Organismal Biology Syllabus



Biology 115: Organismal Biology Syllabus Spring 2005

Instructor: Donna M. Bruns Stockrahm, Ph.D.

Biology Department

Office: 104 King Biology Hall

Office Phone: 477-5000

Home Phone: 1-218-937-5280 (Rollag, MN)

Office Hours: M 10-11, 3-4; T 11-4, W 10-11, 3-4,

F 10-11

Email: stockram@mnstate.edu

Classroom: Science Lab Building (Lecture = Room 104,

Lab = Room 110

web.mnstate.edu/stockram/index.htm

Course Description: This course is designed for biology majors. Course will address biological diversity, primarily in plants and animals. Organismal diversity will be presented within an evolutionary context. Relationships between form and function as well as relationships of organisms to their environments will be addressed. Three, 1-hr lectures and 1, 3-hr lab each week. Prerequisite: BIOL 111 or permission of instructor.

Required Text: Campbell, N. A., and J. B. Reece. 2002. Biology. 6th Edition. Benjamin Cummings, NY.

Course Objectives/Student Learning Outcomes:

1) To gain an understanding of the general concepts of evolution, natural selection, and speciation.

2) To gain an understanding of and appreciation for plant and animal diversity as well as their phylogeny.

3) To gain an understanding of the basic information about form and function of plants and animals and how this relates to environmental adaptations.

4) To gain an understanding of introductory ecological concepts.

Readings listed below are chapters from Campbell and Reece (2002).

Course Outline (Lecture Schedule):

Week Topic Readings

Week 1 Evolution Ch. 22, 23

- Darwinian View

- Natural Selection

- Evidence of Evolution

- Evolution of Populations

Week 2 Origin of Species 24

Tracing Phylogeny 25

Early Earth and Origin of Life 26

- Major Lineages of Life

Week 3 Prokaryotes and Origins of Metabolic Diversity 27

- Bacteria and Archaea

Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity 28

- Protists (including slime molds, diatoms, algae)

Week 4 EXAM I

Plant Diversity I: Colonization of Land 29

- Origins of plants

- Bryophytes, Vascular Plants

Week 5 Plant Diversity II: Evolution of Seed Plants 30

- Gymnosperms

- Angiosperms

Fungi 31

Week 6 Plant Form and Function

- excerpts from these chapters: 35-39

Week 7 Introduction to Animal Evolution 32

- Overview of Animal Phylogeny and Diversity

Invertebrates 33

- Parazoa

- Radiata

- Acoelomates

- Pseudocoelomates

- Coelomates : Protostomes vs. Deuterostomes

Week 8 Invertebrates (Continued) 33

EXAM II

Week 9 Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity 34

- Jawless Vertebrates

- Fish

- Amphibians

- Reptiles

- Birds

- Mammals

Week 10 Spring Break – no classes

Week 11 Vertebrate Evolution and Diversity (Continued) 34

Week 12 Animal Form and Function

- excerpts from these chapters: 40-49

Week 13 Animal Form and Function (Continued) 40-49

EXAM III

Week 14 Introduction to Ecology 50

Population Ecology 52

Week 15 Community Ecology 53

Introduction to Ecosystems 54

Week 16 Conservation Biology 55

12 May FINAL EXAM (Noon)

Course Outline (Lab Schedule):

Lab Number Lab Topic

Week 1 No Lab

Week 2 No Lab – work on WEB assignment on your own

(Martin Luther King Day on Monday)

Week 3 WEB assignment due

Evolution Lab

Start planning experiments (Investigative Lab)

Week 4 Plant Diversity

Start setting up experiments

Week 5 Plant Form and Function

Finish setting up experiments

Week 6 Protista

Invertebrate Diversity I

▪ Sponges

▪ Cnidarians

▪ Flatworms (Acoelomates)

▪ Roundworms (Pseudocoelomates)

Week 6 LAB EXAM I (Friday – 18 Feb)

(Test on material up to and including Week 5)

Week 7 Invertebrate Diversity II

- Coelomates (Protostomes)

• Mollusks

• Annelids

• Arthropods

- Coelomates (Deuterostomes)

• Echinoderms

Week 8 Vertebrate Diversity I

- Jawless Vertebrates

- Fish

- Amphibians

- Reptiles

Week 9 Vertebrate Diversity II

- Birds

- Mammals

Week 10 No Class – Spring Break

Week 11 LAB EXAM II (Friday – 25 March)

(Test on material from Week 6 up to and including

Week 9)

Week 11 Vertebrate Tissues

Vertebrate Dissection

Week 12 Vertebrate Dissection (Continued)

Week 13 Ecology Lab

Week 14 Behavior Lab

Week 15 LAB EXAM III (Friday – 22 April)

(Test on material from Week 11 up to and including

Week 14)

Week 15 Work on Posters from Experiments

Week 16 Student Presentations on Posters

Course Requirements:

EXAMS: There will be 3, 1-hour lecture exams and final lecture exam as well as 3 lab exams during the semester.

INTERNET ASSIGNMENT:

Each student will look up information on the internet about the following topics:

- an interesting fungus

- a Protist that causes a disease

- an endangered Gymnosperm

- an endangered Angiosperm

- endangered mammal

- endangered bird

- endangered invertebrate

- a parasite

- marine fish or coral reef

- deformed frogs in Minnesota (or elsewhere)

For this assignment you will hand-in a 1-2-page typed summary (no-longer) that includes:

a) title of what you looked up for each category

b) web address for each one: http://

c) 2-3 sentences summarizing interesting facts you learned about each

topic

To save paper, you do not have to print out all the pages and turn them in to me - just turn in your summary page(s).

LAB ASSIGNMENTS: During some labs, a short report or worksheet will be required.

INVESTIGATIVE LAB POSTER: Early in the semester, each lab group will design and set up an experiment to test a hypothesis. Throughout the semester, data will be gathered. Near the end of the semester, data will be analyzed and a complete, scientific poster will be completed. Posters will be presented orally to the members of your lab during the last scheduled lab session.

Evaluation Standards/Course Grading Scale:

Lecture Exam 1 100 pts

Lecture Exam 2 100 pts

Lecture Exam 3 100 pts

Lecture Final 150 pts (new + some cumulative material)

Lab Exam 1 100 pts

Lab Exam 2 100 pts

Lab Exam 3 100 pts

Internet Assignment 5 pts

Lab Assignments 20 pts

Poster and Oral

Presentation 50 pts

90 - 100 % = A

80 - 89 % = B

70 - 79 % = C

60 - 69 % = D

< 60 % = F

Attendance Policy:

Lab attendance is mandatory and lecture attendance is expected and encouraged. If you know in advance that you will miss a lab (only in the case of an excusable absence), make arrangements beforehand to attend another lab session during that same week. Labs generally cannot be made up the following week as the lab materials will not be available. You are also expected to take examinations at the announced time. In the case of an anticipated, excusable absence on an examination date, you should make arrangements for a make-up examination before the absence. In the case of an unanticipated, excusable absence, you should contact the instructor as soon as

possible to make arrangements for a make-up examination. Make-up examinations are at the discretion of the instructor and may differ in content and difficulty from the original examination. See MSUM Student Absence Policy, Student Handbook:

Academic Honesty: All students are expected to be honest in all their work for this class. In the event of joint projects, all students working on the project are expected to contribute equally to the final product. See MSUM Student Handbook address above.

Special Accommodations: Students with disabilities who believe they may need an accommodation in this class are encouraged to contact Greg Toutges, Coordinator of Disability Services at 477-2652 (voice) or 477-2047 (TTY), CMU 222 as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.

Bibliography:

Hickman, C. P., Jr., L. S. Roberts, and A. Larson. Integrated Principles of Zoology. 12th

ed. McGraw-Hill, NY.

Raven, P. H., and G. B. Johnson. 2002. Biology. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill, NY.

Ruppert, E. E., R. S. Fox, and R. D. Barnes. 2004. Invertebrate Zoology: A Functional

Evolutionary Approach. 7th ed. Brooks/Cole – Thomson Learning, Inc., US.

Starr, C., and R. Taggart. 2000. Biology: the Unity and Diversity of Life. 9th ed.

Wadsworth Publishing Company, Belmont.

Vodopich, D. S., and R. Moore. Biology: Laboratory Manual. 6th ed. McGraw-Hill,

NY.

Revised by DMBS on 4 January 2005

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