Instructor:
Lectures:
Dr. Matthew Schmidt
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 7-8:20 pm,
Rm. 100 Javits Lecture Center
Textbook:
BIO 101 Human Biology Edu-Pack, Schmidt
(Rothman Media).
Office Hours:
Tue/Th. 5:30-6:30
Office:
Life Sciences Room 372
Telephone:
(631) 360-4054
E-mail:
matt.schmidt@esc.edu
Teaching Assistants: see Blackboard
Quiz/Review session times/locations: see Blackboard
Course Website:
BLACKBOARD
LECTURE
DATE
TITLE (Chapter in book/edu -pack)
1
Tuesday 8/27
Course introduction. A Human Perspective
(Ch.1)
2
Thursday 8/29
Humans and the Living W orld (Ch. 1)
Tuesday 9/3
NO CLASS – scheduled by registrar
3
Thursday 9/5
The Chemistry of Life (Ch.2)
4
Tuesday 9/10
The Chemistry of Life (Ch.2)
5
Thursday 9/12
Cells: The Building Blocks (Ch.3)
6
Tuesday 9/17
Hierarchy and Homeostasis (Ch.4)
Thursday 9/19
MIDTERM EXAM 1 (Lectures 1-6)
7
Tuesday 9/24
The Nervous System (Ch. 5)
8
Thursday 9/26
Sensory Systems (Ch.6)
9
Tuesday 10/1
The Endocrine System (Ch. 7)
10
Thursday 10/3
The Blood/Cardiovascular System (Ch. 8)
11
Tuesday 10/8
Cardiovascular System (cont’d) (Ch. 8)
Thursday 10/10
MID TERM EXAM II (Lectures 7-11)
12
Tuesday 10/15
The Lymphatic System and the Immune
Response (Ch.9)
13
Thursday 10/17
The Digestive System (Ch. 10)
14
Tuesday 10/22
The Respiratory System (Ch. 11)
15
Thursday 10/24
The Urinary System (Ch. 12)
16
Tuesday 10/29
The Skeletal System (Ch. 13)
17
Thursday 10/31
The Muscular System (Ch.14)
18
Tuesday 11/5
Reproductive Systems (Ch. 15)
Thursday 11/7
MID TERM EXAM III (Lectures 12-18)
19
Tuesday 11/12
Early Development (Ch. 16)
20
Thursday 11/14
Chromosomes and Sex Determination
(Ch.17)
21
Tuesday 11/19
Cell Division: Mitosis and Meiosis (Ch. 17)
22