BIO SCI 152 Syllabus
Foundations of Biological Sciences II
Semester II, 2012
Instructors:
Lectures on Microbiology and Zoology (Jan. 23 – Mar. 30)
C. Wimpee, Lapham Hall S495, Phone 229-6881, cwimpee@uwm.edu
Office hours: W 12-1 or by appointment
Lectures on Botany (Apr. 2 – May 9)
P. Engevold, Lapham Hall TBA, phone TBA, engevold@uwm.edu
Office hours: M and W 10:00-10:50 or by appointment
Lecture times: M, W, F 9:00-9:50 in LAP N103
Note: for information concerning cancellation of classes due to severe weather, please
call 229-4444 or go to http://www4.uwm.edu/news/weather/.
Laboratory: Times vary according to section, all meet in Lapham S286
Prerequisites: Biology 150 (grade of C or better)
Required texts: Brooker et al. 2011. Biology, 2nd ed., McGraw-Hill (a copy of this text is on permanent
reserve in the library under the course number).
Hardbound book: ISBN 9780077349967 (~$198.00 from bookstore) OR
Three-hole punched book: ISBN 9780077403829 (~$138.00 from bookstore) OR
e-book at: http://www.coursesmart.com/0077279913 ($112.75)
Individual exercises for Lab Manual for Biological Sciences 152 will be downloaded from
D2L. You are required to obtain a three ring binder to store and organize the labs.
Description: Introduction to microbiology, plant science, and animal biology. Second half of the
two-semester sequence for majors in Biological Sciences, Conservation and
Environmental Science, and other natural science majors.
Note: for more information on the Department of Biological Sciences, please visit our
Web Home Page: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/Biology/
Desire2Learn: Announcements, lecture notes, and other materials will be posted on D2L.
INFORMATION CONCERNING TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS:
GRADING:
Grades will be assigned following the scale below:
A 93-100% B 83-86% C 73-76% D 63-66%
A- 90-92% B- 80-82% C- 70-72% D- 60-62%
B+ 87-89% C+ 77-79% D+ 67-69% F 0 - 59%
This scale will not be made more stringent.
Lecture exams total 70% of the final course grade.
The remaining 30% is earned in the laboratory.
TESTS AND EXAMINATIONS:
There will be five multiple choice lecture exams. Each exam will be worth 20% of your lecture exam
grade. The first four exams will be during the regularly scheduled lecture times (see below); the fifth exam
will be held during exam week.
Make-up exams will only be given for legitimate excuses (e.g. serious illness, family emergency, or
religious holiday). To make up an exam missed for health reasons, you must provide physician
documentation. Except for extreme emergencies, notification of absence from an exam must be given by
the student to the instructor.
PRIOR TO THE TIME OF THE EXAM. MISSED LABS CANNOT BE MADE UP.
If you need special accommodations in order to meet any of the requirements of this course, please
contact the instructors as soon as possible. Link to Student Accessibility Center: http://www4.uwm.edu/sac/
Academic Misconduct – The university’s responsibilities include the promotion of academic honesty and
integrity and procedures to deal effectively with instances of academic dishonesty. Students are
responsible for the honest completion and representation of their work, for the appropriate citation of
sources, and for the respect of others’ academic endeavors. You are responsible for understanding what
behavior represents academic misconduct.
The following UWM web page is dedicated to campus‐wide policies regarding religious observances,
incompletes, academic misconduct, grade appeal procedures, final examination policy, students called to
military service, discriminatory conduct, and complaint procedures:
www.uwm.edu/Dept/SecU/SyllabusLinks.pdf
Additional Resources: There are many resources available to UWM students, including the general
resource
at http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/services/ Some of the resources that BioSci students have found
particularly useful are:
Writing Center : http://www4.uwm.edu/writingcenter/
Tutoring and Academic Resource Center: http://www4.uwm.edu/pass/
LECTURE SCHEDULE Be sure to complete readings before each class!
DATE
TOPIC
READING
Jan. 23
A Short History of Life on Earth: The Age of Microbes
459-464, 528-533
Jan. 25
Classification
class notes
Jan. 27
Cell structure and function
68-71, 85-88, 546-556,
class notes
Jan. 30
The prokaryotes: Metabolic diversity
137-147, 150-152, 157-163,
557, class notes
Feb. 1
The prokaryotes: Metabolic diversity, ecology
557-559, 1257-1258,
class notes
Feb. 3
The prokaryotes: Symbiosis and disease
559-561, class notes
Feb. 6
Protists
565-585, class notes
Feb. 8
Viruses
369-378, class notes
Feb. 10
Exam I (covers material from Jan. 23 - Feb. 8)
Feb. 13
Fertilization, cleavage, gastrulation, organogenesis
1092-1100
Feb. 15
Molecular genetic regulation of animal development
392-406
Feb. 17
Animal diversity I: Characteristics of animals
Key innovations and themes of protostome animals
652-691
Feb. 20
Animal diversity II: Key innovations and themes of
deuterostome animals
691-729
Feb. 22
Animal form and function
832-849
Feb. 24
Animal nutrition and digestive systems
937-959
Feb. 27
Circulatory systems
980-1000
Feb. 29
Respiratory systems
1001-1023
Mar. 2
Exam II (covers material from Feb. 13 - Feb. 29)
Mar. 5
Excretory systems and water balance
1024-1044
Mar. 7
Nervous system: Cells and neuronal communication
850-871
Mar. 9
Organization and evolution of nervous systems
872-891
Mar. 12
Sensory systems I: Somatosensory, vision and hearing 892-917
Mar. 14
Movement: Skeletons and muscle
918-936
Mar. 16
Chemical signaling in animals: Endocrine system
1045-1070, 177-189
Mar. 17-24
Spring Break
Mar. 26
Animal reproduction
1071-1090
Mar. 28
Immune System
1111-1132
Mar. 30
Exam III (covers material from Mar. 5 - Mar. 28)
Apr. 2
Plant diversity, reproduction, and life cycles
317-321, 528-538, 1244-5
Apr. 4
Fungi
631-651
Apr. 6
Plant diversity I: Green algae to nonvascular plants
587-596, 611
Apr. 9
Plant diversity II: Seedless vascular plants
587-596, 611
Apr. 11
Plant diversity III: Seeded vascular plants:
Gymnosperms to Angiosperms
597-607, 610-620
Apr. 13
Plant form and function I: Flowers, pollination, fruit
620-629, 811-831
Apr. 16
Plant form and function II:
Cells, tissues, meristems, basic groundplan
730-739
Apr. 18
Plant form and function III: Leaf anatomy
and photosynthesis
Apr. 20
Exam IV (covers material from Apr. 2 – Apr. 18)
Apr. 23
Water transport in plants
157-163, 172-175, 740-749
790-806
Apr. 25
Nutrient transport in plants; secondary growth
744-746, 806-809
Apr. 27
Plant nutrition
771-783
Apr. 30
Nutritional adaptations of plants
783-788
May 2
Plant sensory systems and movements
762-770
May 4
Plant sensory systems and movements
762-770
May 7
Plant breeding, transgenic crops, and genetic diversity
628-629, 423-425
May 9
Plants and the preservation of habitats
1139-1142, 1198-1202,
1268-1273
May 16
Exam V 10:00-12:00 (covers material from Apr. 23 – May 9)
LABORATORY SCHEDULE. All labs must be downloaded from D2L and read before class.
Jan. 23, 24, 25 First Week of Classes – No Labs
Jan. 30, 31, Feb. 1
1. Scientific method and Hypothesis Testing AND
2. Gene Transfer in E. coli
Feb. 6, 7, 8
3. Microbial symbiosis
Feb. 13, 14, 15
10. Animal Development I: Echinoderms and amphibians
Feb. 20, 21, 22
11. Animal Development II: Chicken
Feb. 27, 28, 29
12. Animal Diversity I: Porifera, Cnidaria and Lophotrochozoa
Mar. 5, 6, 7
13. Animal Diversity II: Ecdysozoa (nematodes, arthropods); Annelid responses
Mar. 12, 13, 14
14. Animal Diversity III: Deuterostomes
Mar. 17-24
Spring Recess - No Labs
Mar. 26, 27, 28
15. Animal Practical
Apr. 2, 3, 4
4. Survey of fungi, protists, and algal diversity
Apr. 9. 10, 11
5. Survey of plant diversity and life cycles
Apr. 16, 17, 18
6. Flowers, fruits and plant reproduction
Apr. 23, 24, 25
7. Flowering plant form and development; What are you eating?
Apr. 30. May 1, 2
8. Leaf structure and function
9. Plant nutrition, hormones, and tropisms (Part 1)
May 7, 8, 9
9. Plant nutrition, hormones, and tropisms (Part 2)