Catalog Description
4 hours
This course focuses on the biological aspects of the plant kingdom,
ranging from the sub-cellular process to ecological roles. Structural
and physiological adaptations, present and past diversity, reproduction,
genetics and evolution, ecological interactions are included.
(This course may not be used as a biology elective by a biology major.)
Course Syllabus
|
| Date |
Lecture Topic |
Chapter |
Week's Lab |
| 1/6 |
Introduction to Plant Biology |
1, 2 |
No Lab |
| 1/8 |
Introduction: The Chemical Basis of Life |
1, 2 |
|
|
| 1/11 |
The Chemical Basis of Life |
2, 9 |
Microscopy (1) |
| 1/13 |
The Chemical Basis of Life |
2, 9 |
|
| 1/15 |
The Plant Cell |
3 |
|
|
| 1/18 |
Martin Luther King Day |
- |
Plant Cells (2) |
| 1/20 |
The Plant Cell |
3 |
|
| 1/22 |
The Plant Cell: Cell Reproduction: Mitosis |
3 |
|
|
| 1/25 |
Cell Reproduction: Mitosis & Cytokinesis |
3 |
Cell Division (3) |
| 1/27 |
The Plant Tissues |
4 |
|
| 1/29 |
Lecture Exam 1 |
- |
|
|
| 2/1 |
Plant Tissues |
4 |
Tissues II (5) |
| 2/3 |
Stems |
6 |
Stems I (6) |
| 2/5 |
Stems |
6 |
|
|
| 2/8 |
Roots |
5 |
Stems II (7) |
| 2/10 |
Roots |
5 |
Roots (8) |
| 2/12 |
Leaves |
7 |
|
|
| 2/15 |
Leaves |
7 |
Leaves (9) |
| 2/17 |
Photosynthesis |
10 |
Photosynthesis (10) |
| 2/19 |
Photosynthesis |
10 |
|
|
| 2/22 |
Lecture Exam 2 |
- |
Plant Taxonomy (11) |
| 2/24 |
Cellular Respiration |
10 |
Bryophytes (12) |
| 2/26 |
Classification and Nomenclature |
16 |
|
|
| 3/1 |
Bryophytes |
20 |
Pteridophytes (13) |
| 3/3 |
Pteridophytes |
21 |
|
| 3/5 |
Pteridophytes |
21 |
|
|
| 3/8 |
Midterm Break |
- |
No Lab |
| 3/10 |
Midterm Break |
- |
|
| 3/12 |
Midterm Break |
- |
|
|
| 3/15 |
Gymnosperms |
22 |
Gymnosperms (14) |
| 3/17 |
Gymnosperms |
22 |
|
| 3/19 |
Undergraduate Research Symposium (SUB) |
- |
|
|
| 3/22 |
Angiosperms |
23 |
Angiosperms (15) |
| 3/24 |
Angiosperms |
23 |
|
| 3/26 |
Plant Reproduction: An evolutionary perspective |
- |
|
|
| 3/29 |
Lecture Exam 3 |
- |
Meiosis (Handout) |
| 3/31 |
Cell Reproduction: Meiosis |
12 |
|
| 4/2 |
Spring Vacation Day |
- |
|
|
| 4/5 |
Mendelian Genetics |
13 |
Mendelian Genetics (Handout) |
| 4/7 |
Mendelian Genetics |
13 |
|
| 4/9 |
Mendelian Genetics & Plant Breeding |
13 |
|
|
| 4/12 |
Molecular Genetics |
13 |
Molecular Genetics (Handout) |
| 4/14 |
Molecular Genetics |
13,14 |
|
| 4/16 |
Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology |
13,14 |
|
|
| 4/19 |
Evolution |
15 |
Lab Practical |
| 4/21 |
Evolution |
15 |
|
| 4/23 |
Co evolution & Plant/Animal Interactions |
23,25 |
|
|
| 4/26 |
Ecology & Humans and the Environment |
25 |
No Lab |
| 4/30 |
Final Exam (1:30-3:20 pm) |
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