7.

014 Introductory Biology Spring, 2011

This handout includes:
• Course staff listing
• Course Policies
• Recitation Section Schedule
• Syllabus
• Reading List

Web Site: http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/7/sp11/7.014/

Course Staff:
Faculty:
Prof. Penny Chisholm 48-419 253-1771 chisholm at mit.edu
Prof. Graham Walker 68-633 253-6716 gwalker at mit.edu

Instructor:
Michelle Mischke 68-120 253-1734 mischke at mit.edu

Teaching Assistants:
Bigyan Bista brbista at mit.edu
Andres Cubillos cubillos at mit.edu
Kateryna Kozyrytska kkozyryt at mit.edu
Samin Houshyar samin at mit.edu
Seraphim Thornton serat at mit.edu

General Course Information:

Lectures: Regular attendance is expected, MWF at noon in 26-100.

Recitation Sections: There are two required recitations per week.

Recitation sections start Wednesday, February 2th.

Text Book:
The required textbook is: Biology, by Campbell and Reece, 8th edition*. The required workbook is: A
Problems Approach to Biology, by White, et. al. Both are available at the MIT Coop. Reading and problem
assignments are posted on the course website.
*Please note: To keep your cost down, we will be using a customized version of the text that contains select
chapters. The remaining chapters of the full textbook can be accessed on line using the e-book packaged with your
copy of the text.
Course Policies:
Recitation Sections.
Please go to the recitation section assigned to you by the registrar. If that recitation does not fit in your
schedule, then section changes can be made through the course home site:
http://stellar.mit.edu/S/course/7/sp11/7.014/index.html. If you attempt to register for a section but
cannot do so, then that section is filled. No additional students will be allowed in that section, so you
must then choose another section. Please do not attend a section for which you are not registered.

Section Day/Time Room TA

R01 TR, 9 26-204 Sera Thornton

R02 TR, 10 26-204 Andres Cubillos
R03 TR, 11 26-204 Andres Cubillos
R04 TR, 12 26-210 Kateryna Kozyrytska
R05 TR, 1 26-210 Kateryna Kozyrytska
R06 TR, 1 24-307 Samin Houshyar
R07 TR, 2 26-210 Bigyan Bista
R08 TR, 3 26-210 Bigyan Bista
R09 TR, 10 26-310 Sera Thornton

Grades. Your overall course grade will depend on the following components:

Exams 3 X 100 pts = 300 points

Final 1 X 200 pts = 200 points
Problems sets 6 X 18 pts = 108 points

Exams. There will be three exams worth 100 points each given during the term from 12:05 PM to 1:55
PM and a comprehensive final worth 200 points given during finals week. The Final Exam will be a 3-
hour, cumulative exam, covering the entire course. No Make-up exams will be offered.

Problem Sets. There will be 7 graded problem sets, but only your 6 highest scores will be used in
determining your grade. Problem Sets are not accepted late.

Problem sets will be available from the course web site at least 1 week prior to the due date. The
solutions to the problem sets will be posted after the problem set due date.

Completed problem sets must be turned in to the cart outside room 68-120 before 10:00 AM on the
due date. Slide your solutions into the appropriate TA's box.

ALL LATE PROBLEM SETS WILL BE SCORED AS A ZERO

Academic Honesty. Since problem sets will be graded, copying of problem set answers constitutes
cheating and is forbidden. While general discussions and collaboration on the problem sets is
appropriate, detailed discussion of specific solutions or sharing of answers is a violation of the trust
placed in all students in the class, each of whom is expected to produce their own unique set of
answers. Students who copy problem sets or allow their answers to be copied will be assigned a 0 for
that problem set, and may be assigned a 0 for all the Problem Sets. Any student that commits an act of
academic dishonesty regarding an exam, such as copying or altering an exam prior to a request for a
regrade, may be assigned an F for the course and be brought before the Committee on Discipline.
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Regrades of Exams. Please note that some exams are photocopied before they are returned to the students. If
you feel that your answer was graded incorrectly, please email mischke@mit.edu to request an
appointment.
Course Policies, continued:
Adding the course after the first day of class. If you add the course after registration day, you are
responsible for reviewing the material that you have missed. If you add the course late and miss
problem set due dates, you will receive a 0 for the missed work. Email the course instructor, Michelle
Mischke, to make her aware of your late addition to the course.

Tutors. Tutors are available for all students who wish extra help either on a one-time or a regular
basis. The tutoring services are offered free of charge to all enrolled in 7.014. A list of tutors is given
below. Feel free to contact the tutors by e-mail to arrange meetings; please be sure to notify the tutors in
advance if you will be unable to make a pre-arranged meeting.

Tutors:

Samuel Acquah acquah at mit.edu

Neel Patel nkp_2012 at mit.edu

Sabina Sood ssood at mit.edu
Anirudh Arun aarun at mit.edu
Zoe N Rogers zoer at mit.edu
Hway Helen Chen helench at mit.edu
Lana Awad lanaawad at mit.edu
Shubhi Goyal shubig at mit.edu
Kamena Kostova kkostova at mit.edu
Lucy Lin linl at mit.edu
Melissa Ko mesako at mit.edu
Kimberley Macmanus kmmacmanus at mit.edu

Student work.
All problem sets and exams will be returned to students during recitation section. If you miss section,
email your TA and ask him/her to bring your work to the following section. Any work that is not
collected during the term will be disposed of on June 1st, 2011.

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 Lecture Schedule Spring 2011
Date # Topic Lecturer Section # Problem Set Due

W 2/2 1 Biochemistry I GW #1 (Thur)

F 2/4 2 Biochemistry II GW
M 2/7 3 Biochemistry III GW #2 (Tues)
W 2/9 4 Biochemistry IV GW #3 (Thur)
F 2/11 5 Biochemistry V GW PS1 (Lect. 1-4)
M 2/14 6 Biochemistry VI GW #4 (Tues)
W 2/16 7 Molecular Biology I GW #5 (Thur)
F 2/18 8 Molecular Biology II GW PS2 (Lect. 5-7)
M 2/21 PRESIDENTS DAY HOLIDAY
T 2/22 9 Molecular Biology III GW
W 2/23 10 Molecular Biology IV GW #6 (Thur)
F 2/25 11 Molecular Biology V GW PS3 (Lect. 7-11)
M 2/28 12 Molecular Biology VI GW #7 (Tues)
W 3/2 Exam 1 (1-11)
F 3/4 13 Gene Regulation GW
M 3/7 14 Bacterial Genetics I GW #8 (Tues)
W 3/9 15 Bacterial Genetics II GW #9 (Thur)
F 3/11 16 Mendelian Genetics GW PS4 (Lect. 11-15)
M 3/14 17 Mitosis and Meiosis GW #10 (Tues)
W 3/16 18 Diploid Genetics GW #11 (Thur)
F 3/18 19 Recombinant DNA I MM
M 3/21
W 3/23 SPRING BREAK
F 3/25
M 3/28 20 Recombinant DNA II GW #12 (Tues)
W 3/30 21 Recombinant DNA III GW #13 (Thur)
F 4/1 22 Recombinant DNA IV GW PS5 (Lect. 16-22)
M 4/4 23 Immunology I GW #14 (Tues)
W 4/6 24 Immunology II GW #15 (Thur)
F 4/8 Exam 2 (1-22)
M 4/11 25 Population Genetics and Evolution MP #16 (Tues)
W 4/13 26 Molecular Evolution MP #17 (Thur)
F 4/15 27 Life, Scales, Ecology and the Biosphere PC PS6 (Lect. 23-26)
M 4/18 PATRIOT’S DAY D
W 4/20 28 Differenent Ways to be Alive PC #18 (Thur)
F 4/22 29 Global Metabolism PC
M 4/25 30 Regulation of Global Metabolism PC #19 (Tues)
W 4/27 31 Limiting Factors and Biogeochemical PC #20 (Thur)
Cycles
F 4/29 32 Population Growth I PC PS7 (Lect. 27-31)
M 5/2 Exam 3 (1-30)
W 5/4 33 Population Growth II PC #21 (Thur)
F 5/6 34 Communities I PC
M 5/9 35 Communities II PC #22 (Tues)
W 5/11 36 Ecological Applications PC Practice PS (Lect.31-36)

Please note: Monday (2/21) is a holiday. We will have a make-up lecture on Tuesday (2/22).
There are no sections on 2/22, 3/2, 3/3, 4/19, 5/2, 5/3, 5/11, 5/12.