Course Material
| Date | Session | Lecture | Materials |
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| Aug. 27 | BM lecture 1 | Introduction to Biodiversity - Phylogenetics | outline |
| Sept. 1 | LF lecture 1 | Introduction to Flowering Plants, shoot system | outline |
| Sept. 3 | JT lecture 1 | Introduction to Fungi | outline, slides, movie1, movie2 |
| Sept. 8 | JT lecture 2 | Basidiomycota Diversity | outline, slides, movie1, movie2, movie3, movie4, movie5 |
| Sept. 10 | JT lecture 3 | Ascomycota with Passive Spore Discharge | outline, slides |
| Sept. 15 | JT lecture 4 | Ascomycota with Active Spore Discharge | outline slides, movie1 |
| Sept. 17 | JT lecture 5 | Zygomycota | outline, slides, movie2, movie3 |
| Sept. 22 | JT lecture 6 | Chytridiomycota | outline, slides |
| Sept. 24 | JT lecture 7 | Oomycota | outline, slides |
| Sept. 29 | JT lecture 8 | Myxomycota | outline, slides |
| Oct. 1 | JT lecture 9 | Integrative Mycology | outline, slides |
| Oct. 6 | LF lecture 2 | The Root System | outline |
| Oct. 8 | MIDTERM 1 - review Monday Oct. 5, 338 Koshland Hall, 5:00pm | sample questions, Fungi primer 1, Fungi primer 2 | |
| Oct. 13 | LF lecture 3 | Angiosperm Reproductive Systems | outline |
| Oct. 15 | LF lecture 4 | The Embryo | outline |
| Oct. 20 | LF lecture 5 | Photosynthesis | outline |
| Oct. 22 | LF lecture 6 | Transport | outline |
| Oct. 27 | LF lecture 7 | Vascular Cambium/Secondary Tissues | outline |
| Oct. 29 | LF lecture 8 | Systems for protection, aeration, absorption, secretion and excretion | outline |
| Nov 3 | LF lecture 9 | Tropism and Communication | |
| Nov 5 | MIDTERM 2 | ||
| Nov 10 | BM lecture 2 | Big Picture - The Tree of Life | outline |
| Nov 12 | BM lecture 3 | Blue Green Bacteria and Red Plants | outline |
| Nov 17 | BM lecture 4 | Brown Plants and Dinoflagellates | outline |
| Nov 19 | BM lecture 5 | Introduction to Green Plants - Green Algae | outline |
| Nov 24 | BM lecture 6 | Bryophytes | |
| Nov 26 | BM lecture 7 | Thanksgiving holiday - no class | |
| Dec 1 | BM lecture 8 | Ferns and Allies | |
| Dec 3 | BM lecture 9 | Seed Plants | |
| Dec 8 | BM lecture 10 | Evolution of Flowering Plants | |
| Dec 19 | MIDTERM 3 (8-9am) | ||
| Dec 19 | FINAL EXAM (9-11am) |
| Date | Session | Laboratory | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 26, 28 | Lab 1 | None Scheduled | |
| Sept. 2, 4 | Lab 2 | Basidiomycota Diversity | intro, worksheet, images |
| Sept. 9, 11 | Lab 3 | Ascomycota Diversity | intro, worksheet, images |
| Sept. 16, 19 | Lab 4 | Zygomycota and Chytridiomycota - QUIZ 1 | intro, worksheet, images |
| Sept. 23, 25 | Lab 5 | Oomycota and Myxomycota | intro, worksheet, images |
| Sept. 30, 2 | Lab 6 | The Angiosperm Body Plan - QUIZ 2 | |
| Oct. 7, 9 | Lab 7 | Fruits and Seeds | |
| Oct. 14, 16 | Lab 8 | The Flower & Embryo Structure & Development - QUIZ 3 | |
| Oct. 21, 23 | Lab 9 | Tour of the Botanical Garden | |
| Oct. 28, 30 | Lab 10 | Cyanobacteria and Rhodophyta - BG Report Due | |
| Nov. 4, 6 | Lab 11 | Phaeophyta, Chrysophyta and Dinophyta | |
| Nov. 13, 18 | Lab 12 | Euglenophyta and Chlorophyta - QUIZ 5 | |
| Nov. 20, Dec. 2 | Lab 13 | Bryophytes and Early Land Plants | |
| Nov. 21-22 | Optional Mendocino Field Trip | ||
| Nov. 23 | Lab 14 | Afternoon Demonstration of Mendocino Mushrooms | |
| Dec. 4, 9 | Lab 15 | Ferns and Gymnosperms - QUIZ 6 |
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Instructors |
Graduate Student Instructors |
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John Taylor |
Nhu Nguyen |
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Lewis Feldman |
Susan Tremblay |
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Brent Mishler |
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Grading |
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Exams and Quizzes |
Points |
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Quizzes (6) |
90 |
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Field Trip Participation |
30 |
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Midterms (3) |
300 |
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Final (1) |
200 |
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Total Points |
620 |
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