SCCC - Course Syllabi - BI1504

Seward County Community College/Area Technical School
Course Syllabus

TITLE OF COURSE: BI1504 Cell Biology
COURSE DESCRIPTION: 4 credit hours. 3 hours of lecture and 2 hours of lab per week. Designed to fulfill the needs of the pre-medical and pre-veterinarian biology student, and the student who is going to enter the fields of biological related science, agriculture, physical education, or for the student who has a desire to learn more about the cell. A study of the cell structure and function. The course will deal with cellular organelles, cellular communication, and cellular metabolism, and division. Laboratory experiments will supplement the theory of lectures. For each unit of credit, a minimum of three hours per week with one of the hours for class and two hours for studying/preparation outside of class is expected. Prerequisite: Introduction to Chemistry, a strong high school chemistry background, or instructor approval.
TEXTBOOK AND MATERIALS:
- Brooker, Widmaier, Grahm, Stiling, Biology Chemistry, Cells, and Genetics. McGraw Hill publishers. Second Edition. ISBN - 13: 978-0-07-740565-6
- Laboratory Manual: Provided by the department.
SCCC/ATS OUTCOMES: Students who successfully complete this course will demonstrate the ability to:
- Outcome #1 -Read with comprehension, be critical of what they read, and apply knowledge gained to real life situations.
- Outcome #2 -Communicate their ideas clearly and proficiently in writing, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes, and situations.
- Outcome #3 -Communicate their ideas clearly and proficiently in speaking, appropriately adjusting content and arrangement for varying audiences, purposes and situations.
- Outcome #4 -Demonstrate mathematical skills using a variety of techniques and technologies.
- Outcome #5 -Demonstrate the ability to think critically by gathering facts, generating insights, analyzing data, and evaluating information.
- Outcome #6 -Exhibit skills in information and technological literacy.
COURSE OUTCOMES: Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Explain the anatomy of cells.
  - Categorize the diversity of cells.
  - Describe the comparative anatomy of cells.
  - Classify the chemical components of the cell.
- Discuss the recipe for a cell.
  - Compare the molecular structure and forces that control the cell.
  - Define energy, catalysis, and biosynthesis and their role in the cell.
  - Define Bioenergetics.
  - Identify and describe protein structure and function and their importance in the cell.
  - Discuss the overview of metabolism.
- Explain macromolecular machines.
  - Describe DNA and its critical role in the cell.
  - Recognize enzymes: "biological catalysts and motors."
  - Explain how DNA gets its message to protein.
  - Evaluate the biological assembly processes.
- Trace the origin and evolution of cells.
  - Trace the origin and evolution of cells.
- Discuss cellular membranes.
  - Discuss biological membranes and their purpose within the cell.
  - Identify the membrane structures.
  - Explain membrane proteins and their role in membrane organization.
  - Describe membrane transport, and the membrane transport process and physiology.
- Explain protein sorting and targeting.
  - Explain protein sorting and targeting.
  - Discuss the endoplasmic reticulum and its contribution to protein folding.
  - Illustrate how proteins get from the ER to Golgi and quality control mechanisms involved.
  - Outline the Golgi apparatus and its capacity in protein sorting.
- Classify cell transports.
  - Discuss vesicular transport and membrane fusion.
  - Identify intracellular compartments and explain their importance in cellular transport.
  - Define receptor recycling.
  - Explain the process of nuclear transport.
- Discuss how cells obtain energy from food.
  - Compare the role and function of the mitochondria and chloroplasts.
  - Discuss the energy generation in the mitochondria and chloroplast.
- Define cellular communication.
  - Identify G proteins, kinases, and phosphatases and the part they play in cellular communication.
  - Contrast intra and inter cellular communication.
  - Explain how calcium and lipids act as signals.
  - Discuss how a message gets from the plasma membrane to the nucleus.
  - Outline membrane excitability and the process of neurotransmission.
- Recognize cellular frameworks.
  - Identify cellular frameworks.
  - Discuss the muscle and what duty myosins perform within the muscle.
  - Define microtubules and motors.
  - Label the cryoskeleton.
  - Discuss intermediate filaments and other filaments.
  - Explain the process of signaling and the cytoskeleton.
- Define cell cycling.
  - Analyze cell cycle regulation and how this regulation is controlled.
  - Explain the role of the cytoskeleton in the cell cycle.
  - Classify the processes of mitosis and meiosis.
  - Define tissues.
- Discuss the social cell.
  - Define apoptosis.
  - Explain cell-cell adhesion and interactions.
  - Categorize the extracellular matrix.
  - Explain molecular pathology.
  - Associate the cell-cycle control and cellular death.
COURSE OUTLINE:
- Introduction to the Cell
  - The Evolution of the Cell
  - Small Molecules, Energy, and Biosynthesis
  - Macromolecules: Structure, Shape, and Information
  - How Cells are Studied
- Molecular Genetics
  - Protein Function
  - Basic Genetic Mechanisms
  - Recombinant DNA Technology
  - The Cell Nucleus
  - Control of Gene Expression
- Internal Organization of the Cell
  - Membrane Structure
  - Membrane Transport of Small Molecules and the Ionic Basis of Membrane Excitability
  - Intracellular Compartments and Protein Sorting
  - Vesicular Traffic in the Secretory and Endocytic Pathways
  - Energy Conversion: Mitochondria and Chloroplasts
  - Cell Signaling
  - The Cytoskeleton
  - The Cell-Division Cycle
  - The Mechanics of Cell Division
- Cells in Their Social Context
  - Cell Junctions, Cell Adhesion, and the Extracellular Matrix
  - Germ Cells and Fertilization
  - Cellular Mechanisms of Development
  - Differentiated Cells and the Maintenance of Tissues
  - The Immune System
  - Cancer
INSTRUCTIONAL METHODS: Lecture, discussion, and laboratory exercises will be the prime means of class presentation. Prepared slides of tissue, models, charts, computer programs, video, and cellular "dissection" will be used. Class exams and lab work will be used at the appropriate times.
INSTRUCTIONAL AND RESOURCE MATERIALS:
- Commercially prepared slides
- Student prepared slides
- Models
- Microscopes
- Reference Materials
- Internet resources
- Videos
- Charts
- Centrifugation and separation apparatus
METHODS OF EVALUATION:
- Section Exams
- Comprehensive Final Exam
- Lab Technique
- Lab Quizzes
- Individual's attitude and effort
- Research paper over appropriate topics
METHODS OF ASSESSMENT: Methods of assessing the general outcomes and the specific course competencies:
- Individual's attitude and effort.
- Laboratory report evaluation.
- Section test results.
- Comprehensive final test results
- Research paper over appropriate topics.
  and laboratory information.
- Outcome assessment:
- SCCC/ATS Outcome #1 will be assessed and measured by class participation, written exams, and critical analysis of class assignments.
- SCCC/ATS Outcome #2 will be assessed and measured by class and laboratory research interaction and communication, written exams and critical analysis of class assignments.
- SCCC/ATS Outcome #3 will be assessed and measured mathematical analysis of class and laboratory research results through content specific applications.
- SCCC/ATS Outcome #4 will be assessed and measured by class participation, written exams, projects and laboratory activities.
- SCCC/ATS Outcome #5 will be assessed and measured by written exams, laboratory activities, and research project.
- SCCC/ATS Outcome #6 will be assessed and measured by students using computers for instruction and analysis instrumentation of class
  activity in the laboratory.
ADA STATEMENT: If you believe that you are entitled to special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act, please contact the Dean of Student Services at 620-417-1016 or visit the office located in the Hobble Academic Building.

Syllabus Reviewed: March 2014