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
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| 1/6 | Introduction to Plant Biology | 1, 2 | No Lab |
| 1/8 | Introduction: The Chemical Basis of Life | 1, 2 | |
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| 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 | |
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| 1/18 | Martin Luther King Day | – | Plant Cells (2) |
| 1/20 | The Plant Cell | 3 | |
| 1/22 | The Plant Cell: Cell Reproduction: Mitosis | 3 | |
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| 1/25 | Cell Reproduction: Mitosis & Cytokinesis | 3 | Cell Division (3) |
| 1/27 | The Plant Tissues | 4 | |
| 1/29 | Lecture Exam 1 | – | |
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| 2/1 | Plant Tissues | 4 | Tissues II (5) |
| 2/3 | Stems | 6 | Stems I (6) |
| 2/5 | Stems | 6 | |
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| 2/8 | Roots | 5 | Stems II (7) |
| 2/10 | Roots | 5 | Roots (8) |
| 2/12 | Leaves | 7 | |
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| 2/15 | Leaves | 7 | Leaves (9) |
| 2/17 | Photosynthesis | 10 | Photosynthesis (10) |
| 2/19 | Photosynthesis | 10 | |
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| 2/22 | Lecture Exam 2 | – | Plant Taxonomy (11) |
| 2/24 | Cellular Respiration | 10 | Bryophytes (12) |
| 2/26 | Classification and Nomenclature | 16 | |
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| 3/1 | Bryophytes | 20 | Pteridophytes (13) |
| 3/3 | Pteridophytes | 21 | |
| 3/5 | Pteridophytes | 21 | |
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| 3/8 | Midterm Break | – | No Lab |
| 3/10 | Midterm Break | – | |
| 3/12 | Midterm Break | – | |
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| 3/15 | Gymnosperms | 22 | Gymnosperms (14) |
| 3/17 | Gymnosperms | 22 | |
| 3/19 | Undergraduate Research Symposium (SUB) | – | |
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| 3/22 | Angiosperms | 23 | Angiosperms (15) |
| 3/24 | Angiosperms | 23 | |
| 3/26 | Plant Reproduction: An evolutionary perspective | – | |
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| 3/29 | Lecture Exam 3 | – | Meiosis (Handout) |
| 3/31 | Cell Reproduction: Meiosis | 12 | |
| 4/2 | Spring Vacation Day | – | |
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| 4/5 | Mendelian Genetics | 13 | Mendelian Genetics (Handout) |
| 4/7 | Mendelian Genetics | 13 | |
| 4/9 | Mendelian Genetics & Plant Breeding | 13 | |
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| 4/12 | Molecular Genetics | 13 | Molecular Genetics (Handout) |
| 4/14 | Molecular Genetics | 13,14 | |
| 4/16 | Molecular Genetics & Biotechnology | 13,14 | |
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| 4/19 | Evolution | 15 | Lab Practical |
| 4/21 | Evolution | 15 | |
| 4/23 | Co evolution & Plant/Animal Interactions | 23,25 | |
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| 4/26 | Ecology & Humans and the Environment | 25 | No Lab |
| 4/30 | Final Exam (1:30-3:20 pm) | ||
