
![]() |
|
|
![]() |
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
About the course. This is a highly interactive research based course on the biology of plants. Labs and lectures are highly integrated and we will be spending lecture time in lab and lab time in lecture. This schedule is extremely tentative as the timing of events in nature is unpredictable and we are dependent on when our research species begin to flower. Thus, please be flexible
| Week | Date | Topic | Lecturer |
| 1 | Jan 7-11 | Botanical Diversity | Wolfe |
| 2 | 14-18 | Morphology | Wolfe |
| 3 | 21-25 | Morphology | Wolfe |
| 4 | 28-Feb.1 | Physiology | Leege |
| 5 | 4-8 | Physiology | Leege |
| 6 | 11-15 | Physiology | Leege |
| 7 | 18-22 | Field Work | |
| 8 | 25-March 1 | Field Work | |
| 9 | 4-8 | Field Work | |
| 10 | 11-15 | No Class - Spring Break | |
| 11 | 18-22 | Reproductive Biology | Wolfe |
| 12 | 25-29 | Reproductive Biology | Wolfe |
| 13 | April 1-5 | Population Ecology | Leege |
| 14 | 8-12 | Population Ecology | Leege |
| 15 | 15-19 | Plant Enemies | Leege |
| 16 | 22-26 | Ethnobotany | Wolfe |
| Week | Date | Topic |
| 1 | Jan 9 | Ipomoea Setup |
| 2 | 16 | Morphology-Cells and Tissues |
| 3 | 23 | Morphology-Stems, Roots & Leaves |
| 4 | 30 | Exam 1 |
| 5 | February 6 | Morphology - Reproduction |
| 6 | 13 | Pear Pollination |
| 7 | 20 | Exam 2 |
| 8 | 27 | Pear Pollination |
| 9 | March 6 | Gelsemium Project |
| 10 | 13 | No Class - Spring Break |
| 11 | 20 | Gelsemium Project |
| 12 | 27 | Exam 3 |
| 13 | April 3 | Ipomoea harvest |
| 14 | 10 | Demography of an Invader |
| 15 | 17 | Ipomoea analysis |
| 16 | 24 | TBA |
| Lecture | Points | Lab | Points | |
| Exam 1 | 75 | Lab Paper 1* | 50 (2 page) | |
| Exam 2 | 75 | Lab Paper 2 | 50 (2 page) | |
| Exam 3 | 75 | Ipomoea | 100 (full paper) | |
| Final Exam | 100 | |||
| In class stuff | 25 | |||
| Total | 350 | Total | 200 |
* each student will choose two out of the three projects (Pear, Gelsemium, Invader) to write up.
Text. Raven, P.H., R.F. Evert and S. E. Eichhorn. 1999. Biology of Plants. 6th ed.

You are visitor # 3388 to this site since January 1, 2002.
Department of Biology, Georgia Southern University
last modified: 3/26/04