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Lecturer in charge:
Associate Professor Michael Gillings (Michael)
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
N.S.W. 2109 Australia
Phone: (02) 9850 8199
Fax: (02) 9850 8245
email: mgilling@rna.bio.mq.edu.au
.........michael.gillings@mq.edu.auPrerequisites:
None. This course is presented in such a way that students with no previous experience in Biology will not be at a disadvantage, while students with some Biology background will still find the Unit interesting.
When and how offered:
First Semester.
BIOL108 is offered in internal or external mode.
Textbook:
Mader, Sylvia M. Inquiry into Life McGraw-Hill Publishers.
Any of the recent editions of this text are suitable (2000-2004). There is no textbook that is entirely appropriate for this unit, but Inquiry into Life has a number of useful features that are relevant to the general philosophy behind BIOL108.Assessment:
Components of the assessment are as follows:
Test 1 10% (week 5)
Test 2 10% (week 12)
Written assignment 1 15% (week 6)
Written assignment 2 15% (week 11)
Final examination 50% (week 14)
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