EPOB 1210 lec. 1 Sections 0003 & 0004

Professor S.K. Schmidt        
Office: Ramaley C373
Office Hrs.: T & F 3:00-4:00 PM & By Appointment

Textbook: Campbell, N.A. BIOLOGY. Fourth Edition (1996), Benjamin/Cummings

This has been the 1510th visit to this site since August 26, 1996.

Announcements:

1) Who Should be here?

EPOB majors and other science majors. Approved as Natural Science course for the core curriculum.

2) YOU MUST TAKE A LAB if you want to continue on in Biology. Labs do not meet this week.

3) HONORS SECTIONS do not meet this week.

4) Lecture Notes are available ONLY on the WWW:

http://www.colorado.edu/epob/epob1210

GO OVER Syllabus and course policies on back of syllabus.

BIOLOGY - the study of life

A. Levels of organization:

Biologists study life at different levels

Emergent properties result from the interaction of component parts = properties not apparent at next lower level of organization.

B. Characteristics of life:

1. Highly ordered

2. Reproduce (biogenesis = life comes only from life)

3. Grow and develop

4. Take in energy, use to maintain order (Metabolism - all chem. reactions in organism)

5. Respond to environmental stimuli

6. Homeostasis - maintenance of internal conditions

7. Evolve