Regis College, Biology 262/263
Principles of Biology: Organismic Biology
 

BL 262 Syllabus (PDF)
BL 262 Excused  (PDF)
BL 262 Ch. Outlines (PDF)
BL 262 Root Words (PDF)

BL 263 Lab Syllabus (PDF)
BL 263 Excused  (PDF)

BL 263H Lab Syll. (PDF)
BL 263H Excused  (PDF)
BL 263H Sem. Readings
BL 263H Exam Sem. ?s

BL 262/263 Lectures
BL 262 Review
Exams & Quizzes
Practice Practical
Statistics for Lab
Literature Research - for lab ind. research paper

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Evolution at Regis

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Students in the BL 263H  Honors Organismic Biology Laboratory and Seminar section should click on the link at left for the possible mid-semester examination seminar questions.  Two will be selected randomly in class at the exam and students will answer them unaided (no notes, no books).  In additional lab exam of the format used this year and in previous years in BL 263 will also be administered.

Dr. Ghedotti's Office Hours are:
Tuesday 2:00pm-4:00pm
Wednesday 9:30am-11:30am
Friday 10:30am-11:30am
or other times possibly available by appointment

Regis Bulletin BL 262 Description

This course surveys the diversity of living organisms and the evolutionary and ecological processes that shape them. It explores the anatomy, reproduction, development, ecology, and evolutionary history of organisms.

NOTE: Designed specifically for Biology, Biochemistry, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies, and Neuroscience majors, and for pre-medical and other pre-health-science (except nursing) students.

Instructors:

Lecture textbook (Required):
Sadava, D., H. C. Heller, G. H. Orians, W. K. Purves, & D. M. Hillis. 2008. Life, The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition. Sinauer/Freeman: New York.
This book also will be used in the Spring Semester course BL 260.

Lecture study guide (OPTIONAL):
Dzialowski, E.M., B. McGuire, L. Goodloe, N. Guild, & J.C. Glase. 2008. Study Guide to Accompany: Life, The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition. Sinauer/Freeman: New York.
This book also can be used in the Spring Semester course BL 260.

The sections of this study guide that will be most valuable to students for this course are identified on the review page.

There is a textbook Internet site for use by students. The parts of this site that will be most valuable to students for this course are identified on the review page. To view the animations on this site you may need to download Macromedia Flash (it's free and your browser should guide you to the free download site).

Lecture reader (Required):
Palumbi, S.R. 2001. The Evolution Explosion, How Humans Cause Rapid Evolutionary Change. Norton: New York.
ISBN: 0393323382

Lecture notes (Required):
Ghedotti, M.J. 2008. Regis University, BL 262 Principles of Biology: Organismic Biology Lecture Notes, Fall 2007. unpublished. (available at Regis University Bookstore) - NOTE: Its cover is light blue.

A NON-graphing, small memory calculator (Required)

Laboratory manual (Required):
Ghedotti, M.J. 2008. Regis University, Biology 263 Organismic Biology Laboratory Manual, Fall 2008. (unpublished) available at Regis University Bookstore -NOTE: Its cover is yellow.
              OR  (depending on if student is enrolled in BL 263 or BL 263H)
Ghedotti, M.J. 2008. Regis University, Biology 263H Honors Organismic Biology Laboratory and Seminar Manual, Fall 2008. (unpublished) available at Regis University Bookstore - NOTE: Its cover is orange.

Laboratory supplements (Required):
Van De Graaff, K. M. & J. L. Crawley. 2005. A Photographic Atlas for the Biology Laboratory, Fifth Edition. Morton Publishing: Englewood, Colorado.

McMillan, V. E. 2006. Writing papers in the Biological Sciences, Fourth Edition. Bedford/St. Martin's: New York. This book also will be used in the Spring Semester course BL 261 and in many upper-division Biology courses.

Seminar Book (Required for BL 263H Students):
Barnes, J. 2000. Aristotle, A Very Short Introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 160p.

Endersby, J. 2007. A Guinea Pig's History of Biology. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. 499p.

The resources on this site will be easier to use if you have either Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Acrobat Reader. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free on the internet at the following site.
http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html  (Remember to "unclick" the "Also download:" options.)