Wlic - Bi110 : Unifying Life Processes - Lecture

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Brantford, Canada Wilfrid Laurier University Full time

**Date**:May 28, 2024

**Location**: Brantford, CA

**Company**:Wilfrid Laurier University

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Wilfrid Laurier Intl College (WLIC)

**Department**: N/A

**Campus**: Brantford

**Employee Group**: WLUFA

**Requisition ID**:7965

**Position Title**: WLIC - BI110 : Unifying Life Processes - Lecture and Tutorial Instructor (Fall 2024)

**Faculty/Academic Area**: Wilfrid Laurier International College

**About Wilfrid Laurier International College (WLIC)**

Wilfrid Laurier International College’s programs and approach to teaching offer international students the opportunity to be fully prepared for university studies and have a smooth transition to Wilfrid Laurier University. Our comprehensive programming, both academic and extracurricular, allows students to explore and navigate their own personal journey to success. Through HyFlex programming in many of our courses we aim provide maximum flexibility to students from across the globe.

Located on the Brantford campus, Wilfrid Laurier International College (WLIC) was established by Navitas in 2020. Navitas is a global higher education provider specializing in pathway programs providing international students with the skills and knowledge they need to be successful in a Canadian post-secondary educational setting. WLIC welcomes international students from across the world to complete a first year of study to qualify for their undergraduate program of choice at Laurier. Upon completion of ten courses and with the attainment of the required CGPA, WLIC students transfer into second year at Laurier in their chosen pathway. The undergraduate courses that students take at WLIC are Laurier courses taught by Laurier selected instructors.

**Term**: Fall 2024 (September 1 - December 31, 2024)

**Days/Times**: Fall schedule - Teaching timeslots: 8:30am - 12:30pm; 1:30pm - 5:30pm; or 6:30pm - 10:30pm (day of week and time scheduled in consultation with CTF and in consideration of teaching schedule at WLU). **There is no reading week in the WLIC term: each term consists of 12 consecutive weeks of teaching immediately followed by a 1 week final exam period**

**Campus**: Brantford - (**Hyflex; In Person**)

**Hours per week/Hours Total**: 4-hour teaching blocks, one day per week; plus 2-hours and 40 minutes tutorial blocks, bi-weekly/16 hours.

**Anticipated Class Size**: 20 - 35

**Posted on**: May 28, 2024

**Posting ends**: June 12, 2024

**Position Summary**:The unity underlying all life forms is explored through examination of the cell, and the biological chemicals, structures, and processes that govern cell organization, metabolism, communication, integration and reproduction. Major topics include respiration and photosynthesis; regulation of the cell cycle; features of multicellularity; DNA structure, function, and repair; gene expression and regulation; mitosis and meiosis; patterns of inheritance; microbial genetics.

Learning Outcomes:

- Identify organic macromolecules and describe and explain the major hypotheses regarding the origin of life, and the principles of eukaryotic and prokaryotic cellular organization (PLO*1a -I)
- Identify the structure and function of major eukaryotic cellular structures, particularly of mitochondria and chloroplasts, and explain their evolution and roles in fundamental metabolic processes of cellular respiration and photosynthesis, respectively (PLOs 1a, 2a, 2b, 2c, and 4 -I)
- Recognize and rationalize DNA structure, mitosis and meiosis, and gene expression in relation to cellular signaling and the cell cycle (PLO 1a -I)
- Develop familiarity with fundamental methodology in biology (e.g. light microscopy), and the presentation and interpretation of biological data (PLO 5 -I)
- Describe and explain the scientific method, including hypothesis testing, and understand the roles of various forms of scientific communication in developing scientific literacy (PLOs 3, 7 -I)
- Reflect upon and articulate how your participation in this course has impacted your personal perspectives, feelings or beliefs surrounding the origin of life, the organization of life and cellular functions, and Indigenous knowledge related to the course content (PLOs 10, 11, 12 -I)

Topics Covered:
Defining life and its origins; the cell: an overview; energy and enzymes; cell membranes and signalling; cellular respiration; photosynthesis; the cell cycle; DNA structure and replication; gene structure and expression

Course Delivery

WLIC offers this course with a HyFlex mode of delivery, which provides flexibility to students who may need to access the course remotely due to travel interruption or personal emergencies. The HyFlex approach enables the instructor to simultaneously engage in-person and remote learners, in pedagogically innovative ways, via live streaming on Zoom in technology-enabled classrooms. HyFlex delivery is expected for all 48 contact hours of course instruction. Courses are delivered in 4-hour teaching blocks at specific t

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