| Dr. David Barrington
Office Hours: by appointment Phone: 6-0431 e-mail: cbarring@uvm.edu Dr. Alison K. Brody Office Hours: MW 1:30-2:30 phone: 6-0449 e-mail: akbrody@uvm.edu Dr. Charles Goodnight Office hours: TTh 10:00-11:30 Phone: 6-8521 e-mail: cgoodnig@uvm.edu |
Dr. Bryan Ballif
Office Hours: W 4:00-5:00; Th 10:30-11:30 phone: 6-1389 e-mail: bryan.ballif@uvm.edu Dr. Catherine Paris Office Hours: WTh 11:00 – 12:00 Phone: 6-0431 e-mail: cparis@uvm.edu
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| Laboratory Coordinator:
Dr. Janet Mitchell 118 MLS For an appointment call 6-9976 email: jwoodcoc@uvm.edu |
Course Coordinator:
Deb Maddalena Office hours: MWF 9:00-2:00 Phone: 6-5801 E-mail: dmaddale@uvm.edu |
Course Description
Required Texts
Grading
| Hourly exams (2 grades, 100 pts each) Laboratory Cumulative Final 4 Homework Assignments Total |
200 200 200 100 700 |
The final exam will be cumulative. Midterm exams are scheduled for the evenings of February 7th, March 6th, and April 10th. There will be a common final exam for all sections of the course, the time and date of which will be announced. Check your exam schedule for other courses and see your professors immediately if you need to reschedule a midterm or the final exam.
There will be no make-up exams and midterm exams will not be rescheduled to accommodate travel plans during the semester. A missed exam will be counted as the one dropped midterm grade. The only legitimate excuse for rescheduling an exam is if you have three exams scheduled on one day or you are required to be off-campus for a university sponsored event or religious holiday. In such cases you may schedule to take the exam early, but not late. Discuss this with your instructor as soon as possible. If you should miss an exam and then have some emergency that causes you to miss a second, you must provide written documentation of your emergency in order not to have a 0 counted in your grade.
Strategies for Getting an "A" in This Course
KEEP UP. There is a lot of material covered in this course, do not expect to learn it the night before the exam! And it is VERY helpful to have read the material before you come to class.
TAKE ALL OF THE EXAMS. Do not use your privilege of dropping your lowest exam grade as an excuse to "blow off" one of the exams. What if you are ill for the next one? Since we give you an exam to drop, illness does not merit a "make-up" exam. If you are ill and cannot take an exam, that will be the exam you drop. The final is cumulative. Learning the material for each mid-term exam will make studying for the final that much easier.
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HELP. If you are having difficulty, or simply need clarification of some of the material, see either your laboratory Teaching Fellow or one of the instructors. We all hold office hours and intend for that time to be used helping students. But if you don't seek us out, there's no way for us to know that you're struggling. and remember... Academic honesty is expected of all students. If you are caught cheating on an exam, you will receive a zero for thaat exam. That score cannot be the one you drop. All laboratory reports MUST be written individually.
ACADEMIC HONESTY
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Topic Outline for BCOR 012
The Chromosomal Basis of Inheritance (Chapter 15)
Genes and chromosomes: linked genes, sex linked genes, gene mutations that result in human diseases, the Human Genome Project.
Descent with Modification (Chapter 22)
Historical context for evolutionary thought, Darwin's theory, The Darwinian Revolution
The Evolution of Populations (Chapter 23)
Linking Darwinian evolution and Mendelian inheritance, microevolution – patterns and causes, genetic variation – the substrate for natural selection
The Origin of Species (Chapter 24)
Species concepts, modes of speciation, reproductive isolation mechanisms, variation in speciation rates, from speciation to macroevolution
Phylogeny and Systematics (Chapter 25)
The fossil record, taxonomy, classification and systematics
Behavioral Biology (Chapters 51)
Balancing costs and benefits of behavior, cost and benefits of social behavior, evolution of animal societies, sociobiology.
Population Ecology (Chapter 52)
Characteristics of populations, population dynamics, patterns of population growth, population regulation, life histories
Community Ecology (Chapter 53)
Types of ecological interactions, co-evolution of interacting species, temporal changes in communities.
Conservation Biology (Chapter 55)
The biodiversity crisis, conservation of populations and of species, human population growth.
Multicellularity and Defense (Chapters 21 and 43)
Life as a Community of Cells, Protection of Self and the Protection against Non-self in Animals and Plants
Tissue Development (Chapters 21 and 47)
Studies in the Genetics and Evolution of Tissue Development using Model Organisms
Sedentary Life and Locomotive Adaptations (Chapters 49)
Studies of Tissues Adapted for Sedentary Life and Locomotion
Reproduction (Chapters 38 and 46)
Studies of Reproductive Tissues in Plants and Animals
Transport (Chapters 35, 36, 41, 42)
Studies of Transport Tissues in Plants and Animals
Sensory Adaptations (Chapters 48 and 49)
Sensory Tissues and Adaptations in Animals and Plants
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