Sample Schedule—Fall Start
- Fall Semester
- Principles of Biology, with Lab [5 credits]
(or, for strong students who have completed introductory biology, EITHER Genetics & the Human Genome [4 credits] and Lab [1 credit] OR Principles of Genetics [4 credits] and Lab [1 credit])
Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices I, with Lab [5 credits]
General Physics I, with Lab [4 credits]
- Spring Semester
- Principles of Biology II, with Lab [5 credits]
(or Environmental Animal Physiology [4 credits] for those who have completed introductory biology)
Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices II, with Lab [5 credits]
General Physics II, with Lab [4 credits]
- Summer Session
- Organic Chemistry I, with Lab [5 credits]
Organic Chemistry II, with Lab [5 credits]
Course Descriptions—Fall Semester
- BIO 110 Principles of Biology I
- Instructor: A. Olek
- Course Work: Three 50 minute lectures and one 2 hour problem-based workshop per week
- Exams: Three 90-minute exams and one 3-hour final exam
- Prerequisites: Completion or concurrent enrollment in CHM 131 or equivalent
- Description: The first semester in a year long course sequence designed for majors and minors in biology. Major topics include: biochemistry, molecular and cellular evolution, cell reproduction, fundamentals of genetics and molecular biology.
- Offered: Fall
- BIO 105 Introductory Biology Laboratory
- Instructor: A. Olek
- Course Work: Laboratory meets for one 3 1/2 hour session each week.
- Exams: Quizzes, Laboratory reports and other assignments, Lab practical
- Prerequisites: Open only to students in the UR Post-baccalaureate Pre-medical program
- Description: The laboratory experiments complement lecture material in BIO 110, Principles of Biology I. Topics include protein and nucleic acid structure, enzyme activity, cell and tissue structure, and cell reproduction. The laboratory emphasizes experimental design and data analysis.
- Offered: Fall
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- BIO 190 Genetics & the Human Genome
- Instructor: T. Eickbush
- Course Work: Three 50-minute lectures and one 50-minute problem-based recitation per week.
- Exams: Three 1-hour exams and a comprehensive final exam
- Prerequisites: BIO 110, 111, completion of or concurrent enrollment in CHM 203.
- Description: The course will cover the basics of Mendelian and molecular genetics with a focus on the structure, function and evolution of the human genome.
- Offered: Fall
- BIO 190P Genetics & Human Genome Lab
- Instructor: T. Ramsey
- Course Work: One 3.5 hour laboratory per week.
- Exams: Quizzes, laboratory reports and other assignments.
- Prerequisites: Concurrent with BIO 190
- Description: This course is an introduction to basic genetic theory and laboratory practices. Topics include classical inheritance in eukaryotes, bacterial genetics and molecular technology techniques. Emphasis is on data analysis and experimental design.
- Offered: Fall
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- BIO 198 Principles of Genetics
- Instructor: E. Sia
- Course Work: Three 50-minute lectures and one 50-minute problem-based recitation per week.
- Exams: Three 1-hour exams and a comprehensive final exam.
- Prerequisites: BIO 110 or 112 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in CHM 203.
- Description: Methods of genetic analysis are stressed. Topics include: Mendelian assortment; gene interaction; linkage and mapping; methods of genetic analysis in yeast, bacteria and phage; DNA replication, recombination, repair and mutation; gene expression and its regulation; transposons and retroviruses; recombinant DNA technologies; cancer as a genetic disease.
- Offered: Fall
- BIO 198P Principles of Genetics Lab
- Instructor: Ramsey, T.
- Course Work: One 3.5 hour laboratory per week.
- Exams: Quizzes, laboratory reports and other assignments.
- Prerequisites: Concurrent with BIO 198 or after completion of BIO 198
- Description: This course is an introduction to basic genetic theory and laboratory practices. Topics include classical inheritance in eukaryotes, bacterial genetics and molecular technology techniques. Emphasis is on data analysis and experimental design.
- Offered: Fall
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- CHM 131 Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices I
- Instructor: T. Krauss, T. Krugh
- Exams: Three Exams and a Final
- Description: This course is an introduction to the concepts of chemistry for science and engineering students, health professions students, and as a science course for students of the humanities and social sciences. Properties of chemical systems are discussed from a macroscopic and molecular perspective with examples developed from a wide range of disciplines. The topics covered include stoichiometry, atoms and molecules, properties of gases, thermochemistry, chemical equilibrium, acids and bases, solubility equilibria, and oxidation-reduction reactions. M W F - Krauss: Three 50 minute lectures per week. T R - Krugh: Two 75 minute lectures per week. In addition, there is a three-hour laboratory in alternate weeks, a 50 minute laboratory lecture and a 75 minute workshop (Krauss) or a 75 minute recitation (Krugh). Laboratories are held Monday to Thursday, 1400-1700 and 1730-2030, and Friday, 1400-1700. Recitations and workshops are offered at multiple times during the week. During the first week of classes you will be assigned a recitation/workshop section that fits into your schedule.
- Offered: Fall
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- PHY 113 General Physics I
- Course Work: Five three-hour laboratories are required, as are weekly workshop or recitations.
- Prerequisites: MTH 141 or MTH 161 (may be taken concurrently)
- Description: First course of a two-semester sequence suitable for students in the life sciences. Newtonian particle mechanics, Newton's laws and their applications to straight-line and circular motions, energy, linear momentum, angular momentum, harmonic motions, Kepler's laws, planetary and satellite motions. Students must register for a PHY-113 laboratory during course registration. Calculus used and introduced as needed. In addition to the two 75-minute lectures, one approximate two-hour and forty-minute laboratory every other week and one workshop or recitation per week are required. This course is offered in both the Fall and Summer session I (A-6).
- Offered: Fall and Summer
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Course Descriptions—Spring Semester
- BIO 111 Principles of Biology II
- Instructor: R. Minckley
- Course Work: Three 50 minute lectures and one 50 minute problem-based recitation per week
- Exams: Three 1 hour exams and a comprehensive final exam
- Prerequisites: BIO 110 and completion of or concurrent enrollment in CHM 132
- Description: The second semester of the introductory sequence designed for majors in biology. Topics include: Evolution (natural selection, speciation, plant and animal diversity), Ecology (population genetics, ecosystem structure, species interactions), Plant and animal physiology.
- Offered: Spring
- BIO 111L Introductory Biology Laboratory
- Instructor: R. Minckley
- Course Work: Lab meets for one 3 1/2 hour session each week.
- Exams: Quizzes, Laboratory report and other assignments, Lab practical
- Prerequisites: BIO 110 (or BIO 112) and concurrent enrollment in BIO 111
- Description: This is the lab course which accompanies the lecture course Principles of Biology II. The content of the course is drawn from the lecture material. Topics include plant and animal diversity, anatomical dissections, methods in bacteriology, animal behavior, and basic physiology. An emphasis is placed on problem solving, critical thinking and experimental design.
- Offered: Spring
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- BIO 247 Environmental Animal Physiology
- Instructor: A. Olek
- Exams: Two or three semester exams and one final exam
- Prerequisites: This course is designed for sophomore biology majors who want to deepen their understanding of animal function by examining how animals cope with environmental challenges. This includes cellular and physiological adaptations to extremes of temperature, salinity, and altitude.
- Offered: Spring
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- CHM 132 Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices II, with Lab
- Instructor: D. H. Turner, J. Farrar
- Exams: Three Exams and a Final
- Prerequisites: CHM 131 with grade of C- or better
- Description: A continuation of Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices I, emphasizing molecular and macroscopic approaches to chemical systems with examples concerned with energy and the environment. Topics covered include: Chemical kinetics, electrochemistry, thermodynamics, properties of atoms, atomic structure, and chemical bonding. M W F - Turner : Three 50 minute lectures per week. T R - Farrar : Two 75 minutes lecture per week. In addition, there is a three hour laboratory every week, a 50 minute laboratory lecture and a 50 minute recitation. You must register for the laboratory prior to the start of the semester. The laboratory is identical for both sections. Recitations will be assigned in the main lecture during the first week of classes.
- Offered: Spring
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- PHY 114 General Physics II
- Course Work: Five three-hour laboratories are required, as are weekly workshop or recitations.
- Prerequisites: PHY 113, MTH 142-43, or 162 (may be taken concurrently)
- Description: Second semester of a two-semester sequence suitable for students in the life of sciences. Electricity and magnetism, optics, electromagnetic waves, and modern physics (introduction to relativity, quantum physics, etc.). Students must register for a PHY 114 laboratory during course registration. In addition to the two 75-minute lectures, one approximate two-hour and forty-minute laboratory every other week and one workshop or recitation per week are required. This course is offered in both the Spring and Summer Session II (B-6).
- Offered: Spring and Summer
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Course Descriptions—Summer Session
- CHM 203 Organic Chemistry I
- Instructor: B. Toder
- Prerequisites: CHM 131 & CHM 132 (with the grade of C- or better) or the equivalent
- Description: Introduction to organic chemistry focusing on chemical bonding, structure and stereochemistry, reactions mechanism of organic compounds. The laboratory for CHM 203 is CHM 207, which runs concurrently. Students whose curriculum requires the laboratory should also register for CHM 207.
- Offered: Summer
- CHM 207 Organic Chemistry I: Laboratory
- Instructor: B. Toder
- Prerequisites: CHM 131 & 132 or the equivalent
- Description: Introduction to modern laboratory techniques used for characterization and reactivity of organic molecules. Co-registration in CHM 203 is necessary for students with no other organic chemistry background or to receive credit for both lecture and lab. Each student taking the laboratory must pay a lab fee of $100.
- Offered: Summer
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- CHM 204 Organic Chemistry II
- Instructor: B. Toder
- Prerequisites: CHM 203 with the grade of C- or better or the equivalent
- Description: This is a continuation of a two-semester sequence in the study of organic chemistry. Topics include: the reactivity of various functional groups, approaches to organic synthesis, reactivity of conjugated systems, polymers, and molecules of biological significance. The laboratory for CHM 204 is CHM 208, which runs concurrently. Students whose curriculum requires the laboratory should also register for CHM 208.
- Offered: Summer
- CHM 208 Organic Chemistry II: Laboratory
- Instructor: B. Toder
- Prerequisites: CHM 131 & 132 or the equivalent
- Description: A continuation of the organic laboratory sequence begun in CHM 207. Co-registration in the requisite lecture course is CHM 204 if necessary. Each student taking the laboratory must pay a lab fee of $100.
- Offered: Summer
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