Lecture Schedule

The list that follows provides an outline of the course content. Although specific dates are listed, they should be thought of more as guides for the order of topics presented than as actual scheduled lectures. We will cover the topics in the order presented and will, in general, be close to the listed topics on any given day. However, there will be times that we are ahead and times that we are behind the listed schedule. Not every topic can be fit exactly into a two hour chunk of time. Lectures will be in Wilder 111.

Date Day Topic
Jan 6 Tue Genetics and Inheritance
Jan 8 Thu The Cell I (The Cell)
Jan 13 Tue The Cell II (The Cell)
Jan 15 Thu Burden of Knowledge (video)
Chromosomes, Chromatin, DNA Replication and Repair (DNA and Chromosomes)
Jan 20 Tue Genes and Their Expression I (Gene Expression)
Jan 22 Thu Genes and Their Expression II (Gene Expression)
Jan 27 Tue Who Are You? (video)
Protein Synthesis, Processing and Targeting (Protein Synthesis)

Jan 28 Wed Optional X-hour: Review for Exam#1, Wilder 111
Jan 28 Wed 7:00 PM · Exam#1 (covers material through Jan 27), Wilder 104
Jan 29 Thu Regulating Gene Expression I
Feb 3 Tue Regulating Gene Expression II
Feb 5 Thu Eukaryotic Genes
Feb 10 Tue The Impact of Genetics on the United States Health Care System (Dr. C. Everett Koop, Director, Koop Inst.)
Feb 12 Thu Genetic Engineering I
Feb 17 Tue Genetic Engineering II
Feb 19 Thu Genetic Engineering III

Feb 24 Tue Tom Jack, Biology, Agricultural Biotechnology
Feb 25 Wed Optional X-hour: Review for Exam#2, Wilder 111
Feb 25 Wed 7:00 PM · Exam#2 (covers material from Jan 28 - Feb 19), Wilder 104
Feb 26 Thu Brad Arrick, DHMC: Cancer
Mar 3 Tue Ron Green, Ethics Inst.: Why Not Clone Humans?
Mar 5 Thu The Immune System and Antibody Production (RHG)
Dr. Ford von Reyn, DHMC: AIDS
Mar 10 Tue Student Project Video and Discussion

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