一、課程說明 (Course Description)
本課程主要 提供 本校非主修生科系(但已修過大學有機化學以上學分優先)的學生,對於生命科學
之認識。主要以選用的2013年生物學教科書 全方位介紹當代生物學討論與關注的課題 [詳見下列
授課內容 課程表]。

本課程 將分三方面來介紹 「生命科學」:
1. 從 傳統生物學研究的內容[如: 早期的生物與相關之演化課題]
到近代生物學所關注的議題 [如:生物圈的現代、未來與生態、環境相關]

2. 從物理、化學角度開始介紹生物分子、細胞、遺傳、免疫、癌病生成與相關近代生物科技應
用,幫助未曾在大學修習過生物課程的學生了解生命科學的基礎理論。

3. 從生物個體的角度介紹生理學。從生物個體之組織、器官、系統的協調了解生物有機體如何的
運作以維續生命。

*這些介紹 將使學生方便整合所學,而立即應用到與本身相關的特定議題研究。並可作為未來研讀
高階課程的準備。論文研究與生命科學有關之學生,可以優先選修本課程。

二、指定用書 (Text Books)
“Biology Today and Tomorrow with Physiology, 4th Edition
by C. Starr, C. Evers, L. Starr, Intl Ed., Brooks/Cole, 2013 (偉明圖書公司)


三、參考書籍(References)
1. Asking About Life, 3/e (2005); by Allan J. Tobin & Jennie Dusheck
2. Biology, 9/e 2011, by Neil A. Campbell & Jane B. Reece (偉明圖書公司)


四、教學方式(Teaching Method)
投影片講解、多媒體教學 (Power point + others)

五、教學進度(Syllabus)

Week Date Topics
1 9-13 Introduction
Chapter 1: Invitation to Biology;
Chapter 11: Evidence of Evolution;
2 9-20 Chapter 12: Processes of Evolution;
Chapter 13: Early Life Forms and the Virus;
3 9-27 Chapter 14: Plants and Fungi;
Chapter 16: Population Ecology;
4 10-04 停課(中秋節)
5 10-11 Chapter 17: Communities and Ecosystem;
Chapter 27: Plant Form and Function;
Chapter 28: Plant Reproduction and Development;
(Chapter 27/28 will be combined.)
6 10-18 Quiz I
7 10-25 Chapter 3: Cell Structure;
Chapter 4: Energy and metabolism,
8 11-01 Chapter 5: Capturing and Releasing Energy;
Chapter 6: DNA Structure and Function;
9 11-08 Chapter 7: Gene expression and Control;
Chapter 8: How Cells Reproduce;
10 11-15 停課 (全校運動大會)
11 11-22 Chapter 9: Patterns of Inheritance;
Chapter 10: Biotechnology;
12 11-29 Quiz II
13 12-06 Chapter 19: Animal Tissues and Organs;
Chapter 20: How Animals Move;
14 12-13 Chapter 21: Circulation and Respiration;
Chapter 22: Immunity;
15 12-20 Chapter 23: Digestion and Excretion;
Chapter 24: Neural Control and the Senses;
16 12-27 Chapter 25: Endocrine Control;
Chapter 26: Reproduction and Development;
17 1-03 Quiz III
(Happy winter vacation!)


六、成績考核(Evaluation)
期中考試(2 Midterm exams, 2x 35%);期末考(1 Final exam, 35%)