LURLEEN B. WALLACE COMMUNITY COLLEGE
ONLINE COURSE SYLLABUS
CONTACT INFORMATION
Instructor Name: Dr. Shane Evans
Campus Location: Andalusia
Office Location: A222
Office Phone: 334-881-2234
Office E-mail: [email protected]
Office Hours: TBA
Campus Mailing Address:
Dr. Shane Evans
LBW Community College
1000 Dannelly Blvd
Andalusia, AL 36420
COURSE NUMBER AND TITLE
BIO 104 Principles of Biology II
PREREQUISITES
Successful completion of BIO 103
DIVISION AND DEPARTMENT
Math/Science Biology
SEMESTER HOURS CREDIT/CONTACT HOURS
4 hours
CATALOG DESCRIPTION
This is an introduction to the basic ecological and evolutionary relationships of
plants and animals and a survey of plant and animal diversity including
classification, morphology, physiology, and reproduction. Laboratory is required.
TEXTBOOK(S)
Reece and Campbell, Biology. 8th edition. Pearson Benjamin Cummings, 2008.
Text includes access to Mastering Biology
TECHNOLOGY REQUIREMENTS
A personal computer (not WebTV) with Windows 2000 or Windows XP (computer
labs are available on three campuses)
A VGA (or equivalent) or better monitor
Reliable Internet access. (If using a dial-up connection, at least 28.8K
modem is recommended. Slower dial-up connections will affect course
performance. If you are an AOL user: You will need AOL version 7.0 or
higher)
Netscape Navigator/Communicator 7.1 or higher or Internet Explorer 6.0
or higher
Functional e-mail address
Sound Card
Most recent versions of plug-ins and viewers. These are free additions to
browsers that allow students to view special course components such as
video clips, or animations.
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES
Pencil
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Unit 1: Unity of Life
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
Summarize the principle of artificial selection.
Explain the theory of natural selection.
List two examples of natural selection.
Define evolution
Describe evidences of evolution (fossil record, homology,
biogeography).
Unit 2: Classification and Animal architecture
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
List in order, from the most inclusive to the least inclusive, the principal
categories (ranks) of taxa in Linnaeus’s system of classification.
Explain the structure and use of a scientific name.
Define species.
Define systematics and phylogeny.
Interpret cladograms and phylogenetic trees.
Use and write a dichotomous key.
List the major characteristics of animals.
Describe the major events of animal embryonic development.
Distinguish between parazoans and eumetazoans.
Explain radial symmetry and bilateral symmetry and give examples.
Discuss the importance of cephalization in animal evolution.
Distinguish between diploblastic and triploblastic body plans.
Describe a coelom and explain its function.
Differentiate between the acoelomates, pseudocoelomates,
coelomates and give examples.
Distinguish protostomes and deuterostomes.
Unit 3: Invertebrates I: Porifera, Cnidarians, Ctenophora, Platyhelminthes and
Mollusca
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
Describe the body plan, food sources, feeding methods, reproduction,
development, habitat, ancestry and other natural history characteristics
of sponges, cnidarians, ctenophores, flatworms and mollusks.
Unit 4: Invertebrates II: Annelida, Nematoda, Arthropoda, Echinodermata
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
Describe the body plan, food sources, feeding methods, reproduction,
development, habitat, ancestry and other natural history characteristics
of segmented worms, roundworms, arthropods, and echinoderms.
Unit 5: Phylum Chordata:
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
Describe the body plan, food sources, feeding methods, reproduction,
development, habitat, ancestry and other natural history characteristics
of invertebrate and vertebrate chordates.
Unit 6: Plant Morphology and Non-Vascular Plants:
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
State the breadth of plant diversity, and the evolutionary origins of the
plant kingdom.
Compare plants with their closest Protist relative.
List the unique characteristics of the plant kingdom.
Describe the unique adaptations plants evolved for success on dry
land.
Describe the diversity, morphology, habitat, reproduction, and life cycle
of the mosses, liverworts, and hornworts.
Unit 7: The Seedless Vascular Plants: Phyla Lycophyta and Pteridophyta:
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
Describe the diversity, fossil record, morphology, habitat, reproduction,
and life cycle of the club mosses, whisk ferns, horsetails, and ferns.
Unit 8: The Gymnosperms: Phyla Coniferophyta, Ginkgophyta, Cycadophyta,
and Gnetophyta:
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
Explain the evolutionary development of the seed from seed ferns and
importance of the seed.
Describe the diversity, fossil record, morphology, habitat, reproduction,
and life cycle of the conifers, ginkgos, cycads, and the gnetophytes.
Unit 9: The Angiosperms: Phylum Anthophyta.
Upon the successful completion of this unit, students will:
Describe the diversity, morphology, habitat, reproduction, and life cycle
of the flowering plants.
ONLINE TEACHING METHODS
Powerpoint presentations via Tegrity on WebCT
Weekly homework assignments on WebCT
Weekly hands-on lab activities on site
Weekly post-lab quizzes on site
Lab practicals on site
Exams on site
ATTENDANCE VERIFICATION POLICY
Students not attending the first day of a hybrid class will be dropped
unless the instructor grants prior approval for the absence.
Students not completing the “Start Here” module in online courses by the
time of attendance verification will be dropped unless the instructor grants
prior approval for the absence.
ATTENDANCE POLICY
In a hybrid course, students are responsible for keeping pace with the class
schedule. Each week, students are required to attend a lab period. Students
who are unable to attend lab regularly should withdraw from the class before
poor attendance interferes with the student’s ability to achieve the objective
required in the course.
WITHDRAWAL POLICY
A student may withdraw from a course or all courses without a grade penalty up
to fourteen (14) days prior to the first day of final exams for the fall and spring
terms. For the summer term, students may withdraw from classes us to seven (7)
days prior to the first day of final exams for each session. The final date for
official withdrawal is printed in the college calendar and published in each class
schedule. A student who receives Title IV Federal Financial Aid (ex. Pell Grant)
may have to repay funds if he/she withdraws prior to completing 60 percent of
the semester. See the Director of Financial Aid for more specific information.
INCOMPLETE POLICY
A grade of Incomplete (I) may be assigned when the quality of work has been
passing but the student has been prevented by illness or other justifiable cause
from completing the required work or taking the final examinations. A student
who must miss a final examination has the responsibility of notifying the
instructor prior to the examination or as soon thereafter as possible and of
furnishing acceptable evidence concerning the cause of the absence upon
return. If the cause is personal illness, the student should present the instructor a
statement signed by the appropriate health care professional. A grade of
Incomplete (I) must be cleared by the last class day of the following term or the
grade automatically becomes an F. It is the student’s responsibility to contact the
instructor and to make up missed course assignments and/or examinations.
EVALUATION PROCEDURES
Students taking BIO 104 for online academic credit will be required to complete
the following:
1. Four written exams (multiple choice, true-false, short answer, discussion).
60% of final grade.
2. Weekly Post-Lab Quizzes (multiple choice, true-false, short answer,
discussion). 10% of final grade
3. Three Lab Practicals. 20% of final grade.
4. Homework and Class Activities. 10% of final grade.
MAKE-UP POLICY
If you cannot take an exam on the scheduled date, you can take a make-up
exam. Arrangements for taking a make-up exam must be made with the
instructor. Make-up exams will have no bonus points.
The two lowest Post-Lab Quizzes will be dropped. There are no make-up PostLab Quizzes.
If you cannot take a practical on the scheduled date, you can take a make-up
practical at the end of the semester. Arrangements for taking a make-up
practical must be made with the instructor. Make-up practicals will have no
bonus points.
LATE WORK
During the semester, due dates will be assigned for various homework and class
assignments. No late work will be accepted thereafter unless prior arrangements
have been made with the instructor.
POLICY ON REASONABLE ACCOMODATIONS FOR PEOPLE WITH
DISABILITIES
LBW Community College complies with Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of
1973 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability that
might require special materials, services, or assistance, or if you have any
questions relating to accessibility, please contact the ADA Coordinator on the
respective campuses. For TDD users in Alabama, the Alabama Relay Center is
available by calling 1-800-548-2456. All materials related to compliance with the
Americans with Disabilities Act are maintained by the college coordinators.
Andalusia Campus
Greenville Campus
MacArthur Campus
Bridges Anderson
Dr. Jean Thompson
Jason Cain
334-881-2247
334-382-2133 ext. 3102
334-493-3573 ext. 5363
SAFETY
Students are expected to follow all safety guidelines issued by the instructor.
OTHER
Additional course information may be announced by the instructor, and the
instructor may make changes to this syllabus.
CALENDAR
Topic
Date
Chapter Sections
Lab Activities
Course Orientation
Tues January 13
Unity of Life
Tues January 20
1.2, 22.1, 22.2,
22.3
Lab Quiz 1 & Natural
Selection Lab
Classification and
Animal Architecture
Tues January 27
Lab Quiz 2 &
Classification Lab
Invertebrates I
Phylum Porifera
Tues February 3
26.1, 26.2, 26.3,
32.1, 32.2, 32.3,
32.4
33.1
Invertebrates I
Phyla Cnidarian and
Ctenophora
Invertebrates I
Phylum
Platyhelminthes
Invertebrates I
Phylum Mollusca
Tues February 10
33.2
Tues February 17
33.3
Lab Quiz 5 &
Platyhelminthes Lab
Tues February 24
33.3
Lab Quiz 6 & Mollusk Lab
Invertebrates II
Phyla Annelida and
Nematoda
Tues March 3
33.3, 33.4
EXAM I & PRACTICAL I
Invertebrates II
Phylum Arthropoda I
Tues March 10
33.4
Invertebrates II
Phylum Arthropoda II
Tues March 17
33.4
Lab Quiz 7 & AnnelidNematode
Lab
Lab Quiz 8 & Arthropod
Lab
SPRING BREAK
Tues March 24
Invertebrates II
Phyla Echinodermata
Chordata I
Tues March 31
33.5
34.1, 34.2, 34.3,
34.4
Lab Quiz 9 &
Echinoderms-Chordates
Chordata II
Tues April 7
EXAM II & PRACTICAL II
Plant Morphology
Non-Vascular Plants
Tues April 14
34.5, 34.6, 34.7,
34.8
29.1, 29.2
Seedless Vascular
Plants
Tues April 21
29.3
Lab Quiz 11 & Seedless
Vascular Plants Lab
Gymnosperms
Tues April 28
30.1, 30.2
Lab Quiz 12 &
Gymnosperm Lab
Angiosperms
Tues May 5
30.3, 30.4
Lab Quiz 13 &
Angiosperm Lab
Tues May 12
Lab Safety
Lab Quiz 3 & Animal
Architecture and Sponge
Lab
Lab Quiz 4 & Cnidaria
and Ctenophores Lab
NO LAB
Lab Quiz 10 & Bryophyte
Lab
EXAM III & PRACTICAL
III
IMPORTANT WEBSITES
LBW Community College Home Page http://www.lbwcc.edu/
WebCT Log In http://ce6hosting.webct.com/webct/logonDisplay.dowebct
Dr. Evans’ LBWCC Webpages
http://www.lbwcc.edu/cms/page.aspx?pageid=566