| Date | Topics | Chapters in Text |
| August 22 | Introduction | |
| August 27 | DNA Structure | 9 |
| August 29 | DNA Structure | 9 |
| September 3 | DNA Dissociation and Reassociation | - |
| September 5 | DNA Replication | 9 |
| September 10 | DNA Replication | 9 |
| September 12 | DNA Replication | 9 |
| September 17 | Transcription | 10 |
| September 19 | Transcription | 10 |
| September 24 | Translation | 11 |
| September 26 | FIRST EXAM | |
| October 1 | What is a Protein anyway? | -October 3 |
| DNA Cloning and Sequencing | 12 | |
| October 8 | DNA Cloning and Sequencing | 12 |
| October 15 | Control of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes | 13 |
| October 17 | Control of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes | 13 |
| October 22 | Eukaryotic Chromosomes | 14 |
| October 24 | SECOND EXAM | |
| October 29 | Control of Gene Expression in Eukaryotes | 15 |
| October 31 | DNA Mutations and DNA Repair | 16 |
| November 5 | Mendelian Genetics | 2 |
| November 7 | Mitosis and Meiosis | 3 |
| November 12 | Probability and Statistics | 4 |
| November 14 | Sex Linkage and Pedigree Analysis | 5 |
| November 19 | Sex Linkage and Pedigree Analysis | 5 |
| November 21 | THIRD EXAM | |
| November 26 | Cytogenetics | 8 |
| December 3 | Quantitative Inheritance/Populations | 18,19 |
GRADING: The three exams and the final exam will each count for 25% of the final grade in the lecture.
Revised 3-5-1997.