WKU BIO 113

This website is the back-up plan for WKU's Bio 113 students. If your are in Bio 113 or Bio 113-750/VU Internet sections of Bio 113, you are in the right place.

Course Goals and Benefits: This class is all about learning biology. This is important no matter what your major. There are many reasons why this is true, but one very important reason is that ignorance can cost you money. This Bio 113 class attempts to focus on matters that are, and will be important in your everyday lives. The class is sort of divided into five sections. Each is followed by an Exam covering the material from that section.

The five sections are

Biochemistry
Genetics
Organismal Biology
Human Physiology
Special/Current topics

Bio 113 tries to make these topics interesting by continually referring to everyday examples pertinent to our discussions. Disease, Drug Development, Cancer, and even Stocks, Cereal boxes, and Insurance policies are all topics within this course.

Getting a good grade- free advice: There are three things you can do to increase your chances of getting a good grade in BIO 113: Read the material, Read the material, and ask questions or.......

A few words on Web-based learning: Hopefully, this web-site will make this course both accessible and fun. If you can think of any additions or changes to the site that would be of help to you please let me know. There are several sections of this class, make you know to which you belong.

Web Instructions: It is not that complicated, the pages are optimized for 800 X 600 resolution and any browser (e.g. Netscape) version 4.X or greater. Everything seems to work especially well with Internet Explorer. Attitude is very important in working with computers, and in life in general, keep smiling.

The plug-ins (below) allow you to "fully experience" the web site. Please let me know of any problems you may have with the web site or any computer stuff.

"Plug-ins" for BIO 113

Try the Plug-in Tester to see which plug-ins you need

Quicktime,
Shockwave, this one's fun.
Chime, view molecules in 3D.
Real player, get the free/basic.

Have fun, the web stuff is free
and you can't break anything.

During the class, you are free (and encouraged!) to ask (write) questions at any time, to disagree with other students, the web site, or the instructor, and in general, to exercise your mind. The ideal atmosphere in science is disagreement with respect, and we should strive to maintain that. If any one in the class has special needs, please let me know.