Sample Schedule—Summer Start
- Summer Session
- Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices I, with Lab [5 credits]
Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices II, with Lab [5 credits]
- 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])
Organic Chemistry I, with Lab [5 credits]
General Physics I, with Lab [4 credits]
- Spring Semester
- Principles of Biology II, with Lab [5 credits]
(or Introduction to Biochemistry and Lab [5 credits] for those who have completed introductory biology and genetics)
Organic Chemistry II, with Lab [5 credits]
General Physics II, with Lab [4 credits]
Course Descriptions—Summer Session
- CHM 131 Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices I
- Instructor: D. Hickey
- Prerequisites: High school chemistry, trigonometry, and analytical geometry.
- Description: This course is an introduction to the concepts of chemistry. Topics include: properties of gases, liquids, and solids; chemical equilibrium, acids and bases; solubility equilibria, oxidation-reduction reactions; and chemical thermodynamics. Students whose curriculum requires a laboratory should also register for the lab. Each student taking the laboratory must pay a lab fee of $100.
- Offered: Summer
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- CHM 132 Chemical Concepts, Systems and Practices II
- Instructor: D. Hickey
- Prerequisites: CHM 131 with a grade of C- or better
- Description: A continuation of CHM 131, emphasizing a microscopic approach to chemical system. Topics covered include: Properties of atoms, atomic structure, chemical bonding, kinetics, and the descriptive chemistry of main group and transition elements. Students whose curriculum requires a laboratory should also register for the lab. Each student taking the laboratory must pay a lab fee of $100.
- Offered: Summer
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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 203 Organic Chemistry I
- Instructor: J. Goodman
- Exams: Four 1-hour Exams and Final
- Prerequisites: CHM 131 & CHM 132 (with the grade of C- or better) or the equivalent.
- Description: An introduction to organic chemistry that focuses on chemical bonding, structure and stereochemistry, reactions and reaction mechanisms of organic compounds. There are three 50 minute lectures and one workshop per week. The workshop is an informal, interactive two-hour session in which groups of eight students work on specially designed problems under the guidance of a trained leader. The purpose of the workshop is to provide a mechanism for students to work actively with the material and with each other. Co-registration in CHM 207 is required.
- Offered: Fall
- CHM 207 Organic Chemistry I Laboratory
- Instructor: B. Toder
- Course Work: One 3-hour laboratory & one 50 minute laboratory lecture per week.
- Exams: Several lab quizzes during lecture.
- Prerequisites: Co-registration in CHM 203.
- Description: A one laboratory period per week course that provides an introduction to the characterization and reactivity of organic molecules. This course provides an introduction to modern laboratory techniques used for organic molecules. There is one 3-hour laboratory and one 50 minute laboratory lecture per week.
- 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 250 Introduction to Biochemistry
- Instructor: G. Culver
- Course Work: Three 50 minute lectures plus ten 2-hour workshops
- Exams: Three 50 minute exams and a comprehensive final exam
- Prerequisites: BIO 110 (or 112), BIO 190 or 198, plus CHM 203 and CHM 204 (may be taken concurrently), or permission of instructor
- Restrictions: Not open to freshmen
- Description: This course will cover fundamental aspects of biochemistry, including bioenergetics, protein structure, kinetic analysis of enzyme action, and general intermediary metabolism. The text will be the 4th edition of Lehninger's "Principles of Biochemistry" by Nelson and Cox, with its accompanying Web site, which includes access to CHIME tutorials that explore structure-function relationships in biomolecules. (See BIO 151 for laboratory.)
- Offered: Spring
- BIO 151L Introduction to Biochemistry - Lab
- Instructor: A. Olek
- Exams: Multiple quizzes and assignments and one practical examination.
- Prerequisites: One year of introductory biology and chemistry ( e.g., BIO 110 & 111, CHM 131 &
132). Genetics ( e.g., BIO 198) recommended
- Description: The course is designed to introduce sophomore biology majors to experimental approaches in biochemistry, including enzyme assays, protein analysis, and the use of antibodies. Students will also develop light microscopic skills, e.g. , using fluorescent dyes in organelle isolation. The laboratory emphasizes experimental design and data analysis and complements BIO 250, Biochemistry. This course can be used to satisfy a 1/2 laboratory requirement in the BA and other UPBM tracks.
- Offered: Spring
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- CHM 204 Organic Chemistry II
- Instructor: J. Goodman
- Exams: Three 1-hour Exams and a Final
- Prerequisites: CHM 203 with the grade of C- or better or the equivalent
- Description: A continuation of a two-semester sequence in the study of organic chemistry. Topics covered include the reactivity of various functional groups, approaches to organic synthesis, reactivity of conjugated systems and molecules of biological significance. There are two 75 minute lectures and one workshop per week. Co-registration in CHM 208 or CHM 210.
- Offered: Spring
- CHM 208 Organic Chemistry II Laboratory
- Instructor: A. Frontier
- Exams: Periodic quizzes at the beginning of the laboratory period.
- Prerequisites: CHM 207 or 173Q; Co-registration in CHM 204
- Description: A continuation of the laboratory sequence begun in CHM 207. This laboratory meets one laboratory period per week. There is one 2-hour 40 minute laboratory and a 50 minute laboratory lecture per week.
- 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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