Instructor: Dr. Bob Wise, 424-3404, Room HS 16, wise@uwosh.edu
O
RGANIZATION
: This course (5 credits) has three one-hour lectures and one four-hour laboratory a week. Lecture topics will stick pretty closely to the syllabus, although some lectures will get a little ahead and others a bit behind.
L ECTURE : MWF from 1:50-2:50, Room HS456
L
ABORATORY
: Thursday 11:30-3:30, Room HS56
O FFICE HOURS : MWF from 3:00-4:00
T
EXTBOOK
: Hopkins, W.G. and N.P.A. Huner. 2004. Introduction to Plant Physiology , 3 rd ed.,
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 560 pp. Recommended but not required.
E
XAMS
: There will be four, 100-point, short-essay-style exams on the lecture material during the semester (see syllabus for dates). Makeup exams are possible, but they are a real pain in the butt for both you and me. Although I strongly discourage their use, let’s deal with these on an asneeded basis.
L ABORATORY : Most labs will probably finish early, others will run late, and still others will take two to thirteen weeks from beginning to end and may require someone to come in at non-lab times to water plants or record data.
L ABORATORY A SSIGNMENTS : We will conduct about eighteen different laboratory exercises in the 13 weeks of lab. Students will be required to turn in (on the due dates shown in the laboratory syllabus) an abstract (and possible data sheets, etc.) for ten of the eighteen laboratory exercises.
They will be graded (maximum = 10 points) and returned within a week.
G
RADING
:
G
RADING
S
CALE
:
Lecture Exams (4 x 100 pts)
Laboratory Abstracts (10 x 10 pts)
Total
400 points
100 points
500 points
100-90.0 = A
89.9-87.0 = AB
86.9-80.0 = B
79.9-77.0 = BC
76.9-70.0 = C
69.9-67.0 = CD
66.9-60.0 = D
< 59.9 = F

A
TTENDANCE
: Attendance in Lecture and Laboratory is required. Making up missed labs is not possible.
S
TATEMENT ON
A
CADEMIC
M
ISCONDUCT
:
Students are referred to the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Student Discipline Code as detailed in Specific provisions of Chapter 14 of the State of Wisconsin Administrative Code. Any student(s) found in violation of any aspect of the above Code (as defined in sections UWS 14.02 and 14.03) will receive a sanction as detailed in UWS 14.05 and 14.06. Sanctions range from an oral reprimand to expulsion from the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. Students have the right to request a hearing and to appeal sanctions (as defined in UWS 14.08-14.10).
Students with disabilities should contact their lecture and lab instructors in the first week of class in order to arrange all possible accommodations.

Date
Jan 29
Jan 31
Feb 2
Feb 5
Feb 7
Feb 9
Feb 12
Feb 14
Feb 16
Feb 19
Feb 21
Lecture number and topic
1 Organelles, cells, tissues and plant classification
2 Water, p H and organic chemistry
3 Proteins and membranes
4 Cytoskeleton, cell cycle and cell walls
5 Seed germination and water potential
6 Cell Expansion and IAA
7 Germination and energy trapping in biological systems
8 Respiration: Glycolysis and Krebs Cycle
9 Respiration: Mitochondrial e- transport, ATP synthase
Feb 23
Feb 26
Feb 28
10 Respiration: Control and energy yields
11 Heat, enzymes and reaction rates
--- Exam I (lectures 1-10)
12 Enzymes: Kinetics and regulation
13 Seed germination and mobilization of food reserves
March 2 14 Phloem: structure and function and Münch pressure flow hypothesis
March 5 15 Mineral nutrition and ion uptake
March 7 16 Mechanism of ion absorption
March 9 17 Seedling growth and gravitropism
March 12 18 Etiolation and seedling emergence
March 14 19 Photomorphogenesis and phytochrome
March 16 --- Exam II (lectures 11-18)
Spring Break--March 18-25
March 26 20 Photosynthesis: Chloroplasts
March 28 21 Photosynthesis: Pigments, light absorption and Z scheme
March 30 22 Photosynthesis: Thylakoids and protein complexes
April 2 23 Photosynthesis: Cyclic e- transport, photophosphorylation, and ratios
April 4 24 Photosynthesis: Dealing with excess energy
April 6 25 Photosynthesis: The Calvin-Benson cycle
April 9 26 Photosynthesis: Photorespiration
April 11 27 Photosynthesis: C3, C4 and CAM
April 13 28 Photosynthesis: Morphological and physiological adaptations
April 16 29 Photosynthesis: Stomatal physiology
April 18 30 Photosynthesis: Transpiration and anatomy of xylem
April 20 --- Exam III (lectures 19-28)
April 23 31 Photosynthesis: Assimilation of N
April 25 32 Stress physiology: Abiotic (environmental)
April 27 33 Stress physiology: Biotic (weeds and plant pathology)
April 30 34 Plant movements: Tactic, tropic and nastic
May 2
May 4
May 7
May 9
35 Biological clocks and floral induction
36 Fertilization and floral development
37 Seed maturation and dormancy
38 Bud dormancy and tissue hardening
May 11 --- Exam IV (lectures 29-38)