| Week | Topic | |
| Week 1 | Ch27 Bacteria and Archaea | Li |
Week 2 | Ch28 Protists | Li |
| | Ch29 Plant Diversity I: How Plants Colonized Land | |
Week 3
| Ch30 Plant Diversity II: The Evolution of Seed Plants | Li |
| | Ch31 Fungi | |
Week 4
| Ch32 An Introduction to Animal Diversity | Li |
| | Ch33 Invertebrates | |
Week 5
| Ch33 Invertebrates | Li |
| | Ch34 Vertebrates | |
Week6
| Ch35 Plant Structure, Growth and Development | Li |
| | Ch36 Resource Acquisition and Transport in Vascular Plants | |
| | Ch37 Soil and Plant Nutrition | |
Week 7
| Ch38 Angiosperm Reproduction and Biotechnology | Li |
| | Ch39 Plant Responses to Internal and External Signals | |
| Week 8 | Midterm Examination(Chapter 26-39) | |
Week 9
| Ch40 Basic Principles of Animal Form and Function | Chiao |
| | Ch41 Animal Nutrition | |
Week 10
| Ch42 Circulation and Gas Exchange | Chiao |
| | Ch44 Osmoregulation and Excretion | |
Week 11
| Ch43 The Immune System | Perng |
| | Ch45 Hormones and the Endocrine System | |
Week 12
| Ch46 Animal Reproduction | Perng |
| | Ch47 Animal Development | |
Week 13
| Ch48 Neurons, Synapses, and Signaling | Chiao |
| | Ch49 Nervous Systems | |
Week 14
| Ch50 Sensory and Moor Mechanisms | Chiao |
| | Ch51 Animal Behavior | |
Week 15
| Ch52 An Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere | Chiao |
Week 16
| Ch53 Population Ecology | Chiao |
| | Ch54 Community Ecology | |
Week 17
| Ch55 Ecosystems | Chiao |
| | Ch56 Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology | |
Week 18 | Ch55 Ecosystems | Chiao |
| | Ch56 Conservation Biology and Restoration Ecology | |