chapter 33.
18. The animal kingdom. Chapters 39 - 43.
19. Final Exam - TBA

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