这门课程没有先修课程，但应熟悉高中的生物学和化学（尤其是熟悉化学基本结构）。

《生命：生物学的科学》(Life: The Science of Biology)第六版，作者： Purves, Orians, Heller 和 Sadava。
可在麻省理工合作社(MIT Coop)购得。

由于习题将会被评分，抄袭解答就成了作弊的行为，我们严禁这种行为。虽然可以对习题共同进行一般性的讨论和研究，但对特定答案的详细讨论或互相交换答案就破坏了我们对所有参与课程学生的信任感，而我们相信每一个学生都应该自己想出答案。所有抄袭解答或提供他人答案的学生，习题分数将以０分计算（占全部成绩的 20 ％）。如有任何学生犯下对测验不诚实的行为，如：在交卷以前抄袭或考卷发回来时趁机更改答案以要求复查加分的情形，如被发现，成绩将被算为Ｆ。

在学期期间将会进行三次小考，然后期末考 (相当两次小考) 会在最后的一个星期内举行。五次考试(包含了三次考试和与二次考试相等的期末考)中你的分数最低那次会在计算你的总分时被扣除。由于我们扣除了最低的分数，所以不会因任何理由让你补考，如果你错过了一次小考， 那次的成绩将直接从五次考试中剔除。

期末考时限三小时，这考试包含了整个课程，特别强调之前的考试未曾包括的内容。期末考的分数代表了五次考试中二次考试的测验分数，所以你必须参加期末考，否则你将失去你分数的百分之二十。如果你期末考的分数是你最低的分数，则以期末考试分数的一半计算。期末考的日期、时间和地点一经决定后便立即公布。如有冲堂，将由注册组另行安排。

每次考试之前都有复习课，复习课的日期、地点、和时间将在教学大纲说明，或另外公布。

期末结束时所有未被同学领走的试卷和习题都会被销毁。

你的成绩总分将由以下的要素决定：

如果你在试卷中找到其它的错误， 请交给你的助教修改。如果你觉得你的答案被评错分，请递交一份要求重新评分的书面申请书，和你的原始考卷呈交给指导老师。请注意，考卷在交还给学生之前会被任意挑选出几张来影印，学生要求重新评分的考卷必须从考试日子算起的一星期内递交。

There are no formal prerequisites for this course, but familiarity with high school level biology and chemistry (especially familiarity with the fundamental aspects of chemical structure) is expected.

Life: The Science of Biology (6th edition), by Purves, Orians, Heller and Sadava.
Available at the MIT Coop.

Since problem sets will be graded, copying of problem set answers constitutes cheating and is forbidden. While general discussions and collaboration on the problem sets is appropriate, detailed discussion of specific solutions or sharing of answers is a violation of the trust placed in all students in the class, each of whom is entrusted with producing a set of answers on his/her own. Students who copy problem sets or allow their answers to be copied may be assigned a 0 for all problem sets (20% of the grade). Any student that commits an act of academic dishonesty regarding a quiz, such as copying or altering a quiz prior to a request for a regrade, will be assigned an F for the course.

There will be three quizzes given during the term and a comprehensive final (worth 2 quizzes), given during finals week. The lowest letter grade score of the five (the 3 quizzes plus the final worth 2 quizzes) will be dropped when calculating your overall grade. Because we drop the lowest score, there will be no make-up quizzes and no conflict quizzes given for any reason. If you miss a term quiz, it will be the score that is dropped.

The Final Exam will be a 3-hour, cumulative exam, covering the entirety of the course, with emphasis on the material not previously covered on a quiz. The score on the final represents two of the five quiz scores and must be taken otherwise you would lose 20% of your grade. If your score on the final is your lowest grade then one of the halves will be dropped. The date, time and location of the final will be announced as soon as this information is available. A conflict final exam may be scheduled by the registrar for students with legitimate exam conflicts.

Quiz Review Sessions will be held prior to each quiz - the dates, locations and times of the reviews are listed in the syllabus or will be announced during the term.

Any quizzes, exams, or problem sets that are not picked up by the end of the term will be disposed of.

Your overall course grade will depend on the following components:

If you find an addition error, show it to your TA to have it corrected. If you feel that your answer was graded incorrectly, please submit a written explanation of your regrade request and your unaltered quiz to the course instructor. Note that some graded quizzes are randomly chosen for photocopying before they are returned to the students. Quizzes must be submitted for regrading within one week from the date of the quiz.