General Botany
Biology 201
Instructors: Jerry G. Chmielewski ,
Objectives: A laboratory and lecture course that emphasizes basic biochemical, morphological, and physiological aspects of plant biology as they relate to evolution. One section of this course is offered in each of the fall and spring semesters.
Prerequisites: General Biology (Biol 101) or Principles of Biology (Biol 104)
Credit Value: 4
Contact Time: Three 50 minute lectures and one 3 hour laboratory per week.
Outcomes: Upon the successful completion of this course a student should be able to:
- relate those characteristics which differentiate among the organisms included in the Divisions Acrasiomycota, Myxomycota, Chydridioprotista, Ooprotista, Zygomycota, Dikaryomycota, (Phylum) Cyanobacteria, Rhodoprotista, Euglenoprotista, Dinoprotista, Bacillarioprotista, Chrysoprotista, Phaeoprotista, Chloroprotista, Hepatophyta, Anthocerotophyta, Bryophyta, Psilophyta, Lycophyta, Equisetophyta, Pteridophyta, Pteridospermophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Coniferophyta, Cycadeoideophyta, Gnetophyta, and Magnoliophyta
- differentiate among the life cycles of respective organisms
- define those adaptations which allow the respective organisms to occupy those habitats in which they typically occur
- reconstruct the floristic past, that is, relate organismal dominance with respective geologic time
Assessment:
- Term tests: Tests will be administered during the semester.
- Laboratory examinations: Three laboratory practical examinations will be administered during the semester.
- Term paper: This paper will be used to meet the writing across the curriculum requirement (Intensive Writing) of the course. A list of term paper topics will be distributed early in the semester.
- Final examination: comprehensive
- NOTE: Assessment format and weighting may vary between instructors.
Lecture Schedule:
- Syllabus and Introduction
- Classification of Life
- Triangle of Life, Introduction to the "fungi"
- Kingdom Protoctista, Division Acrasiomycota, Division Myxomycota, Division Chydridioprotista
- Division Ooprotista
- Kingdom Eumycota, Division Zygomycota, Division Dikaryomycota, Subdivision Ascomycotina, Class Ascomycetes - general characteristics and types of asci
- Class Ascomycetes - types of ascoma and reproduction
- Subclass Euascomycetidae, Series Discomycetes, Plectomycetes, Pyrenomycetes, Loculoascomycetes
- Subclass Hemiascomycetidae - yeasts & leaf curl fungi, Subdivision Deuteromycotina
- Subdivision Basidiomycotina, Introduction, Class Holobasidiomycetes, Order Agaricales, habit
- Order Agaricales - reproductive biology, Order Aphyllophorales, Order Lycoperdales, Order Sclerodermatales, Order Niduriales, Order Phallales, Class Phragmobasidiomycetes, Order Tremellales, Order Auriculariales, Class Teliomycetes, Order Ustilaginales
- Class Teliomycetes, Order Urediniales, Division Mycophycophyta, Class Lichenes, Introduction
- Division Mycophycophyta, Class Lichenes, asexual and sexual reproduction, indicators of pollution, review of mycology
- Introduction to the algae, Phylum Cyanobacteria
- Division Rhodoprotista
- Divisions Euglenoprotista, Dinoprotista
- Term Test 1
- Bacillarioprotista, Chrysoprotista
- Division Phaeophyta
- Division Phaeophyta
- Laboratory Practical 1
- Division Phaeophyta
- Division Chloroprotista
- Division Chloroprotista
- Kingdom Plantae, The Bryophytes, Division Hepatophyta
- Division Bryophyta
- Introduction to the Tracheophytes
- Tissue systems, secondary growth
- Telome theory, Rhyniophytes/Psilophytes
- Division Lycophyta
- Division Lycophyta
- Term Test 2
- Laboratory Practical 2
- Division Equisetophyta
- Division Pteridophyta
- Division Pteridophyta
- Division Pteridophyta
- Division Cycadophyta
- Division Ginkgophyta
- Division Cycadeoiphyta, Division Gnetophyta
- Division Coniferophyta
- Introduction to the Angiosperms, floral structure
- Microsporogenesis, microgametogenesis, magasporogenesis, megagametogenesis
- Pollination biology, fruits
- NOTE: Lecture sequence and emphasis may vary between instructors.
Laboratory Schedule:
- Identification of the local flora
- Identification of the local flora
- Test on the local flora, Introduction to the microscope, Division Ooprotista, Orders Saprolegniales and Peronosporales
- Division Acrasiomycota, Division Myomycota, Division Zygomycota, Division Dikaryomycota, Subdivision Deuteromycotina
- Division Zygomycota, Division Dikaryomycota, Subdivision Ascomycotina
- Division Dikaryomycota, Subdivision Basidiomycotina
- Phylum Cyanobacteria, Division Rhodoprotista, Division Euglenoprotista, Division Dinoprotista
- Division Bacilllarioprotista, Division Chrysoprotista, Division Phaeoprotista, Division Chloroprotista
- Dichotomous keys, Identification of local conifers
- Division Hepatophyta, Division Bryophyta, Division Psilophyta, Division Lycophyta
- Division Equisetophyta, Division Pteridophyta
- Division Cycadophyta, Division Ginkgophyta, Division Coniferophyta
- Monocot/dicot anatomy, Embryogenesis
- Microsporogenesis, microgametogenesis, megasporogenesis, megagametogenesis, Fruits
- NOTE: Laboratory sequence and emphasis may vary between instructors
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