Weekly Schedule (may have slight modifications)
Section I
Week 1
Lecture: Introduction/Expectation/Nature of science
Homework Lab 1: The Web as a Scientific Resource
Popular Press Reading #1: The Web Docs. Time, April 3, 2000
Popular Press Reading #2: Hunting for health. Katherine Hobson. U.S. News
& World Report, November 17, 2003.
Week 2
Lecture: Menopause and Hormone Replacement Therapy
Popular Press Reading #1: The End of the Age of Estrogen. Geoffrey Cowley,
Karen Springer. Newsweek, July 22, 2002.
Popular Press Reading #2: The Hormone Conundrum, Amanda Spake. U.S. News
& World Report, March 15, 2004
Lab 2: Breast Cancer
Popular Press Reading: Rethinking Breast Cancer. Christine Gorman. Time,
February 18, 2002.
Lecture: Prostate Cancer
Popular Press Reading: Prostate Difficult Choices. Karen Springen and
Jerry Adler. Newsweek. June 16, 2003.
Week 3
Lecture: Human Sexuality
Popular Press Reading: The Viagra Craze. Bruce Handy. Time, May 4, 1998.
Lecture: Human Development/Stem Cells
Popular Press Reading #1: Nancy’s Next Campaign. Claudia Kalb and
Debra Rosenberg. Newsweek, June 21, 2004.
Popular Press Reading #2: The Stem Cell Challenge. Robert Lanza and Nadia
Rosenthal. Scientific American, June 2004.
Popular Press Reading #3: Inside the Korean Cloning Lab. Alice Park and
Christine Gorman, Time, May 30, 2005.
Week 4
Lecture: DNA and the Human Genome Project
Popular Press Reading #1: We’ve Only Just Begun. Joannie Schrof
Fisher. US News & World Report, July 3, 2000.
Popular Press Reading #2: Mother Nature’s DNA. Michael D. Lemonick,
Laura Locke, and Melissa August. Time, June 20, 2005.
Lab 3: Human Reproduction & Teratogens
Popular Press Reading: Cycle of Shame. Jeff Glasser. US News & World
Report, May 20, 2002.
Lecture: Individuality and Cloning
Popular Press Reading #1: Dolly’s False Legacy. Ian Wilmut. Time,
January 11, 1999.
Popular Press Reading #2: Send in the clones? US News & World Report,
August 20, 2001.
Popular Press Reading #3: Korean Team Speeds Up Creation of Cloned Human
Stem Cells. Gretchen Vogel. Science, May 2005.
Week 5
Lecture: Genetic Disorders/Gene Therapy
Popular Press Reading: Good Eggs, Bad Eggs. Frederic Golden. Time, January
11, 1999.
Lab 4: DNA Fingerprinting
Popular Press Reading: DNA Detectives. Jeffrey Kluger. Time, January 11,
1999.
Lecture: Exam I (both lecture & lab) – 20% of your
total grade
Section II
Week 6
Lecture: Eating Disorders and the Digestive System
Popular Press Reading: The Hunger Artists. Emily Sohn. US News & World
Report, June 10, 2002.
Lab 5: Ulcers and the Digestive System
Popular Press Reading: Prescriptions: How your doctor makes the choice.
Joseph P. Shapiro, Stacey Schultz. US News & World Report, February
19, 2001
Lecture: Alcohol’s Effects on the Heart and Liver
Popular Press Reading: When Drinking Helps. Janet Raloff. Science News,
March 8, 2003.
Week 7
Lecture: Circulatory System and Heart Disease
Popular Press Reading #1: The No. 1 Killer of Women. Christine Gorman.
Time, April 28, 2003.
Popular Press Reading #2: Blowing a Gasket, Jeffrey Kluger, Time, December
6, 2004.
Lab 6: Heart Attacks /CPR
Popular Press Reading: What to Expect. Harvard Health Letter, July 2002.
Lecture: Smoking, Emphysema and Lung Cancer
Popular Press Reading: The Deadliest Cancer. Geoffrey Cowley and Claudia
Kalb, Newsweek, August 22, 2005.
Week 8
Lecture: Diseases of the Endocrine System
Popular Press Reading: The Silent Killer. Joannie Schrof. U.S. News &
World Report, April 12, 1999.
Lab 7: Weight Control and Diet Drugs
Popular Press Reading: Weight Gain and Loss. Harvard Health Letter, March
2001.
Lecture: Kidney and the Urinary System
Popular Press Reading: Urinary tract infection, Mayo Clinic Health Letter,
June 1999
Week 9
Lecture: Exam II (both lecture & lab) – 20% of your
total grade
Section III
Week 9 (continued)
Lab 8: Drugs
Popular Press Reading: Is Pot Good For You? John Cloud. Time, November
4, 2002.
Lecture: Parasites and Disease
Popular Press Reading #1: A Disease in Disguise. Geoffrey Cowley and Anne
Underwood. Newsweek, August 23, 2004.
Popular Press Reading #2: Death by Mosquito. Christine Gorman. Time. July
26, 2004.
Week 10
Lecture: Immune System, Viruses, Bacteria
Popular Press Reading: Anatomy of an Outbreak. Jeffrey Kluger. Time, August
3, 1998.
Lab 9: Antibiotic Resistance
Popular Press Reading: Battle of the Bugs: Fighting Antibiotic Resistance.
Linda Bren. FDA Consumer, July-August 2002.
Lecture: Vaccines and Disease Prevention
Popular Press Reading: Can We Kiss the Polio Scourge Goodbye? Leslie Roberts.
US News & World Report, August 30k, 1999.
Week 11
Lecture: HIV Infection and AIDS
Popular Press Reading: Cruel Lessons from an Epidemic. Nell Boyce. US
News & World Report, June, 2001.
Lab 10: Emerging Diseases
Popular Press Reading: Milburn calls on World Health Organization to lead
nation by nation audit of preparedness for new and emerging diseases.
M2 Presswire, May 19, 2003. Search tip: enter "Milburn calls on"
as Keywords
Lecture: The Nervous System and Drug Addiction
Popular Press Reading: Addicted: Why Do People Get Hooked? Madeleine Nash.
Time, May 5, 1997.
Week 12
Lecture: The Age of Arthritis (Skeletal-Muscular System)
Popular Press Reading #1: The Age of Arthritis. We’re Headed For
An Epidemic of Joint Disease: What You Can Do To Protect Yourself. Christine
Gorman, Alice Park. Time, December 9, 2002.
Popular Press Reading #2: Agony of the Bones. Josh Fischman and Katherine
Hobson. U.S. News & World Report, June 27, 2005.
Lab 11: Brain and Alzheimer’s Disease
Popular Press Reading: Memory Loss: When to Seek Help. MayoClinic.com
Lecture: Exam III (both lecture & lab) – 20% of your
total grade
Section IV
Week 13
Lecture: Origin & Evolution of Life on Earth
Popular Press Reading #1: A Debate that Does Not End. Newsweek, July 4,
2005.
Popular press Reading #2: The Evolution Wars. Claudia Wallis. Time, August
15, 2005.
Lab 12: Human Evolution
Popular Press Reading #1: The ‘Gang’ Hits Again. Time, April
2, 2001.
Popular Press Reading #2: Hominid Tree Gets Trimmed Twice. B. Bower. Science
News, May 3, 2003
Lecture: Agricultural Systems and Transgenic Organisms
Popular Press Reading: Cures on the Cob. Margot Roosevelt. Time, May 26,
2003.
Week 14
Lecture: Pesticides and Organic Farming
Popular Press Reading: Certified Organic. Geoffrey Cowley. Newsweek, September
30, 2002.
Week 15
Lecture: Exotic Species and the Environment
Popular Press Reading: A long, Slow Autumn. Jessica Ruvinsky. US News
& World Report, September 9, 2002.
Lab 13: Water, Sport Fisheries, and Endangered Fishes
Popular Press Reading: Water Fights. Alex Markels. US News & World
Report, May 19, 2003.
Lecture: Acid Rain and Fishless Lakes
Popular Press Reading: Acid Rain: Forgotten, Not Gone. Leslie Roberts.
US News & World Report, November 1, 1999. (Search tip: enter “Leslie
Roberts acid rain” as Keywords)
Week 16
Lecture: Ozone Hole and Global Warming
Popular Press Reading: Life In the Greenhouse. Time, April 9, 2001.
Lecture during Lab Time: Nuclear Power and Meltdown
Popular Press Reading: When the World Stopped. Marianne Lavelle. US News
& World Report, March 29, 1999.
Finals Week
Way to download the required readings.
Go to the TCU Homepage. Click on Library. Click on Online
Resources. Click on Databases. Click on By
Title. Click on “E” at the top of
the page. Scroll down and click on Expanded Academic ASAP.
There are several ways to search at this point. You can usually get the
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