BIOLOGY 215
General Botany
Biology 215. General Botany
Three hours lecture; three hours laboratory (4).
Prerequisite: BIOL 101
A study of autotrophic Monerans and Protists; Fungi, and Plants: classification, general structure and function, distribution and ecology, and economic importance.
1. The Scope of Botany
2. Classification - The Relationships of Plants
3. Principles of Metabolism
a. Photosynthesis
b. Cellular Respiration
4. Principles of Reproduction
a. Cell processes - mitosis/meiosis
b. Alternation of Generations
5. Monera, Autotrophic Protista, Fungi, Plantae
a. Classification
b. General Structure and Function
c. Distribution and Ecology
d. Economic and Ethnobotanical Importance
6. Evolutionary Relationships
7. Laboratory - Meaningful, three-hour labs will be conducted to permit students to be personally involved with salient features of organismic groups listed in #5 above.
Students will be introduced to materials of the course through lectures, laboratory activities, botanical field trips, reading assignments, audio visuals and/or electronic media. A variety of other creative techniques may be used in addition to the above mentioned endeavors. By spending appropriate time in lecture and in laboratories, students will learn about various organisms in the Kingdoms Plantae, Fungi, and autotrophic Monera and Protista by using an approach consistent with the quidelines detailed in Part B above.
1. Students will be able to describe classification and diversity of organisms.
2. Students will be able to describe structure and function of representative organisms.
3. Students will master a basic understanding of the distribution and Ecology of representative organisms.
4. Students will master a basic understanding of the economic and ethnobotanical importance of representative organisms.
5. Students will master a basic understanding of evolution.
Students will be assessed on their knowledge of classification, structure and function, distribution and ecology, economic and ethnobotanical importance, and evolution. Assessment of learning may include lecture examinations, quizzes, oral presentations, term papers, laboratory practical examinations, collections of specimens, and/or other methods of evaluation to demonstrate understanding of the content cited in part B above.
The Biology Department greenhouse will be a valuable resource for this course.
DATE ACTION REVIEWED BY
September 2001 Dr. Charles M. Neal, Chair