Instructors:
Dr. Chris Peterson (CP), R2615 PSB, Phone: 542-3754,
chris@plantbio.uga.edu - office hours by appointment
Dr. Zheng-Hua Ye (ZY), R4520 PSB, Phone: 542-1832
zhye@plantbio.uga.edu - office hours by appointment
Textbook:
Introductory Plant Biology, 11th Edition, Stern, 2008,
McGraw Hill. Chapter assignments will be given in lecture. The
textbook website is
www.mhhe.com/botany/ . Use the registration code in your
textbook to access the site for useful information and study tools. It
is broken down by chapter and each chapter contains illustrations,
essays, self-quizzes, flashcards,
weblinks and more.
Lectures:
Room 1501 Plant Sciences Bldg (PSB): 11:00 -
12:15 Tuesday and Thursday.
Lecture attendance encouraged by a daily quiz question
(4 points total; of these, 2 points for attendance and 2 points for the
quiz question) during each period.
Exams:
Exams will be 50 multiple-choice questions. Make
up exams are not available. Bring a #2 pencil and UGA ID card to
exams. Note that the FINAL EXAM is on Thursday, MAY 1 at
noon.
Grading:
Exams (incl. the final) @ 100 points each = 400,
lecture quizzes = 100 points, Total =500
A = 450 - 500, B = 400 - 449, C = 350 -
399, D = 300 - 349, F <299
Lecture outlines:
After each lecture we will post an outline of the
material that was covered in the lecture. This is only an outline
and will not be comprehensive. To access an outline, click on the
desired lecture date. The best way to use the lecture outline as
a study aid is for you to write in additional information from lecture
and the text.
Lecture schedule:
Jan. 8 CP Introductions/Nature of
Science/Ways of Knowing
10 CP Have a
chromosome!
15 CP
Fundamentals of Evolution I
17 CP
Fundamentals of Evolution II
22 CP
Fundamentals of Evolution III
24 CP
Classification and Phylogenetics
29 CP
Bacteria and Archaea
Jan. 31 First Hour Exam
Feb. 5 CP Viruses
7 CP Symbiosis and Origin of Eukaryotes
12 DP
Mushrooms and Molds
14 DP Water
Molds and Slime Molds
19 CP Algae
21 CP Lichens
26 CP
Bryophytes
Feb. 28 Second Hour Exam
Mar. 4 ZY
Evolution of vascular plants; ch.21
6 ZY
Seedless vascular plants; ch. 21
10-14 Spring
Break
18
ZY Evolution of seed; ch.22
20 ZY Seed plants: Gymnosperms; ch. 22
25 ZY
Gymnosperms: diversity-I; ch. 22
27 ZY
Gymnosperms: diversity-II; ch. 22
April 1
Third Hour Exam
3 ZY Evolution of the flower; chs. 8, 23
8 ZY Pollination ecology; ch. 23
10 ZY
Evolution of fruits; ch. 8
15 ZY
Flowering plants: diversity-I; ch. 24
17 ZY
Flowering plants: diversity-II; ch. 24
22 ZY
Ecology; ch. 25
24 ZY
Biomes; ch. 26
May 1 Final Exam Noon
- 3:00pm
Academic honesty:
Enrollment at UGA assumes binding and informed
agreement with the policy of academic honesty adopted by UGA in
September of 2000. For full details go to the OVPI website:
http://www.uga.edu/ovpi/academic_honesty/culture_honesty.htm
Study tips:
See Darley's study tips for Biology at:
http://www.botany.uga.edu/~darley/studybio.html
Exam Room Assignments:
Click here
for room assignments for Exams
Organismal
Plant Biology Laboratory - Botany 1220L
Room 1604 Plant Sciences Building
Laboratory Schedule
Grades: