BIOL 120N – Page 1 Date Approved: 11/3/89 Date Scanned: 4.29.05 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 9/14/07__ College of the Redwoods CREDIT COURSE OUTLINE DEPARTMENT AND COURSE NUMBER: BIOL 120N DEGREE APPLICABLE NON-DEGREE APPLICABLE FORMER NUMBER (If previously offered) BIOL 120D COURSE TITLE MAMMALS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA LECTURE HOURS: 6.75 total LAB HOURS: 6.75 total UNITS: 0.5 PREREQUISITE: NONE Eligibility for: Engl 150 Math 105 Request for Exception Attached CO-REQUISITE: NONE GRADING STANDARD: Letter Grade Only TRANSFERABILITY: CSUS UC Articulation with UC requested Repeatable yes no CR/NC Only NONE Grade/CR/NC Option Maximum Class Size 25 Max No. Units Max No. Enrollments CATALOG DESCRIPTION: This course focuses on the evolution of land mammals with particular emphasis on the variations and adaptations of different land mammals to their environment. Methods of identifying, tracking, and trapping local land mammals for scientific study are discussed. NOTE: This course provides a Natural History Certificate Program elective. COURSE OUTCOMES/OBJECTIVES: List the primary instructional objectives of the class. Formulate some of them in terms of specific measurable student accomplishments, e.g., specific knowledge and/or skills to be attained as a result of completing this course. For degree-applicable courses, include objectives in the area of critical thinking.” Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. 2. 3. 4. Demonstrate an understanding of many mammalian structures and behavioral patterns. Identify many land mammal tracks and the mammals that made them. Take the measurements required for the study of local land mammals. Critically analyze information presented in the classroom and observations made in the field to determine the identity of different mammal species and to formulate solutions to questions regarding their natural history COURSE OUTLINE: Introduction to taxonomy % of Classroom Hours Spent on Each Topic 20% Evolution of land mammals, characteristics of major land mammal groups, mammalian dentition patterns 20% Local mammals: identification and ecology 30% Identifying tracks and tracking 15% Trapping and scientific measurements 15% BIOL 120N – Page 2 Date Approved: 11/3/89 Date Scanned: 4.29.05 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 9/14/07__ APPROPRIATE TEXTS AND MATERIALS: (Indicate textbooks that may be required or recommended, including alternate texts that may be used.) Text(s) Title: Mammals of the Pacific States Required Edition: 3rd Alternate Author: Ingles Recommended Publisher: Stanford Univ. Press Date Published: 1965 (Additional required, alternate, or recommended texts should be listed on a separate sheet and attached.) For degree applicable courses the adopted texts have been certified to be college-level: Yes. Basis for determination: is used by two or more four-year colleges or universities (certified by the Division Chair or Branch Coordinator, or Center Dean) OR has been certified by the LAC as being of college level using the Coleman and Dale—Chall Readability Index Scale. No. Request for Exception Attached If no text or a below college level text is used in a degree applicable course must have a minimum of one response in category 1, 2, or 3. If category 1 is not checked, the department must explain why substantial writing assignments are an inappropriate basis for at least part of the grade. 1. Substantial writing assignments, including: essay exam(s) term or other paper(s) written homework reading report(s) laboratory report(s) other (specify) _____ If the course is degree applicable, substantial writing assignments in this course are inappropriate because: The course is primarily computational in nature. The course primarily involves skill demonstrations or problem solving. Other rationale (explain) __________________________________________ 2. Computational or Non-computational problem-solving demonstrations, including: exam(s) quizzes homework problems laboratory report(s) field work other (specify)_______ 3. Skill demonstrations, including: class performance(s) other (specify)____ 4. Objective examinations, including: multiple choice completion field work performance exam(s) true/false other (specify) matching items 5. Other (specify) ____________________________________ NOTE: A course grade may not be based solely on attendance. BIOL 120N – Page 3 Date Approved: 11/3/89 Date Scanned: 4.29.05 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 9/14/07__ REQUIRED READING, WRITING, AND OTHER OUTSIDE OF CLASS ASSIGNMENTS: Over an 18-week presentation of the course, 3 hours per week are required for each unit of credit. ALL Degree Applicable Credit classes must treat subject matter with a scope and intensity which require the student to study outside of class. Two hours of independent work done out of class are required for each hour of lecture. Lab and activity classes must also require some outside of class work. Outside of the regular class time the students in this class will be doing the following: Study Answer questions Skill practice Required reading Problem solving activity or exercise Written work (essays/compositions/report/analysis/research) Journal (reaction and evaluation of class, done on a continuing basis throughout the semester) Observation of or participation in an activity related to course content (e.g., play, museum, concert, debate, meeting, etc.) Field trips Other (specify) ____________________________ COLLEGE LEVEL CRITICAL THINKING TASKS/ASSIGNMENTS: Degree applicable courses must include critical thinking tasks/assignments. This section need not be completed for non-degree applicable courses. Describe how the course requires students to independently analyze, synthesize, explain, assess, anticipate and/or define problems, formulate and assess solutions, apply principles to new situations, etc. Students will be required to apply principles learned in the classroom to new situations and interpret and explain various aspects of the natural history of the mammals being studied. Students will be expected to critically analyze information and observations made in the field and formulate solutions to questions regarding the natural history and evolution of the mammals. BIOL 120N – Page 4 Date Approved: 11/3/89 Date Scanned: 4.29.05 Inactivated by Curriculum Committee 9/14/07__ BIOLOGY 12ON - Mammals of Northern California ADDITIONAL/ALTERNATE TEXTS: Text: A Field Guide to the Mammals Author: Burt and Grossen Heider Edition: 2nd Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin Required Recommended Alternate Year: 1964