Class information
BI112 Cell Biology for Health Occ
- CRN: 40411
- Credits: 5
- Locations, days, times, and instructors:
- Sylvania TCB 217, SaSaturday, from 9 to 10:50am
From September 27 through December 13, 2025, Mandy L Cook - Sylvania ST 209, SaSaturday, from 11:30am to 2:20pm
From September 27 through December 13, 2025, Mandy L Cook - Sylvania TCB 217, SaSaturday, from 3 to 4:50pm
From September 27 through December 13, 2025, Mandy L Cook
- Sylvania TCB 217, SaSaturday, from 9 to 10:50am
Class materials
Textbooks
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Open educational resources (OER)
The following free or inexpensive materials are used for this class:
Details about this class
Welcome to Bi112!
In this course we will be studying the scientific method, cellular chemistry, cell structure and function, and principles of inheritance, in alignment with our CCOGs. We will be discussing and investigating the topics and skills required to continue to anatomy and physiology and microbiology. As we build this scaffolding of knowledge, our in-person class meetings will be used for mini-lectures, small group activities, discussions, questions and answers, reviews, and assessments. Our in-person labs will provide hands-on, group learning of core cell biology concepts and basic laboratory techniques.
Masks will be strongly encouraged to be worn during each of our in-person meetings as a best practice to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other communicable diseases, and in consideration of our immunocompromised and other high-risk community members. Masks will be provided to those who need them.
Previous lecture and lab syllabi are available for you to review.
Required Materials:
Textbook: Campbell Biology in Focus, 3rd edition, 2020 by Urry, Cain, Wasserman, Minorsky, and Orr. Published by Pearson. ISBN: 9780134988368, available through the PCC Bookstore
Bi112 Lab Manual, Sylvania campus edition: available exclusively through the PCC Sylvania Bookstore
3 Scantron 882-E forms for in-person exams: available through the PCC Bookstore
Biology 2e, is an optional OER textbook that may be used in this course.
MasteringBiology is an optional resource for our class.
Prerequisites:
IRW 115 or (WR 115 and RD 115), and (MTH 65 or MTH 98).
Technology
Our course requires reliable access to Microsoft Office or Google Suite and the internet, and a valid PCC email address.
No show policy
Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class.
Students with disabilities
Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.