• Attend EVERY class.
• Complete all assigned reading by the date assigned on the syllabus, i.e. before class.
• Participate actively in class discussion. Your silence tells me that your understanding of the topic is complete, and I am moving too slowly through the material. Your questions direct me to revisit difficult concepts. Your insightful comments demonstrate hard work and commitment to learning biology.
• For additional practice, do the problems and tutorials (found in web notes, at end of textbook chapters, and on the textbook CD) promptly.  These are good preparation for the in-class or take-home quizzes that happen most Fridays.
• Attend review sessions held before tests. These optional sessions offer you another chance to ask your own questions and review difficult topics.
• Review your chemistry. This course presumes a thorough knowledge of at least high school-level chemistry. Get comfortable with electrons, hydrogen bonds, and the important functional groups.
• Stay in contact with your instructor. I read e-mail several times daily. I also have plenty of office hours; please stop by.

Grades.  Grades are based on:

• 20% each of four one-hour Exams
• 20% on ten (10) Weekly Quizzes. [NOTE: Make-up quizzes will not be possible. Please don't ask. To compensate for conflicts due to athletics, performances, illnesses, busy schedules, etc., you may skip up to two quizzes without penalty or prior permission. Only the eight (8) highest quiz scores count toward the quiz average.
• A two-hour final exam is OPTIONAL, to substitute for your lowest single exam grade of the semester. The final exam cannot substitute for the quiz average.

Academic Honesty.  This class will follow the official Kenyon College position on academic honesty. It is your responsibility to review the official College policy on academic honesty and adhere to this policy.

Special Needs. For assistance related to a physical, psychological or learning disability that may impact your ability to participate fully in the course, please speak with the instructor and with Erin Salva, Coordinator of Disability Services (PBX 5453; salvae@kenyon.edu). All information and documentation of disability is confidential. Please see the Disability Services web site for more information.
 

Sept. 6

Chromosome structure

Ch. 15 p. 298-299 (Fig. 15.3)

Mendelian inheritance
QUIZ 2

Ch. 10 pp. 206-207;Ch. 17 pp. 339-341; X and Y

Sept. 27

Applying Central Dogma Concepts I:  Regulation of the eukaryotic cell cycle. QUIZ 5

NO CLASS: October Reading Days

Prokaryotic Gene Expression II:  Operon Analysis; Regulons, Promoters

Ch. 14, pp. 274-295; Activity 14.1

Eukaryotic Gene Expression I:  Transcriptional Activation.

Ch. 15 pp. 296-305

Ch. 19 pp. 382-389; Activity 19.1

Dec. 1