BIOLOGY 321

TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE (2006)

DATE             LECTURE                                                      LAB

Jan. 4

Unit 1: Introduction

Jan. 9/11

FIELD TRIP TO PSP / INTRO TO E-PORTFOLIO

Jan. 16

Unit 2: Asexual Reproduction

Introduction to Mosses

Lab #1 - Introductory Lab

Jan. 18

Unit 3: Bryidae

Lab #2 - Tissue Culture Exercise

Jan. 23

Unit 3: Bryidae

Lab #3 - Bryidae

Jan. 25

Unit 4: Tetraphidae

Lab #3 - Bryidae

Lab #4 -Tetraphidae

Jan. 30

Unit 5: Polytrichidae

Lab #5 -Polytrichidae (Quiz 1)

Feb. 1

Guest Lecture

Lab #5 - Polytrichidae

Feb. 6

Unit 6: Buxbaumiidae, Andreaeidae

Lab #6 - Buxbaumiidae/Andreaeidae

Feb. 8

Unit 7: Sphagnidae and Bog Ecology

Feb. 13

MIDTERM BREAK

Feb. 15

Feb. 20

FIELD TRIP TO BURNS BOG

Feb. 22

Unit 8: Takakiopsida

Lab #7 - Sphagnidae  (Quiz 2)

Feb. 27

Lecture Midterm

Lab #7 - Sphagnidae

Lab #8 - Takakiopsida

Mar. 1

Introduction to Liverworts

Lab #9 - Calobryales,

Lab #10 - Jungermanniales

Mar. 6

Unit 9: Calobryales,

Unit 10 Jungermanniales

Lab #10 - Jungermanniales

Mar. 8

Unit 11: Metzgeriales

Lab #11 - Metzgeriales

Mar. 13

Unit 12: Marchantiales

Lab #12 - Marchantiales

Mar. 15

Unit 13: Sphaerocarpales, Monocleales (Assignment)

Lab #12 - Marchantiales  (Quiz 2)

Mar. 20

Introduction to Hornworts

Project

Mar. 22

Unit 14: Hornworts

Lab #14 - Anthocerotosida

Mar. 27

Unit 15: Origins and Evolutionary Relationships

Class Presentations

Mar. 29

Lab Exam

Apr. 3

Class Presentations

Apr. 5

Class Presentations