Course Info:
Instructor | Recommended Textbook | Other Textbooks as References
Grading | Paper | Office Hours | Course Website

Instructor: Dr. Zhongchi Liu, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Dept. Of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
University of Maryland
College Park. MD 20742
Office phone: 301-405-1586 
Email: ZL17@umail.umd.edu
Office location: 3236A H.J. Patterson Hall

Recommended Textbook:

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants (2000)
By Buchanan, Gruissem, and Jones,
ASPB, Rockville, MD and John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 0943088399 - Buchanan paperback
(Available at in the UMCP bookstore and Amazon.com)
(on reserve in McKeldin: FOLIO QK861.B45 2000)

Other textbooks as references:

1. Molecular Genetics of Plant Development (1998)
   By Stephen Howell
   Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org)
   (on reserve in McKeldin: QK731.H68 1998)
   
   
2. A Primer of Genome Science (2002)
   By G. Gibson and S. V. Muse
   Sinauer Associates (www.sinauer.com/genomics)
   
   
3. Molecular Plant Development (1998)
   By Peter Westhoff, Oxford Univ. Press
   (on reserve in McKeldin: QK731.M6413 1998)

Grading:

       Grades will be determined by two exams (Midterm and final), two home work assignment and one  term   paper (or one oral presentation).  The final exam will not be cumulative. The distribution of the grades is indicated below:

Midterm exam:                            100
Final exam:                                 100
Home work I:                                50
Home work II:                               50
Term paper (or oral presentation):  100
Total:                                           400

Term Paper or Oral Presentation:         

  There will be one term paper, in which the student explores one area  of  plant molecular biology or genetics.  The student will choose the  topic.  The paper will be between 6 and 10 pages in length (either double  or single  space) and will be due on May 6 ^th.   You can check Paper Assignment for more information, and we will discuss more at the  class about how to  choose a paper topic.    Alternatively, you may choose to give a short (20 minutes) oral presentation  instead of the term paper.  The oral presentations will be given on   May 4^th   as well as May 6^th.  You can see Oral Presentation for more information.

Office Hours:

There will be no fixed office hour. Students are encouraged to drop by the lecturer's office or email the lecturer questions.

Course Website:

        The course website address: www.life.umd.edu/classroom/BSCI411/Liu/SP04/

Spring 2004
Dr. Zhongchi Liu, Ph.D.

Department of Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics
College of Life Sciences | University of Maryland, College Park