Credits: 4

Prerequisites:    BIO 201, 202, 204, 205
 

Time	Lecture:	Tuesday, Thursday	9:50-11:10 am	Ctr Mol Med 114
Place	Lab:	Thursday	12:50-03:50 pm	Ctr Mol Med 114

Course Description: An introduction to the study of land plants. We will ask questions like: what are plants, where did they come from, how do they breathe, eat, live, how is their structure related to how they function and reproduce, and how do their lives intertwine with ours? We will address these and other questions using an evolutionary approach, especially tracing the origin and evolution of the land plants.

Text: "Biology of Plants " 7th Edition. 2005 Raven, Evert & Eichhorn, W. H. Freeman & Co.  http://www.whfreeman.com/college/book.asp?1002002981
You may use the 6th edition if you wish.

Texts should be available at Stony Books Inc (1081, Route 25A) and the University Bookstore.

Lab supplies: Dissection kit. Loose-leaf binder with unruled white paper. Pencils. Bring text book to lab.

Doing well in the course:
You MUST attend lecture and lab, and take notes.  Be prepared to sketch what you observe!
You must spend time reading and writing outside class: the text-book will give you most, but not all, of the information that you will need. I will NOT place my lectures online.
The course builds on itself, and you will find it to your advantage to learn the early material well so that you can use it later in the course. 
YOU MUST BE PREPARED TO WORK AND TO STUDY FOR THE TESTS; there is no other way to pass the course.

Requirements and evaluation: You must attend all classes and complete all assignments in a timely manner.  The lecture and lab portions are intimately connected: you should apply what you learn in one to the other.  Breakdown of points is given with the schedule of classes.

Midterms will combine lecture and laboratory portions. Lecture questions will be a mixture of multiple choice, short answer ("essay"), true/ false, correcting false statements, drawing to illustrate a point, etc.  The lab portion will consist of identification/ answering questions pertaining to material at different 'stations'; carefully examining given material to answer questions regarding structure, function and evolution.

No make-up test will be given under any circumstances.

The final exam will be cumulative and combined with a practical exam.
Anything covered in class or in the text is candidate material.
Emphasis will be on the framework and information provided in lectures.
You have to pass both lab and lecture portions in order to pass the course.