Syllabus for Biology 4 B -- Animal Biology
Instructor:	Gary W. Potter

Meeting Times: Monday & Wednesday, 6:00 PM until 8:15 PM.

Holidays:	Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday: Monday, January 19, 2004.
	President’s Day Holiday: Monday, February 16, 2004.	cr,
	Spring Recess: April 5 -- 10, 2004.	  c-J))

Midterm Exam Dates: Wednesday, February 18, 2004 & Wednesday, March 31, 2004. Final Exam Date: Monday, May 17, 2004.

Course	Description: Biology 4 B is a biology course designed for non majors. It is a laboratory science class with an emphasis on the animal kingdom.

Required Materials:

1.	Textbook: Starr, Cecie, Biology, Concepts and Applications, 5th ed., 2003.
2.	Laboratory Manual: S. A. Foletta, Reedley College Animal Biology, 2003.
3.	Supplemental Lab. Manual: Paul Young, The Zoology Coloring Book. 1982.
4.	A set of colored pencils.

Course Outline (With reading assignments):

Week	Lecture & Lab. Topics.

1 Lecture: About Animal Biology, Biological Methods and Concepts. (Chapter 1) Lab. 1 A: Introduction to laboratory methods & the Metric System. Lab. 1 B: What is life? Observation and Interpretation.

2 Lecture: The Chemistry of Life. (Chapter 2)
Lab. 2 A: Introduction to General Chemistry and Biochemistry. Lab. 2 B: Colorimetric Tests.

3 Lecture: Cell Structure and Function. (Chapter 4)
Lab. 3 A: Introduction to Microscopes.
Lab. 3 B: A Typical Animal Cell (Yours!)
Lab. 3 C: Animal Tissues.

4 Lecture: Cell Biology and Cell Division: Mitosis & Cytokinesis (Chapter 8) Lab. 4 A: Diffusion and Osmosis
Lab. 4 B: Cell Division.