PLANT BIOLOGY FOR NON-SCIENCE MAJORS
Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
Lecture and Exam Schedule
Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
Lecture and Exam Schedule
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Readings in Graham |
| Unit I | How Plants Function | |
| Jan 28 | 1 - Introduction
to Science
2 - Introduction to Plants |
Ch 1 (skip essays 1.1 and 1.2)
Ch 5 |
| Jan 30 | 3 - The Cell and Its Contents | Sections 4.3-4.4 |
| Feb 4 | 4 - Plant Anatomy and Plant Physiology | Sections 12.1-12.3 (skip essay 12.1)
Section 13.1 up to p. 216 (skip essay 13.1) Ch.14 and 15 |
| Feb 6 | 5 - Photosynthesis
and Energy
6 - Respiration and Carbon Cycle |
Sections 8.2-8.3 (skip essay 8.1)
Ch 8 |
| Feb 11/13 | 7 - DNA,
RNA, and Proteins
8 - Mitosis (the cell cycle) |
Sections 10.1-10.6
Ch 11 |
| Feb 18 | 9 - Meiosis
and Sexual Reproduction
10 - Mendelian Genetics |
Ch 16
Sections 17.1-17.6 |
| Feb 20 | 11 - FIRST EXAMINATION (on Unit I ) | |
| Unit II | Diversity of Plant Life | |
| Feb 25 | 12 - Plant
Taxonomy; Darwinian Evolution
13 - Evidence for Evolution |
Ch 3
Sections 19.1-19.7 and 20.2 |
| Feb 27 | 14 - Plant Adaptations | Essay 1.1 on p. 2. Essay 7.2 on p. 108.
Essay 13.1 on p. 211 Section 14.1 and 15.6 |
| Mar 4 | 15 - Viruses
and Prokaryotes
16 - Eukaryotes and Fungi |
Ch 6
Ch. 7 (skip essay 7.1) and Sections 9.2-9.3 |
| Mar 6 | 17 - Algae
18 - Out of the Water and Spore Formers Formers |
Section 9.1
Section 20.1 and 20.4 |
| Mar 11 | 19 - Gymnosperms
20 - Flowering plants |
Section 13.1 pp. 216-222
Ch. 21.1-21.3. Essay 29.1 on p. 477 |
| Mar 13 | 21 - Pollination | p. 12. Ch. 22 |
| Mar 18 | 22 - Seeds and Fruits | Ch. 21.4 |
| Mar 20 | 23 - SECOND EXAMINATION (on Unit II) | |
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| Unit III | Human Uses of Flowering Plants | |
| April 1/3 | 24 - The Origin of Agriculture and Human Nutrition | Sections 2.1-2.3. Essay 2.2 on p. 23
Essay 4.2 on p. 62-63 |
| April 8 | 25 - The
Grasses
26 - Legumes, Starchy Staples |
Essay 8.1 on p. 128
Essay 12.1 on p. 190 |
| April 10 | 27 - Plant
Fiber Materials: cloth, paper and wood
Herbs and Spices 28 - Stimulating beverages |
Essay 7.1 on p. 104
Section 13.1 pp. 216-222 Section 2.4 |
| April 15 | 29 - Medicinal
Plants
30 - Psychoactive Plants |
Section 1.2 |
| April 17 | 31 - Poisonous and Allergenic Plants | |
| April 22 | 32 - THIRD EXAMINATION (on Unit III) | |
| Unit IV | Plant Ecology | |
| Apr 24 | 33 - Ecology
34 - Succession |
Ch 23 (skip essay 23.1) |
| Apr 29 | 35 - Terrestrial Biomes | Ch 24, 26, 27, 28, 29 (skip essay 29.1) |
| May 1 | 36 - Aquatic Biomes | Ch 25 |
| May 6 | 37 - Biodiversity
and Species Extinction
38 - Atmosphere and the Environment |
Essay 1.2 on p. 10 |
| May 8 | 39 - Agriculture and the environment (skip)
40 - World food problems |
Ch 30 |
| May 13 | 41 - Plant Biotechnology | Ch 18 |
| May 16 | FINAL EXAMINATION (on Unit IV) | Final Exam time: 8:00am - 10:00am |