SPRING 2003
Instructor: Dr.
Elizabeth Bergey
Office Hours:
10:20am-12:20pm, Tuesday
and Thursday in Sutton Hall room 303
2:00pm-4:00pm, Wednesday in Bizzel Library room 45E
Other times by appointment
Contact: phone =
325-7071 (325-5959 in SH)
E-mail: lbergey@ou.edu
Lab Instructor: Shane Jones
Office Hours:
In the Invertebrate
Laboratory (RH 262)
Tuesday and Thursday 12:00pm-1:30pm
In Richards Hall
419
Wednesday 1:30pm-4:30pm
Phone Messages: 325-7669
E-mail: shnjones@ou.edu
Textbooks:
Pechenik, J. A. 2000. Biology
of the Invertebrates. 4th Edition. Wm. C. Brown Publishers,
578 pp.
Wallace, Robert L., and Walter K. Taylor. 1997. Invertebrate Zoology: A Laboratory Manual. 5th Edition. Prentice Hall, 336 pp.
Reading assignments will be announced during lecture and laboratory. If you aren't there you will not know what the assignment is!
Additional Resources:
Use the following web sites as an aid to your studies. Use them to your advantage.
http://www.lander.edu/rsfox/310labindex.html
http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/zoolab
Grades:
Lecture
Total lecture pts = 400 pts (50% of grade)
- Exam 1 - 90 pts
- Exam 2 - 90 pts
- Exhibit Project - 25 pts
- Paper Project - 25 pts
- Weekly Quizzes - 20 pts
- Final Exam - 150 pts
Laboratory
Total lab pts = 400 pts (50% of grade)
- Daily quizzes - 50 pts
- Lab notebook - 25 pts
- Collection (or alternate project) - 60 pts
- Practical Exam 1 - 90 pts
- Practical Exam 2 - 90 pts
- Final Practical - 85 pts
Important Information:
Any student in this class who has a disability
that may prevent him or her from fully demonstrating their abilities should
contact me personally as soon as possible so we can discuss accommodations
necessary to ensure full participation and facilitate your educational
opportunities.
You, the student, are responsible for understanding and abiding by the guidelines published in the Student Code, including the Academic Misconduct Code. Cheating will not be tolerated.
SCHEDULE
| Date/Week | Lecture Topic | Lab Topic |
| Jan. 14/(1) | Introduction/Protozoa | Check in/Protozoa |
| Jan. 16 | Protozoa | --------- |
| Jan. 21/(2) | Sponges | Sponges/Cnidaria |
| Jan. 23 | Cnidaria | --------- |
| Jan. 28/(3) | Cnidaria/Ctenophora/Coral Reefs | Cnidaria/Ctenophora |
| Jan. 30 | Coral Reefs | --------- |
| Feb. 4/(4) | Bilateral Symmetry/Flatworms | Flatworms |
| Feb. 6 | Flatworms | --------- |
| Feb. 11/(5) | LECTURE EXAM 1 | Flatworms/Roundworms |
| Feb. 13 | Misc. phyla | --------- |
| Feb. 18/(6) | LAB EXAM 1 | Misc. phyla |
| Feb. 20 | Misc. phyla | --------- |
| Feb. 25/(7) | Mollusks | Mollusks |
| Feb. 27 | Mollusks | --------- |
| Mar. 4/(8) | Mollusks | Mollusks |
| Mar. 6 | Mollusks | --------- |
| Mar. 11/(9) | Annelids | Annelids |
| Mar. 13 | LECTURE EXAM 2 | --------- |
| Mar. 25/(10) | Arthropods | Arthropods |
| Mar. 27 | Arthropods | --------- |
| Apr. 1/(11) | Arthropods | Arthropods |
| Apr. 3 | Arthropods | --------- |
| Apr. 9/(12) | LAB EXAM 2 | Local Field Trip/Work on Collections |
| Apr. 10 | Arthropods | --------- |
| Apr. 15/(13) | Arthropods / EXHIBIT DUE | Arthropods/Work on Collections |
| Apr. 17 | Echinoderms | --------- |
| Apr. 22(14) | Work on Collections | Echinoderms & Misc. Phyla/Work on Collections |
| Apr. 24 | Misc. Phyla | --------- |
| Apr. 29/(15) | FINAL LAB EXAM | --------- |
| May 1 | Wrap Up/Review | COLLECTION DUE |
| May 9/(16) | FINAL LECTURE EXAM (8-10 am) |