2006
Class Hours & Location:
Section 01: Tuesday & Thursday -- 12:45 to 2:00
PM, 339 Leon Johnson Hall
Section 02: Tuesday & Thursday -- 3:35
to 4:50 PM, 339 Leon Johnson Hall
Instructors:
Dr. Billie Kerans (311 A Lewis Hall, Phone: 994-3725).
Email:
bkerans@montana.edu
Office Hours:
Office
Hours-- Mon
11:00 AM to 12:00 PM, Wed 1:00 to 2:00 PM , Tues & Thurs 2:10 to
3:00
PM.
If the office hours are not convenient, you can send questions by e-mail. We will try to respond to these by the end of the week they are sent. If you use e-mail for questions, please put “Biol 101” in the subject line. You may also call or email either of us for an appointment.
Lecture Text:
For those students who plan to
take Biology
102 in the future:
Campbell, N.A. and J. B. Reece. 2005. "Biology", 7th
Edition.
The Benjamin Cummings
Publishing
Co. Menlo Park, CA. This is the full text and will be used by
instructors
in Biology 102.
For those students who do
not plan
to
take Biology 102 in the future:
Campbell, N. A. and J. B. Reece. 2005. "Biology", 7th
Edition,
Custom text for Montana State University. The Benjamin Cummings
Publishing
Co. Menlo Park, CA. This is a custom text that contains only
chapters
relevant to Biology 101.
Click
here to view student information on the textbook web site.
Click
here to link to the textbook web site.
Laboratory Texts:
Laboratories are currently being revised and handouts will be available
in class.
Your Responsibilites:
Doing well in biology will require work on your part. You are
responsible
for attending lectures and labs, reading the assigned material,
completing
assignments on time, and spending as much time as necessary to master
the
material. In lecture, assigned material should be skimmed
prior
to attending class and read in detail afterward. It is also your
responsibility to ask questions if the material is unclear. Feel
free to ask questions during class. We are also available during
office hours.
Click
here to get some tips from the book publisher concerning effective
studying.
Grading: Your grade for Biology 101 will be based on a total of 800 points. Points will be assigned as follows:
Four
lecture
exams each with 50, 3 point questions 600
points
Laboratory
200 points
Total
800 points
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Course outline: NOTE: A
study
guide for each chapter is available by clinking on each highlighted
chapter
in the following table. The study guide is a list of important
concepts,
taxonomic groups, and terms that are covered in both the lecture and
the
text. The study guides are Adobe Acrobat PDF files. If your
version of Netscape (or other browser) does not have Acrobat Reader as
a plug-in, you will have to download it by clicking the button
below.
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be
sure to do this or you will not be able to access the PDF files.
After you've installed it once, Acrobat Reader will launch
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to display the study guides whenever you click a lecture link.
1
| Aug. 30 |
Themes in the study of life; scientific method | Chapter 1 |
| Sept. 1 |
Descent with modification | Chapter 22 |
| Sept. 6 |
Descent with modification | Chapter 22 |
| Sept. 8 |
The origin of species | Chapter 24 |
| Sept. 13 | The origin of species | Chapter 24 |
| Sept. 15 | The origin of life | Chapter 26 |
| Sept. 20 | EXAM 1 | Chapters 1, 22, 24, 26 |
| Sept. 22 | Origins of metabolic diversity: Prokaryotes | Chapter 27 |
| Sept. 27 |
Origins of metabolic diversity: Prokaryotes (Guest Lecturer) |
Chapters 27 |
| Sept. 29 |
Origins of eukaryotic diversity: Protists (Guest Lecturer) |
Chapter 28 |
| Oct. 4 |
Origins of eukaryotic diversity: Protists | Chapter 28 |
| Oct. 6 |
Plants and the colonization of land | Chapter 29 |
| Oct.11 |
Plants and the colonization of land/Evolution of seed plants | Chapter 29 Chapter 30 |
| Oct. 13 |
Evolution of seed plants |
Chapter 30 |
| Oct. 17 |
EXAM 2 | Chapters 27-30 |
| Oct. 19 |
Fungi | Chapter 31 |
| Oct. 24 |
Introduction to Animal Diveristy |
Chapter 32 |
| Oct. 26 |
Invertebrates |
Chapter 33 |
| Oct. 31 |
Invertebrates |
Chapter 33 |
| Nov. 2 |
Vertebrates |
Chapter 34 |
| Nov. 7 |
No Class, election day |
|
| Nov. 9 |
Vertebrates |
Chapter 34 |
| Nov. 14 | EXAM 3 | Chapters 31-34 |
| Nov. 16 |
Introduction to Ecology and the Biosphere |
Chapter 50 |
| Nov. 21 |
Population Ecology | Chapter 52 |
| Nov. 28 |
Population Ecology | Chapter 52 |
| Nov. 30 |
Community Ecology | Chapter 53 |
| Dec. 5 |
Community Ecology | Chapter 53 |
| Dec. 7 |
Ecosystems and Human Impact | Chapter 54 |
| Dec. 12 |
EXAM 4, SECTION 01--2:00 to 3:50 PM |
Chapters 50, 52-54 |
| Dec. 13 | EXAM 4, SECTION 02--4:00 to 5:50 PM | Chapters 50, 52-54 |
Some web sites related to Biology
General Biology:
The Chicago Field Museum of Natural History
Chapter 22:
"The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin
Origin of Species and other works by Charles Darwin
About Evolution, Darwinism, Creationism & Modern Synthesis
Evolution site at Berkeley has information about Darwin and links to information about other people who influenced him.
Chapter 24:
Tree of Life contains information about the phylogenetic relationships among organisms, their characteristics and biodiversity. Links to specific animal groups and has photographs.
Punctuated Equilibrium contains more information on the concepts of gradualism and punctuated equilibrium.
The amber page: links to different sites about organisms that have been preserved in amber!
Chapter 26:
Geological time and related issues from USGS (United State Geological Survey)
Chapters 27 & 28:
Some of these sites have information on both the Monera (Bacteria) and the Protozoans so I included them in the same category.
World Health Organization learn about important diseases and their causes world-wide.
Centers for Disease Control learn about important disease in the United States.
Visit the EPA's Microbiology Page for information on microbes in your environment.
Cells alive. (Primarily Chapter 27) Some images of bacteria (and some other things like viruses)
The "normal" (non-disease causing) bacteria. (Yes there are some!!).
The Eubacteria from the Tree of Life
The Eukaryotesfrom the Tree of Life. Discusses relationships among Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes.
Check out some of the links in the animal diversity (general) category to find more information on Monera and Protozoa.
Chapter 33: The sponges
Information on Porifera
Chapter 33: the cnidarians
The cnidarian site at Berkeley for information on cnidarians.
Chapter 33: the flatworms, rotifers and nematodes
Information on the Platyhelminthes from Berkeley
Information on rotifers, nematodes and other aschelminthes from Berkeley
Chapter 33: the molluscs, annelids & arthropods
Get information on the land snails and great pictures!!
The tree of life for molluscs.
The mollusc.net (interesting for people who buy & sell shells)
The worm page at the Illinois Natural History Survey
The arthropods at Berkeley. You can link to many Entomology sites from here. You can also find out about the specific subphyla.
Chapter 33 & Chapter 34: the Echinoderms & Chordates
The Echinoderms at Berkeley.
Research on Echinoderms. The echinoderm home page.
Introduction to the Chordates
Animal Diversity (General):
Berkeley page on the phylogeny of organisms discusses phylogeny and has links to pages about the organisms.
Animal diverisity with the art of Ray Troll!
Digital
resources
(pictures) for various animal groups.
Search engines are available that can help you to locate Web sites
having
to do with Ecology. Try using Alta
Vista.
Return to Montana State University Department of Ecology Home Page:
