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Semester | AUG 2025
Open to Semester | 1
Course Code | BI1113
Course Title | Introductory Biology - I
Nature of Course | LT - Lecture and Tutorial
Credit | 3
Coordinator & Faculty | Dr. Kundan Sengupta Dr. Nagaraj Balasubramanian
Pre-requisites | None
Objectives | The course is an introduction to the Biology of cells. The course is open to all students with or without a background in Biology.
Course Content | Module 1: Introduction to biology 1.1 What is Life? Importance of biology and evolution 1.2 Logical structure of biology: complexity, emergent properties, adaptation, diversity 1.3 Nature of experimentation in biology and statistical inference
Evaluation / Assessment | End-Sem Examination - 50% Mid-Sem Examination - 50% Others - Quizzes will be part of the continuous assessment
Suggested readings | 1. Explore Biology (XBIO) - Online book, created by Prof. Ron Vale, UCSF, USA (https://explorebiology.org/). 2. Voet, D., Voet, J.G (2010). Biochemistry, 4th edition, Wiley. 3. Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry (2009), 28th edition, McGraw Hill. 4. Campbell and Reece (2005) Biology, 7th edition, Pearson Publishing. 5. Raven, Johnson, Losos and Singer (2005) Biology, 7th edition, McGraw Hill. 6. Alberts, Bray, Hopkin, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts and Walters (2003), Essential Cell Biology, 2nd edition, Garland. 7. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter. (2007). 8. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 5th Edition. Bruce Alberts, Alexander Johnson, Julian Lewis, Martin Raff, Keith Roberts, Peter Walter (2005).
When the course will be offered next | August 2026
Date Uploaded | 2025-03-30 00:05:38