Portland Community College | Portland, Oregon

Hello! Thanks for your interest in BI 112! 

We will be meeting face-to-face on the Sylvania campus, twice a week for lecture. You will also attend a 3-hr lab, with a different instructor, as part of this course. The syllabus for Spring 2024 is not ready yet, but you can look at a previous version from my current Winter'24 class:  Winter 2024 - BI 112 Lecture Syllabus

Once you sign up, there are a few things you can do to get yourself prepared:

1. Purchase the lecture textbook: Campbell: Biology In Focus, 3rd ed. by Urry, L., Cain, M., Wasserman, S., Minorsky, P., and Reece, J. (2023). New York, NY: Pearson Education, Inc. (the access to “Mastering Biology” is not required).  Electronic versions, used copies, or the second edition are also acceptable. 

Note that the PCC bookstore carries a special custom edition (spiral-bound, soft-cover) - this is cheaper than the full hardcover textbook.

Some students may prefer to pay for temporary access to the web-based “eBook” from Pearson. If so, you can sign up for that at this website:  https://www.pearson.com/store/en-us/pearsonplus/p/9780135964422.html

2. Purchase our lab manual:  BI 112 Lab Manual by Simon, B., et al. This is an inexpensive (< $20) bound notebook of activities and assignments for the lab class. Be sure to have it with you for every lab, and plan on reading through it ahead of time, prior to each lab.
3. Students should be able to access and upload documents as well as take quizzes through PCC’s D2L system. While we won’t be relying on this site as heavily as we do for a remote class, it is still a valuable tool that I want to be able to continue to use, and we will schedule our Zoom meetings through this platform. If you’re unfamiliar with the D2L Brightspace platform, go to the following link and view the tutorial videos listed there:  https://online.pcc.edu/shared/videos/quickstart-student/QuickStart-Student-Menu.html

I am looking forward to meeting you on campus - see you in April!