BIO SCI 152 

Foundations of Biological Sciences II

Semester I, 2006

                             

Instructors:                   Lectures on Microbiology (Sept. 6- Sept 22)

                                         Dr. M. McBride, Lapham Hall N307, Phone 229-5844, mcbride@uwm.edu

                                         Office hours: M 1:00 - 3:00 or by appointment                           

 

                                         Lectures on Botany  (Sept. 25- Nov 1)

                                         Dr. S. Hoot, Lapham Hall S399, phone 229-2654, hoot@uwm.edu

                                         Office hours:  M 1:00 - 3:00 or by appointment

 

                                         Lectures on Zoology  (Nov. 3 - Dec. 13)

                                         Dr. D. Heathcote,  Lapham Hall 411, phone 229-6471, rdh@uwm.edu

                                         Office hours: T/Th 9:00 Ð 10:00 and by appointment

 

Lecture times:              M, W, F  9:00-9:50 in CHM 180

Note: for information concerning cancellation of classes due to severe weather, please call 229-4444.

 

Laboratory:                    Times vary according to section, all meet in Lapham S286

 

Prerequisites:               Biology 150 (grade of C or better)

 

Required texts:             Freeman, Scott.  2005.  Biological Science, 2nd ed., Prentice-Hall (a copy of this text is on permanent reserve in the library under the course #).

 

One can also subscribe to the text through the web at www.safarix.com. Subscription cost $72.34.

 

Individual exercises for Lab Manual for Biological Sciences 152 will be downloaded from D2L. We recommend that you purchase a three ring binder to store and organize the labs.                         

 

Description:                   Introduction to microbiology, plant science, and zoology. 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.

 

Academic Misconduct Ð The universityÕs 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 othersÕ academic endeavors.

 

LECTURE SCHEDULE Be sure to complete readings before each class!

 

DATE           TOPIC                                                                                             READING                                                                                             

Sept. 6        A short history of life on earth: ÔThe age of microbesÕ          

 

Sept. 8        The prokaryotes: bacterial and archaeal structure                129-133, 582-594

                      and function                                                                                                

 

Sept. 11      The prokaryotes: Metabolic diversity                                         594-598              

                    

Sept. 13      The prokaryotes: Metabolic diversity, ecological                    598-605

                     Impacts, disease

                    

Sept. 15      Symbiosis, Protists                                                                      607-617

 

Sept. 18      Protists                                                                                           154-155, 617-627                          

                                                                                                                             

Sept. 20      Viruses                                                                                           780-793

 

Sept. 22      Exam I (covers material from Sept. 6 - 20)

                    

Sept. 25      Classification and the tree of life                                               5-8; 556-561; Box 28.1, p.614

                     Fungi                                                                                               674-697              

                                                                                                                                                                                         

Sept. 27      Plant diversity, reproduction, and life cycles                           263; 643-656 

                                                                                                                             

Sept. 29      Plant diversity I: Green algae to Bryophytes                            661-664; Figs. 29.13, 29.14                        

 

Oct. 2           Plant diversity II: Vascular nonflowering plants                      665-669                                                                          

 

Oct. 4           Plant diversity III: Flowering plants  (life cycle)                        670; 910-923

 

 

Oct. 6           Plant form and function I:

                     Cells, tissues, meristems, basic groundplan                        657

 

Oct. 9           Plant form and function II: Flowers, pollination, fruit              657-659; 919-926

                                                                                                                             

Oct. 11        Exam II (covers material from Sept. 25 - Oct. 9)

 

Oct. 13        Plant form and function III: Leaf anatomy                                202-209; 220-224; 810

                     and photosynthesis                                                                    

 

Oct. 16        Water and nutrient transport in plants                                      818-821; 828-842                          

                     Plant anatomy  (primary growth)

 

Oct. 18        Transport of photosynthetic products                                       821-825; 842-848

                     and plant anatomy (primary growth)                                        

                     Secondary growth                                                                                      

                    

Oct. 20        Plant nutrition, Nutritional adaptations of plants                    852-868

 

Oct. 23        Growth regulators and growth responses                              888-907

 

Oct. 25        Plant sensory systems and movements                                 871-882; 885

 

Oct. 27        Plant breeding, transgenic crops, and genetic diversity       639-640; 420-423;

                                                                                                                             

Oct. 30        Plants and the preservation of habitats                                   1204-1206; 1211                            

 

Nov. 1          Exam III (covers material from Oct. 13-30)

 

Nov. 3          Early development of animals                                                   446-458

 

Nov. 6          Gastrulation, pattern formation,                                                 458-466

                     and cell differentiation In animals                                             469-478; 481-488

                    

Nov. 8          Animal diversity I: Key innovation and themes                       698-718; 724-734

                                                                                                                             

 

Nov. 10       Animal diversity II:  Key innovation and themes                     749-762

 

Nov. 13       Animal Form and Function                                                         937-941, 945-953

                     Excretory Systems                                                                        955-974              

                                                                                                                                            

Nov. 15       Animal Nutrition and Digestive Systems                                 977-993

 

Nov. 17       Gas exchange: Respiratory Systems                                       999-1012

 

Nov. 20       Gas exchange: Circulatory Systems                                        1013-1023

 

Nov. 22       Exam IV (covers material from Nov. 3 - Nov. 20)

 

Nov. 23       Thanksgiving

 

Nov. 27       Electrical Signaling in Animals: Nervous System                  1026-1038

 

Nov. 29       Synaptic transmission, organization and                                1038-1049

                     evolution of nervous system

                    

Dec. 1         Sensory Systems I: Hearing and Vision                                  1052-1064

                                                                                                                             

Dec. 4         Sensory Systems II: Taste and Smell                                      1064-1066; 1066-1072

                     Movement:  Skeletons and Muscle                                          

 

Dec. 6         Chemical signaling in animals: Endocrine system              1076-1087; 993-995

                     Hormones and their functions                                                  

 

Dec. 8         Hormone production and signal transduction                       1088-1096

 

Dec. 11       Immune System: Innate immunity                                            1120-1132

                     and Acquired Immune Response I: Recognition                 

 

Dec. 13       Acquired Immune Response II:                                                1132-1140

                     Activation and culmination                                                         

 

Dec. 19       Exam V 10:00-12:00.  (covers material from Nov. 27 - Dec. 13)

 

 

LABORATORY SCHEDULE. All labs must be downloaded from D2L and read before class.

 

Sept.  11, 12                            2. Gene transfer in E. coli

 

Sept. 18, 19                             3. Microbial symbiosis

 

Sept. 25, 26,                            4. Survey of protists, fungi, and early plant diversity, life cycles

 

Oct. 2, 3                                    5. Survey of plant diversity and life cycles

 

Oct. 9, 10                                  6. Flowering plant form and development               

 

Oct. 16, 17                                7. Flowers, fruits, and plant reproduction

                    

Oct. 23, 24                                8. Leaf structure and function. 

                                                   9. Plant nutrition, hormones, and tropisms (part one of a two week lab)

                    

Oct. 30, 31                                9. Plant nutrition, hormones, and tropisms  (part two of a two week lab)      

 

Nov. 6, 7                                   10. Animal Development I: Echinoderms and amphibians

 

Nov. 13, 14                               11. Animal Development II: Chicken

 

Nov. 20, 21                               12. Animal Diversity I: Porifera, Cnidaria, and Lophotrochozoa

 

Nov. 27, 28                               13. Animal Diversity II: Ecdysozoa (nematodes, arthropods)            

                                                                  Lumbriculus (Annelida) behavior and regeneration:

 

Dec. 4, 5                                   14. Animal Diversity III: Deuterostomes

 

Dec. 11, 12                              15. Animal practical quiz

 

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         In order to find and browse the course Web site:

 

1.                                Call up your Web browser and go to the UWM home page: http://www.uwm.edu

 

2.                                From the UWM home page, click on the ÒE-learning, D2LÓ link near the top right of the screen.

 

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8.                                Once you are on the My Home screen, you will see links on the left side of your screen that allow you to change your ePanther password or forward your ePanther email to your preferred private email address.

 

9.                                If you have any difficulty getting on the course Web site, please close down your Web browser completely and open it up again, then try logging on again using the instructions above. If you do not know your ePanther username or password, please get help as indicated below.

 

10.                             When you are finished looking around the course Web site, always click on Logout if you are in a computer lab, or at least shut down your Web browser. Otherwise, the next person who uses the machine will be using your course account!

 

 

What to do if you have problems with Desire2Learn (D2L)

 

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Use of Live Animals in Teaching and Observational Field Studies

The care and use of animals in teaching, research and field studies are regulated by the Animal Welfare Act, the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy and a PHS publication called the "Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals". These regulations require that the use of live vertebrate animals for teaching or research first be approved by a Committee called the IACUC (Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee). Teaching and research proposals are submitted to the IACUC and reviewed. In deciding whether to approve a protocol, the IACUC assesses whether alternatives to animal use exist for the proposed teaching or research proposals, whether the proposal using animals will be carried out in as humane a manner as possible, and whether unavoidable pain, distress and discomfort will be minimized by the use of specific analgesics, anesthetics or sedatives. Conduct of field studies will be in accordance with all applicable guidelines for field research.  The regulations require that the IACUC include at least one Veterinarian, a scientist and a member representing community interests. The IACUC is responsible for reviewing the animal care program and all animal facilities and associated labs at least once every 6 months. Individuals reporting concerns about animal use are protected by law from repercussions, and the IACUC investigates all concerns over animals use that are reported. Basic animal husbandry requirements are also specified by the regulations, ensuring that an animal's food, water and shelter are provided for in an optimal manner. The regulations further require that all personnel using animals be trained in appropriate handling techniques and experimental procedures and that persons coming in contact with animals are given information regarding the methods to minimize the risks involved in using animals. The Animal Care Program has an informative web page at: www.safety.uwm.edu which has information on minimizing the risks involved in using animals including lab animal allergy information. The Animal Care Program at UWM is staffed and administered by a Veterinarian and a Lab Manager. These dedicated staff oversee the legal and humane treatment of animals and management of the animal facilities.