Huntingdon College – Department of Biological Sciences
Botany (BIOL 227) Syllabus –Fall 2008 – Dr. Tubbs: Pratt 101, 334-4371, atubbs@huntingdon.edu
Office Hours: 9-10:30 Tuesday and Thursday, 9:00-10:15 Wednesday & Friday,
and by appointment.
Texts: IntroductoryPlant Biology (11th Edition) by Stern, Bidlack, and Jansky
A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory (5thEdition) by Samuel Rushforth, et.al.
Course Description: An introduction to the anatomy, evolution, ecology and physiology of the flowering
and nonflowering plants. A taxonomic survey of the photosynthetic organisms including Cyanobacteria,
Protistan algae, nonvascular and vascular plants.
Course Objectives:
1. Students will demonstrate a knowledge of plant diversity and evolution.
2. Students will demonstrate a knowledge of plant morphology, development, and physiology.
3. Students will demonstrate a knowledge of plant ecology.
4. Students will demonstrate an understanding of the importance of plants in human affairs.
Topic
Date
8-25
Reference
8-27
8-29
Botany: An Introduction
LAB: Cells and Tissues
Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Photosynthetic Cells
Plant Tissues
Chap 3
Chap. 4
9-3
9-5
Roots and Soils
continued
Chap. 5
Chap. 5
9-8
Stems
LAB: Roots and Stems, Quiz #1
continued
Leaves
Chap. 6
9-10
9-12
9-15
9-17
9-22
9-24
9-26
9-29
10-1
10-6
10-8
10-13
10-15
10-17
Chap. 1
Chap. 6
Chap. 7
continued
LAB: Stems and Leaves, Quiz #2
Flowers
Chap. 7
Fruits and Seeds
LAB: Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds, Quiz #3
EXAM I: Chapters 1, 3-7 (100 points)
Flowers, Fruits, and Seeds
Chap. 8
Chap. 8
Chap. 8
Water in Plants
LAB: Film – “The Secret Lives of Plants”, Quiz #4
Plant Metabolism
Chap. 9
continued
LAB: Photosynthesis, Quiz #5
Growth and Hormones
Chap. 10
continued
LAB: Plant Behavior, Quiz # 6
Plant Evolution
Plant Names and Classification
Chap. 10
Chap. 11
Chap. 11
Chap. 15
Chap. 16
10-20
10-22
10-27
10-29
10-31
11-3
11-5
11-7
11-10
11-12
11-17
Cyanobacteria and Algae
LAB: Cyanobacteria and Algae, Quiz #7
The Protistan Algae
Chap. 17-18
Fungi and Lichens
LAB: Fungi, Lichens, and Bryophytes, Quiz #8
EXAM II: Chapters 8-11, 15-17
The Bryophytes
Chap. 19
Seedless Vascular Plants
LAB: Ferns, Horsetails, Club Mosses, & Whisk Ferns, Quiz #9
continued
Seed Plants: The Gymnosperms
Chap. 21
continued
LAB: Gymnosperms, Quiz #10
Seed Plants: The Angiosperms
Chap. 18
Chap. 20
Chap. 21
Chap. 22
Chap. 22
Chap. 23
continued, Film: “Sexual Encounters of the Floral Kind”
LAB: Angiosperms, Quiz #11
Flowering Plants and Civilization, Invasives
Plant Ecology
Chap. 23
Chap. 26
12-3
12-5
Biomes
LAB: Angiosperms and Review, Quiz #12
Biomes
Biomes
12-9
FINAL EXAM @ 2:30-4:30, Chapters 18-26 (100 pts), all others (50 pts)
11-19
11-21
12-1
Chap. 24
Chap. 25
Chap. 26
Chap. 26
Evaluation: There will be two “hour” exams worth 100 points each and a Final Exam worth 150 points.
All exams will have material from lecture and laboratory. Approximately one-third of the Final Exam will
assess laboratory material and one-third of the total Final Exam will assess lecture and laboratory material
prior to Exam II. In addition there will be a 10-point quiz in each lab after the first week over both lecture
and laboratory information. Your lowest two quiz scores will be dropped for a total possible 100 quiz
points. Quizzes will be given at the beginning of each laboratory period and cannot be made up. Don’t be
late! The total possible points for the course equals 450 points. Your final grade will be based on the
percentage of these points you earn, e.g., 383 points ÷ 450 = 85% = B.
Attendance Policy: “All students are required to attend, at a minimum, 75% of the meetings of every class
in which they are enrolled. Individual faculty may set more stringent attendance policies. Failure to meet
minimum attendance requirements will result in a failing grade. Students are expected to arrive for class on
time. Students are expected to provide adequate notification of expected absences, and to make up missed
work or examinations according to the faculty member’s criteria.”
Accommodations of Special Needs: “Faculty at Huntingdon College make every effort to accommodate
unique and special needs of students with respect to speech, hearing, vision, seating, or other possible
adaptions. Please notify the Disability Services Intake Coordinator, Ms. Camilla Irvin, as soon as possible
of requested accommodations.”