EUKARYOTIC CELL BIOLOGY
BIOLOGY 484-584; Spring 2002
Text: Molecular Cell Biology, Darnell et al.,4th Edition, 1999.
Instructor: Dr. Torzilli, DK 3032: Office Hrs: W 3:00 - 5:00 PM or by
appointment. Email: atorzill@gmu.edu. Phone: 703-993-1062 or 703-993-3462
 
 
Week of: Topic Assignment Chapter
Jan. 22 Biomembranes 5
27 Biomembranes & Transport 5, 15
Feb 4 Membrane Transport 15
11 Protein Sorting,  EXAM 1 (Chaps. 5,15) 17
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Mar. 4 Cell Motility 18
11 SPRING RECESS
18 Cell Motility 19
25 Cell Signaling,  EXAM 2 (Chaps. 17,18,19) 20
Apr. 1 " "
8 Cell Signaling, Nerve Cells 20,21
15 Nerve Cells 21
22 Cell Cycle Reg., EXAM 3(Chaps.  20, 21) 13
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May 6 Cancer 24
FINAL EXAM: Mon.. May 15, 4:30- 7:15 PM
Grading:
3 lecture exams (100 pts. each)    300pts.
Final Exam                                   200pts.
Total                                            500pts.
NOTE: The final exam will be in two parts, each eqivalent to a lecture exam in points. The first part will be comprehensive covering material from the 1st three lecture exams while the second part will cover new material discussed after the 3rd exam. If you earn a higher score on the comprehensive part than on any of the three lecture exams, then the comprehensive score will substitute for the low score as well as counting as part of the final. Therefore, doing well on the comprehensive part of the final can dramatically improve your grade by substituting for a low score AND counting as part of the final (i.e., counting twice). THERE ARE NO MAKE-UP EXAMS.  If you miss a lecture exam for any reason,
the comprehensive part of the final will count as the missed exam (Final Exam = 100
pts. comprehensive material + 100 pts. new material).  This option can be exercised
only once during the semester---i.e. if you miss more than one lecture exam, the additional misses cannot be made up.