I. Biology
321, Fundamental Botany, 3 lec and 1 lab semester credit.
II. Fall
2001, Ronald S. Caldwell, office hours posted, CMRC, ext 6227.
e-mail: rcaldwell@lmunet.edu
III. Prerequisite: BIOL 111-112. Co-requisite BIOL 321 lab.
IV. Course
Description: A review of the plant
world: Prokaryotes to Angiosperms, plant taxonomy, anatomy and physiology, and evolutionary
concepts.
Course
Goals: Understanding the chemical and
cellular makeup of plants.
Learning the unique cellular processes in plants, and their importance
to the environment. Learning the major plant Divisions.
V. Relationship
of this course to content area knowledge and skills of the TN Matrix.
1.
Students
learn and apply the scientific method in laboratory and lecture situations.
2.
Biotechnologies are discussed as to how they
affect human culture and the
preservation of life during the discussion under appropriate topics.
3.
Students learn correct and safe usage of various biological instruments.
4.
All measurements taken in lab are made in the metric system.
5. History and philosophy of the major contributors to this science
are discussed.
6.
The impact of this science on society is discussed.
7.
Various theories of evolution, with scientific merit, are discussed.
8. Consequences of environmental pollution, as they pertain to
plant populations are discussed.
9.
Taxonomy and classification of the living world is discussed.
10. Each Division of plant is discussed with regard to the
following
concepts: evolutionary
advances, new systems, relationships to previous groups, functional morphology
of the new group. What systems in the
plant Kingdom can be used to better our lives and the environment in which we
live?
VI. Stern,
K. R. 2000. Introductory Plant
Biology. WC Brown. Dubuque, IA.
VII. Course
Objectives: see Section IV.
VIII. Units of Instruction:
see Table of Contents from assigned text.
IX. Required
Readings: Lecture text.
X. Suggested
Readings: None.
XI. Methods
of Instruction: Lecture will cover
material in the book with a few additions as needed. Several chapters will be covered on each test.The instructor will
use lecture notes, overhead projector, models, and reading
assignments
as teaching tools.
XII. Course
Requirements/Methods of Assessment/Evaluation.
Attendance: Students are expected to attend every
lecture and lab.
Tests: 4 hour and a terminal final in lecture. Grading:
Separate grades are given for lecture and laboratory.
A = 90 -100 %
B = 89-80 %
C = 79-70 %
D = 69-60 %
F =
60 % and below
XIII.
Laboratory
Experiences: Tree identification labs
start the semester.Cellular labs such as cell structure, mitosis, and tissues are
then presented. The latter part of the
semester is concerned with learning taxa from the various Divisions. THE
LAB GRADE WILL BE SEPARTE FROM THE LECTURE.
XIV. Date
of Revision: 24 August 2001.