Welcome to the home page for Biology 107 "Principles of Biology I", Fall semester 2001, at the University of Connecticut. Your instructors are Prof. Thomas Terry and Prof. Randy Walikonis. See the course syllabus for full details.
 

Announcements	Lecture Notes (Terry)	Study Guides (Terry)
Grades	Lecture Notes (Walikonis)	Study Guide (Walikonis)
Practice quizzes	Exam answer keys	Laboratory information
The Biology Place	Text website	Tools for academic success
Biology in the News	Syllabus	Supplemental Instruction
Questions & Answers	Student Management Team	Former Students
Report a problem	CHIME tutorial

•  Lecture notes (Prof. Terry) (1st half of the semester) -- covers biochemistry, cell structure & function, and introduction to molecular biology. Each topic includes links to a practice quiz.
•  Study Guides -- handed out in class to accompany each chapter. If you missed class, download a copy here.
•  Practice quizzes: available as links from lecture note pages, also from this page.
•  Exam answer keys: available after each exam
•  Grades: will be updated after each exam
•  Laboratory information: name and contact information for teaching assistants, lab grading policy, samples of graded student work, and lab schedule

•  Review resources listed in the "How to succeed in this course" section of the Bio 107 Syllabus.
•  Take as many practice quizzes as possible. It's easy to con yourself into thinking you "know" the material because you've read it, but the true test of "knowing" is being able to apply that knowledge:
  • practice quizzes posted by the instructor
  • quizzes on the CD-ROM that comes with your text
  • quizzes on the text website
  The more of these self-tests you can take, the better!
•  Supplemental Instruction (SI) is available to students taking Biology 107. A former student in this course, will lead two weekly discussion sections, time and place to be announced.
•  UConn Student Support Services offer a variety of support services to UConn students
• CLAS Academic Services Center: information on CLAS majors, minors, graduation, and Gen. Ed. requirements. Also answers to questions about waivers, academic counseling, and more
•  Joe Landsberger at St. Thomas University has organized a Guide to classroom success , which covers everything from note taking to studying to classroom participation. Great materials, worth a look!
  
•  Dartmouth's Academic Skills Center has good materials on how to improve peformance.