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Lecturer in charge:
Associate Professor David Raftos
Department of Biological Sciences
Macquarie University
N.S.W. 2109 Australia
Phone: (02) 9850 8402
Fax: (02) 9850 8245
email: draftos@rna.bio.mq.edu.au
Prerequisites:Preqrequisites: none
Corequisites: none
When and how offered:3 credit points
2nd semester (2010).
Available in internal (D2), external (X2) and composite (Xc2) modes.2 one hour lectures per week (22 lectures total) + 8 x 3 hour practical classes + 2 computer tutorials.
All practical classes are held in the ground floor teaching labs of F7B.
For external students, practical classes are held in block sessions (on-campus sessions) on 25& 26 August (Sat & Sun) and 24–26 September (Mon – Wed). On-campus sessions begin at 9:30 am and will finish at about 5:00 pm. External students should sign on at COE on the first day of each on-campus session.
Textbook:
The textbook for Biol115 is:
Knox, Ladiges, Evan And Saint. 2005. Biology: An Australian Perspecitve. McGraw Hill Publishing, North Ryde.Other well regarded text used in this unit are:
GOULD & KEETON, 1996. Biological Sciences, Volume 1. Norton Publishing.
ALBERTS, ET AL. 1998. Essential Cell Biology. Garland Publishing.
TOBIN & MOREL, 1997. Asking About Cells. Saunders Publishing.
All of the graphics shown during lectures will be on sale as a single book in the University Co-Op Bookstore.
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