Biology
303 -- General Zoology Syllabus -- Spring
2004
Instructor: Donna M. Bruns Stockrahm, Ph.D.
Dept: Biology
Office:
104 King Hall (Chairperson's Office)
Phone:
287-5000 (Office)
1-(218)-937-5280 (Home- Long Distance- Rollag, MN)
Email:
stockram@mnstate.edu
Website: http://web.mnstate.edu/stockram
Office Hours: M 12-1pm, T 12-3pm, W 12-3pm, Th 12-3
Lecture
Room: King Hall 110
Lab Room:
King Hall 215
Course Description: 4 credits (lab included in credits); A survey of the major phyla of invertebrates and the major classes of vertebrates including comparative structure and function of representative organisms and systems. With lab. Prerequisite: BIOL 111; 3, 1-hr lectures per week and 1, 1-hr lab per week.
Required
Lecture
Text: Hickman,
C. P., Jr., L. S. Roberts, and A. Larson. 2001.
Integrated Principles of Zoology. 11th
edition. McGraw-Hill, New
York. 899pp.
Required
Lab
Text: Hickman, C. P., Jr., F. M. Hickman, and L. B.
Kats. 2001.
Laboratory Studies in Integrated Principles of Zoology.
10th edition.
McGraw-Hill, New York. 443pp.
Course Objectives:
1)
To gain an understanding and appreciation of the diversity of the Animal
Kingdom, including both invertebrates
and vertebrates.
2)
To gain an understanding and knowledge of the phylogenetic
(taxonomic) relationships between the
different animal groups.
3) To learn basic classification of the various animal groups.
4)
To learn the anatomy of selected taxonomic groups and to learn how various
organs/structures/etc vary in form and
function between taxonomic groups.
5) To learn proper dissection techniques in lab.
6) To learn about the natural history of selected taxonomic groups.
7)
To learn some of the basic physiological concepts of various taxonomic
groups,
especially in the mammals.
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COURSE OUTLINE
Note: The following is our planned schedule. However, there might be some minor changes as we progress through the course.
Week Lecture Text (Chapter #)
1 14
Jan
Introduction; Classification
10
16
Jan
Architectural Pattern of an Animal
9
2
19 Jan
NO
CLASS
21 Jan Animal-Like Protista; Protozoan
Phyla 11
23 Jan Phylum Porifera
12
3 26
Jan
Radiate Animals;
Phylum Cnidaria
13
28 Jan
Acoelomate Animals;
14
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
30 Jan
Pseudocoelomate Animals;
15
Phylum
Nematoda
4
2 Feb Phylum
Mollusca
16
4 Feb Phylum Mollusca (continued)
"
6 Feb
LECTURE EXAM 1
5
9 Feb
Segmented
Worms; Phylum Annelida
17
11
Feb Phylum Annelida
(continued)
"
13
Feb Phylum
Arthropoda; Subphylum Trilobita;
18
Subphylum
Chelicerata
6
16 Feb
Subphylum
Chelicerata (continued)
"
18 Feb
Aquatic
Mandibulates;
19
Phylum
Arthropoda; Subphylum Crustacea
20
Feb Subphylum
Crustacea (continued)
"
20 Feb
LAB EXAM 1 (Friday
Afternoon)
(Covers Lab
Material from Weeks 2-5)
Week Lecture Text (Chapter #)
7
23 Feb Terrestrial
Mandibulates;
20
Phylum
Arthropoda; Classes Chilopoda,
Diplopoda,
Insecta
25 Feb Class
Insecta (continued)
"
27 Feb
Phylum Echinodermata
23
8
1 Mar Phylum
Echinodermata (continued)
"
3 Mar
LECTURE EXAM 2
5
Mar Phylum Chordata
25
9
8 Mar Phylum
Chordata (continued)
"
10
Mar Fishes
26
12 Mar NO CLASS (I am in
COSTA RICA)
10
15-19 Mar Spring
Break - No Classes
11
22 Mar Amphibians
(Class Amphibia)
27
24 Mar
Amphibians (continued)
"
26 Mar
Reptiles (Class Reptilia)
28
26 Mar
LAB
EXAM 2 (Friday Afternoon)
(Covers Lab
Material from Weeks 6-9)
12
29 Mar Reptiles
(Class Reptilia) (continued)
"
31 Mar
Birds (Class
Aves)
29
2 Apr Birds (Class Aves) (continued)
"
13 5 Apr LECTURE
EXAM 3
7 Apr
Mammals
(Class Mammalia)
30
9 Apr NO
CLASS
14
12 Apr Mammals (Class
Mammalia) (continued)
"
14 Apr Excretion
32
16Apr Excretion
(continued)
"
15 19 Apr Circulation
33
21 Apr Circulation
(continued)
"
23 Apr Gas
Exchange
"
16
26 Apr Muscles
31
28 Apr Nervous
System
35
30 Apr
Nervous System (continued)
"
17
3 May Sense
Organs
"
5
May Catch Up
5 May
LAB
EXAM 3 (Wednesday Afternoon)
(Covers Lab
Material from Weeks 12-16)
10 May LECTURE FINAL (Monday
- Noon)
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Lab Schedule
Week Lab Lab Manual (Chapter #)
1 No Lab
2
Phylum Porifera;
7
Phylum
Cnidaria
8
3
Phylum
Platyhelminthes;
9
Phylum
Nematoda
10
4 Phylum Mollusca 11
5 Phylum Annelida; 12
6 Phylum Arthropoda 13,14,15
LAB
EXAM 1 (20 Feb - Friday Afternoon)
(Covers Lab
Material from Weeks 2-5)
7 Phylum Echinodermata 16
8 Phylum Chordata; Protochordates 17
9 Fishes (shark, perch dissections) 18
10
Spring Break - No
Classes
11 Oral Presentations on Papers; Lab Review;
LAB
EXAM 2 (26 Mar - Friday Afternoon)
(Covers Lab
Material from Weeks 6-9)
12
Class Amphibia (frog
dissection);
19
Class
Reptilia (reptile display)
20
13
Skeletons;
Bone Histology;
22, 4
Class Aves
(bird display)
21
14
Class Mammalia (pig
dissection);
22
Tissue
Histology (esp. muscle)
4
15 Pig Dissection (Continued) 22
16
Nervous System;
22
Nervous
Tissue Histology;
4
Sense
Organs;
Comparison
of Systems between
Vertebrate
Groups
17 Lab Review;
LAB
FINAL (5 May – Wednesday Afternoon)
(Covers Lab
Material from Weeks 12-16)
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ATTENDANCE POLICY
For
details on MSUM Student Absence Policy, see Student Handbook:
http://web.mnstate.edu/sthandbook/POLICY/index.htm
Lab attendance is mandatory and lecture attendance is expected and encouraged. If you know in advance that you will miss a lab (only in the case of an excusable absence), make arrangements beforehand to attend another lab session during that same week. Labs generally cannot be made up the following week as the lab materials will not be available. You are also expected to take examinations at the announced time. In the case of an anticipated excusable absence on an examination date, you should make arrangements for a make-up examination before the absence. In the case of an unanticipated, excusable absence, you should contact the instructor as soon as possible to make arrangements for a make-up examination. Make-up examinations are at the discretion of the instructor and may differ in content and difficulty from the original examination.
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ACADEMIC HONESTY
See MSUM
Student Handbook;
http://web.mnstate.edu/sthandbook/POLICY/index.htm
SPECIAL ACCOMMODATIONS
From the Disabilities Office: Student with disabilities who believe that they may need an accommodation in this class are encouraged to contact Greg Toutes, Coordinator of Disabilities Services, at 477-2652 (phone) or 477-2047 (TTY), CMU 222, as soon as possible to ensure that accommodations are implemented in a timely fashion.
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS
- EXAMS: There will be 3, 1-hour lecture exams and 3 lab exams during the semester plus a final lecture exam at the end of the semester.
- INTERNET ASSIGNMENT: Assignment Due Feb 13th
Each student will look up information on the internet about the following topics:
-
endangered mammal
-
endangered bird
-
endangered invertebrate
-
organism that causes a disease
-
parasite
-
invertebrate of your choice (e.g., sponge,
cnidarian, mollusc)
-
marine fish or coral reef
-
deformed frogs in Minnesota (or elsewhere)
For this
assignment you will hand-in a 1-page typed summary (no-longer) that includes:
a)
title of what you looked up for each category
b) web address for each one: http://
c)
2-3 sentences summarizing interesting facts
you learned about each
topic
To save paper, you do not have to print out all the pages and turn them in to me.
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- JOURNAL ARTICLE ASSIGNMENT: Assignment Due Mar 10th
Each student will be required to read a relevant article about vertebrates or invertebrates (of their own choosing, but it must be approved by the instructor) from a Scientific Journal. Summary articles are not satisfactory. The article must be about a particular study/experiment and have sections such as introduction, materials and methods, results, and discussion. Each student will submit:
1. a 1-2-page
typed summary (no longer) of the article include purpose and/or
hypothesis tested, study area, methods, results, and conclusions)
2. complete reference for article (cite as shown below)
3. 2 questions you have about the article
4. 2 comments about the article
The Journal of Wildlife Management and The Journal of Mammalogy are both excellent sources of articles and in the kind of format that I want you to read. All journals are on the second floor of the library on the journal shelves.
To cite the reference, use the following format:
Farmer, M. J. 1993. Mallard
reproductive biology in Minnesota. J. Wildlife
Management 15:4-12.
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ORAL PRESENTATIONS: You will give a 5-minute presentation on your paper to your lab class
during Lab for Week 11.
EVALUATION STANDARDS/COURSE GRADING POLICY
Lecture Exam 1
100 pts
Lecture Exam 2
100 pts
Lecture Exam 3
100 pts
Lecture Final
150 pts (new + some cumulative material)
Lab Exam 1
100 pts
Lab Exam 2
100 pts
Lab Exam 3
100 pts
Internet
Assignment 5 pts
Summary of Article 10 pts
= 765 total points
90 - 100 %
= A
(688 pts minimum)
80 -
89 %
= B
(612 " "
)
70 -
79 % = C
(536 " "
)
60 -
69 %
= D
(459 " "
)
< 60 %
=
F (< 459
pts )