Plant Anatomy Syllabus

EEB 3510

Fall Semester 2003

Lectures: MWF 10-10:50 in Ramaley N1B23

Laboratory: T 1-4 or W 1-4 in Ramaley C231

Faculty instructor:

Dr. Pamela Diggle

Office Hours: Wedesday 11-12 and Thursday 1-2 in Ramaley C287

Laboratory Coordinator

Dr. Stepahnie Mayer

Office Ramaley C105

Graduate Student Teaching Assistant:

Claire Lay

Office Ramaley C105

Office hours: 12-1 Tuesday, 11-12 Wednesdays in Ramaley C231

Required Texts:

Katherine Esau. 1977. Anatomy of seed Plants, 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. NY, N.Y.

Laboratory Manual, available in the CU Bookstore

The following texts are also on reserve in Norlin Library:

A. Fahn. 1990. Plant Anatomy, 4th edition. Pergamon Press.

J.d. Mauseth. 1988. Plant Anatomy. Benjamin/Cummings Publ. Co. Menlo Park, CA.

Exams:

Hour Exam I--October 1--100 pts

Hour Exam II-November 10--100 pts

Lab Exam I---October 14-15--100 pts

Lab Exam II--December 9-10--100 pts

Lab Quizzes--TBA--------------100 pts

Final Exam---Decmber 17--------200 pts

Grading: At the end of the semester, all of the points accumulated by each student will be totaled and expressed as a percentage of the total points possible (700). Grading will then be on an absolute scale: 90-100% = A, 80-90% = B, 70-79% = C, etc.

Extra Credit: If you attend a seminar or colloquium on any aspect of biology and submit a one page written summary, you will receive up to 5 points per summary for a maximum of 3 seminars (a total of 15 possible extra credit points).

LABORATORY SESSIONS:

Each student must be enfolled in a laboratory section. Laboratories are designed to complement lecture material. The laboratory manual is not illustrate, instead you must rely on your text, youlecture notes, your TA, and the development of your own abilities to locate and understand anatomical structures. BRING LABORATORY MANUAL, TEXT, NOTES, DRAWING PAPER AND PENCILS TO EACH LAB. You may also wan to purchase a ZIP disk formatted for a Macintosh computer.

POLICY ON ALL CLASS AND LABORATORY EXAMS:

All exams and quizzes must be taken at the regularly scheduled times. You may not take lab exams or quizzes at a time other than your regularly scheduled laboratory. The only acceptable excuses for missing an exam are:

1) document medical (physical or psychological) illness

2) documented family problems of extreme and serious nature

3) documented death of relative

Please note that weddings of friends, lower airfares for travel on certain dates, not feeling well but did not see a doctor and other such excuses will not be accepted. The penalty for missing an exam is a score of zero for that exam.

CONFLICTS BETWEEN RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCE DATES AND EXAMS:

Inform Dr. Diggle at least two weeks in advace of any conflicts. Alternative arrangements will be made.

DISABILITIES:

If you qualify for accomodations because of a disability, please submit to Dr. Diggle a leter from Disability Services (DS) early in the semester so that your needs may be addressed. DS determines accomodations based on documented disabilities (303-492-8671, Willard 322 www.colorado.edu/sacs/disabilityservices)

CLASSROOM BEHAVIOR

The new University classroom behavior policy can be read at www.colordo.edu/policies/index.html

STUDENT HONOR CODE

REad the new student honor code at http://www.colorado.edu/academics/honorcode/

LECTURE SCHEDULE-PLANT ANATOMY EPOB 3510