Biology 163/164 Spring 2003

Instructor: Jim Taulman

Policies

Attendance – A student may be dropped after 3 consecutive absences and will automatically be dropped after 5 total absences. Partial attendance on a given day will be recorded on an hourly basis, that is, arriving an hour late or leaving an hour early will count for missing 1/3 of a class period. We will have breaks about each hour and a half-hour lunch break between the lecture and lab. Lecture will be held from 11 am until 1:30. Lab will begin at 2 p.m.

Homework – Work assignments will consist of reading and being familiar with chapters in the textbook for each class period. You may be asked to describe your interpretation or understanding of concepts presented in the textbook chapters for a given class period.

Grading –

Lecture - Four lecture tests will be given, the lowest grade will be dropped. The other 3 tests will count for 75% of the final course grade.

Lab - Weekly quizzes will be given in lab at the beginning of the lab and covering material from the past week. There will be 10 weekly quizzes. The lowest weekly quiz grade will be dropped. The lab grade will be made up of the 9 best weekly quizzes. The lab grade will comprise 25% of the grade in the course.

A = 90 - 100

B = 80 - 89

C = 70 - 79

D = 60 – 69

F = 59 and below

Food – You can bring a drink into class but we won’t be eating in class. There will be a break between the lecture and lab for lunch.

Biology 163/164, Spring 2003 Instructor: Jim Taulman

Lecture Chapter Lab Chapter

Jan. 23 Introduction Introduction

Jan. 30 Evolution 21 Evolutionary Agents 16

Feb. 6 More Evolution 17-18 Quiz 1, Evidence of Evolution 17

Feb. 13 Test #1, Speciation 19-20 Quiz 2, Sponges – Roundworms 26-27

Feb. 20 Population Ecology 46 Quiz 3, Mollusks – Arthropods 28

Feb. 27 Social Behavior 47 Quiz 4, Animal Behavior 46

Mar. 6 Test #2, Community Quiz 5, Experimental Study of

Interactions 48 Plant/Animal Interactions 43

Mar. 13 Field Trip Field Trip

Mar. 20 Ecosystems 49 Quiz 6, Ecology 44

Mar. 27 Test #3 Quiz 7, Echinoderms 29

Apr. 3 Spring Break Spring Break

Apr. 10 Biosphere 50 Quiz 8, Vertebrates 30

Apr. 17 Field Trip Field Trip

Apr. 24 Biodiversity 28 Field Trip

May 1 Human Impacts on Earth 51 Quiz 9, Human Impacts on Earth 45

May 8 Test #4 Quiz 10