BOTANY 100 CONCEPTS OF BOTANY

Spring 2010

 

Botany 100 Concepts of Botany is a 4.0 unit non-major’s course. This course encompasses the origin, diversity, structure, and internal processes of plants, as well as their relationships with other organisms, and with the non-living physical environment.  It fulfills the general education requirement of a science course with a lab (SBCC general education requirement in natural sciences).  This course is also transferable to UC and CSU as a general education laboratory science course. Biology majors are welcome to take this course in preparation for other courses in the Biological Sciences; however, biology majors will not receive credit toward their major for this course. If you are, or plan to be a biology major you should be in BIO101.  You must enroll in, attend, and pass the lab as well as the lecture to pass this course.

 

Instructor: Norman Burr, M.S.

Lecture: (#59702) Tuesday  6:00-9:05 pm EBS 301

Lab: (#59702) Thursday  6:00-8:50 pm EBS 201

Office: EBS 216    Phone:805-637-0736

Office Hours: Tues, Thurs 5:30-6:00 p.m. or by appointment

E-mail: burrn@sbcc.edu

Course Website: www.biosbcc.net/burr

Textbook (recommended):

Introductory Plant Biology  

By Kingsley R. Stern, McGraw-Hill 2008

 

Lab and class exercises:  To be handed out and completed during class.

 

Summary of Points:

  • 2 midterms @80 points                                                                                160
  • 14 in class assignments on Tuesdays @ 15 points each                        210
  • 15 lab/computer exercises Thursdays @ 25 points each                        375
  • 3 Review assignments @20 points each                                                     60
  • Class participation                                                                                          70
  • Final exam 150 points                                                                                  150

 

Make-up Labs:  There will be NO make-ups for labs or class assignments. 

 

  • Total points possible:                                                                                   1025

 

Grading:  A=900-1025, B=800-899, C=700-799, D=600-699

 

Attendance:  Attendance is not optional!  Arrive on time and be fully prepared for lecture and lab.  Please allow yourself enough time to account for difficulties in parking.

 

Academic Honesty:  Exams shall be the work of the individual student. Any student in violation of this policy will be subject to the dictates of the SBCC Standards of Student Conduct. 483.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BOT 100   Schedule

 

Date(Tuesday)

Lecture (Tuesday)

Lab  (Thursday)

Reading

Jan. 26

 

Intro to course

 

plant diversity

 

Ch. 1,16

Feb.  2

 

Botanical science

 

Plant families

supermarket

Ch. 1,24

Feb. 9

Chemistry

 

Chemistry

Ch. 2

Feb. 16

 

Cells

 

Cell structure

Ch. 3

Feb 23

 

photosynthesis

Photosynthesis/review

Ch. 10

March 2

 

Midterm 1 / Tissues

 

Tissues/Roots

 

Ch. 4,5

March 9

 

Stems, Water

 

Wood/Secondary growth

Ch. 6, 9

March 16

 

Leaves

 

Leaves

 

Ch. 7

March 23

Flowers

 

Flowers

 

Ch. 8,23,24

March 30

 

Spring Break

 

Spring Break

 

April  6

 

Fruits, seeds

Fruits, seeds

Ch. 8,23,24

April 13

 

Ferns, Mosses

 

Gymnosperms / review

 Ch. 20,21,22

April 20

Midterm 2 / Evolution

 

Hormones, Growth

Ch. 15, 11

April 27

DNA, Genetics

 

Fungi

Ch  13,14,19

May 4

Bacteria

 

Algae

 

Ch. 17,18

May 11

 

Ecology

Ecology / review

Ch. 25,26

                        Schedule subject to change

 

 

FINAL: Tuesday   May 18, 2010  6:00 p.m. in EBS 301