BCOR 012 : University of Vermont

A-Z
Directory
myUVM
Loading search...

Apply to UVM

Skip Local Navigational Links

Department of Biology

Skip Main Content Area

Type_Document_Title_Here

BCOR 012 - Exploring Biology

Semester

Spring 2012

Instructors:

Dr. John Mitchell, Biology Office: 104 Marsh Life Science Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-0454 Email: John.Mitchell@uvm.edu	Dr. David Barrington, Plant Biology Office: 310 Jeffords Bldg Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-0431 Email: David.Barrington@uvm.edu
Dr. Donald Stratton, Plant Biology Office: 304 Jeffords Bldg Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-9371 Email: Donald.Stratton@uvm.edu	Dr. Alison Brody, Biology Office: 205A Marsh Life Science Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-0449 Email: Alison.Brody@uvm.edu
Dr. Sara Helms Cahan, Biology Office: 307A Marsh Life Science Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-2962 Email: Sara.Cahan@uvm.edu	Dr. Becky Miller, Biology Office: 102 Marsh Life Science Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-0454 Email: Becky.Miller@uvm.edu
Dr. Terry Delaney, Plant Biology Office: 319 Jeffords Bldg Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-0416 Email: Terrence.Delaney@uvm.edu	Dr. Laura Hill Bermingham, Lecturer Office: 302 Jeffords Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 656-1134 Email: Lhill@uvm.edu

Course Description

BCOR 12 will cover topics in physiology, organismal evolution, diversity, and ecology. All readings referred to here are chapters within the assigned text which is Campbell's Biology, ed. 8. Other readings may be assigned and will be posted on the Web. We strongly recommend that you read the assigned material before coming to lecture and there will be weekly homework assignments related to the readings.

Required Texts

Campbell, N.A., and Reece, J.B. 2009. Biology, ed. 8. Benjamin Cummings, California.
Pechenik, J. A. 2007. A Short Guide to Writing About Biology, ed. 6. Addison-Wesley, New York.

Syllabus:

Date	Topic	Reading
	EVOLUTION
Jan 19, 21	Darwinian Evolution	Ch 22
Jan 24, 26	Evolution of Populations	Ch 23
Jan 28, 31	Origin of Species	Ch 24
Feb 2	Phylogenetics	Ch 26
Feb 4	Origin of Life	Ch 25
	DIVERSITY
Feb 7	Bacteria/Archea	Ch 27
Feb 9	Protists	Ch 28
Feb 10	EXAM (Chapters 22-28; 10 lectures)
Feb 11, 14	Seedless Plants	Ch 29
Feb 16, 18	Seed Plants	Ch 30
Feb 21	PRESIDENTS DAY
Feb 23	Intro to Animal Diversity	Ch 32
Feb 25, 28	Invertebrates	Ch 33
Mar 2, 4	Vertebrates	Ch 34
Mar 7-11	SPRING RECESS
	STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION: PHYSIOLOGY
Mar 14	Plant Development and Anatomy	Ch 35
Mar 16	Plant Transport	Ch 36
Mar 17	EXAM 2 (Chapters 29-36; 11 lectures)
Mar 18	An. Int. strxr & funct./Circulation & gas exchange	Ch 40
Mar 21, 23	Circulation and Gas Exchange	Ch 42
Mar 25, 28	Immune system (Mammals)	Ch 43
Mar 30	Immunity in Plants and Bees	Ch 39
Apr 1, 4	Neurons	Ch 48
Apr 6	Nervous System/Muscles and Senses	Ch 50
Apr 8	Muscles and senses	Ch 50
Apr 11	Sens. Percp. Pls/Circ. Rhyth. Pls. & An	Ch 39
Apr 13	TBA
Apr 14	EXAM 3 (Chapters 40,42,43,48,50; 12 lectures)
	ECOLOGY
Apr 15	Intro to Ecology	Ch 52
Apr 18, 20	Population Ecology	Ch 53
Apr 22, 25	Community Ecology	Ch 54
Apr 27, 29	Ecosystem Ecology	Ch 55
May 2, 4	Conservation Biology	Ch 56
TBA	FINAL EXAM (Chap 52-56; 9 lectures, plus comp section

Last modified December 05 2011 09:01 AM