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Biol202 - Diversity of Life II |
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Winter 2012
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C. Moyes, V. Friesen, N. Kumar
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Last updated Oct. 11,
2011
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SYLLABUS OUTLINE
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Queen's Moodle Log in: https://moodle.queensu.ca/
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| course description | |||||
| contact information, office hours | |||||
| contact information |
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| required texts and course packs, required readings, field trip fees | |||||
| attendance, cancelled classes, copyright materials, academic honesty, and other policies | |||||
| links to key campus library resources | |||||
| missed tests or exams | |||||
| descriptions, due dates, grade values | |||||
| descriptions, due dates, grade values | |||||
| week-by-week description of how topics and learning activities are organized, class and lab work, required readings and due dates | |||||
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COURSE SYLLABUS
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| ABOUT THE COURSE | |||||
| LOCATIONS |
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Lecture building:
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Bioscience |
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Dunning Aud A | ||
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Lab building:
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Biosciences |
Rooms:
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2311& 2312 | ||
| DESCRIPTION |
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| The goal of Biology 202 is to provide you with a broad appreciation of animal diversity. This course is a survey of invertebrates and vertebrates, their internal organization and relationships to their environment. We will compare these characteristics in a phylogenetic context, and stress the evolution of organizational complexity and the relationships between structure and function. | |||||
| ABOUT THE INSTRUCTORS | |||||
| CONTACT INFORMATION | |||||
| Name: | Chris Moyes - Lectures
Weeks 1-6 |
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| Telephone: | 36157 | ||||
| Office hours: | To be announced |
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| Office
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Biosciences 3420
chris.moyes@queensu.ca |
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| Name: | Vicki Friesen - Lectures Weeks 7-12 |
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| Telephone: | 36156 |
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| Office hours: |
To be announced |
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| Office location
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Biosciences 4443a
vlf@queensu.ca |
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| Name: | Niraj Kumar - Lab coordinator |
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| Telephone: | 613-533-6000 ext. 77438 |
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| Office hours: |
To be announced |
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| Office location |
Biosciences 2321b |
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| niraj.kumar@queensu.ca |
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| LAB TEACHING ASSISTANTS | |||||
| Names and
emails:
Stefan Bengtson: 4sb41@queensu.ca Diana Flood: 6df7@queensu.ca Stephanie Greer: 11sg29@queensu.ca Courtney Holden: 6ch3@queensu.ca Moumita Karmakar: 9mk65@queensu.ca Kimberley Lemmen: 6kdl@queensu.ca Adriana Lopez: 7valvl@queensu.ca Allyson Parker: 11abp2@queensu.ca Jordan Brooks: 6jb57@queensu.ca Amanda Xuereb: 6ax@queensu.ca Tara Vanderveer: 9tlv@queensu.ca |
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| COURSE MATERIALS | |||||
| REQUIRED TEXBOOKS / COURSE PACKS | |||||
| Zoology, 8th ed. Miller and Harley. McGraw
Hill. 2010. 7th edition is fine too. |
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| Biol202 Laboratory Manual 2012 |
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| Dissection Kit |
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| These required
materials are relied upon in the labs. No dissection tools will be
provided, you will have to bring your own kit. Make sure you also bring
your Lab Manual to each
lab. We also recommend that
you bring the textbook. |
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| RECOMMENDED BOOKS | |||||
| A Photographic Atlas for the Zoology
Laboratory, Van De Graaf, Rushforth, Crawley. Morton. Any edition is
acceptable. This atlas featuers good summaries and excellent graphics
and photos that will be helpful with the dissections. |
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| COURSE POLICIES | |||||
| ATTENDANCE | |||||
| Attendance at all lectures and labs is mandatory. | |||||
| CANCELLED CLASSES AND OTHER CHANGES |
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| For any
changes, news and additions, keep checking this website regularly. |
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| COPYRIGHT STATEMENT | |||||
| The materials distributed in Biol202 have been created by Christopher Moyes, Vickie Friesen or Niraj Kumar for the purposes of teaching the course and are owned by them. No part of these materials may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, other than for personal educational use, without the consent of the owner. | |||||
| ACADEMIC INTEGRITY | |||||
| Academic
integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of
honesty, trust, fairness, respect and responsibility (see www.academicintegrity.org).
These values are central to the building, nurturing and sustaining of
an academic community in which all members of the community will
thrive. Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity
forms a foundation for the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas"
essential to the intellectual life of the University (see the Senate
Report on Principles and Priorities) Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity. Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (Regulation 1), and from the instructor of this course. Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters, actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to withdraw from the university. |
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| LIBRARY RESOURCES | |||||
| Queen's Library Home Page | |||||
| http://library.queensu.ca/ | |||||
| Libraries at Queen's | |||||
| http://library.queensu.ca/about.htm | |||||
| Search the Library Catalogue | |||||
| https://qcat.library.queensu.ca/vwebv/searchBasic | |||||
| Guides on Using Library Resources ... includes finding primary sources, theses, newspapers, multimedia, reviews, government documents, and using alert services, citation styles, indexes, etc. | |||||
| http://library.queensu.ca/help/guides | |||||
| Evaluate Web Sites... includes checklist of criteria and questions for evaluating web pages | |||||
| http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/tutorials/qcat/evalint.htm | |||||
| LAB QUIZZES AND
PARTICIPATION |
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| There will be a quizz at the
beginning of all labs (except for weeks with Lab Practicals, see
below). The purpose of these quizzes is to inspire you to come prepared
for each lab, which will help you enjoy and learn the material more
effectively. Each lab contributes 1% towards your final mark, for a
total of 10%. Your preparation and participation in the labs will also
be assessed and contributes 5% towards your final mark. |
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| EXAMS | |||||
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DATE
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Weight towards final mark
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DESCRIPTION
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| Quiz: Week 4: Feb. TBA, in
class Midterm: Week 6: Feb.
TBA, in class (12:30) |
10%
20% |
Material
from lectures during Weeks 1- 4
Material from lectures during Weeks 1- 5
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| Final: to be announced
Lab preparation and participation |
30%
5% |
Weeks 7-12 |
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| Lab quizzes (1% each)
Lab practical 1: Week
6: Feb. TBA – TBA, during regular lab periods |
10%
12% |
1 quiz each lab
Materials from Labs 1 – 5 |
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Lab practical 2: Week 12: Apr. TBA
– TBA, during regular lab periods |
13% |
Materials
from Labs 6 – 10 |
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| COURSE SCHEDULE | |||||
| This is a
preliminary lecture and lab
schedule. Topics and order may change during the semester, depending on
interest, speed at which we are able to cover material, etc.Check this schedule regularly and
frequently! |
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January TBA
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Week 1 | ||||
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Lectures:
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Introduction, Protists, Multicellularity | ||||
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Labs:
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Lab 1: Lower
metazoans; Quiz 1 |
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January TBA
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Week 2 | ||||
| Lectures: | Porifera, Cnidaria, Ctenophora, Worms | ||||
| Labs: | Lab 2: Worms; Quiz 2 |
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January TBA
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Week 3 | ||||
| Lectures: | Molluscs, &
Arthropods |
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| Labs: | Lab 3: Molluscs;
Quiz 3 |
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Jamnuary TBA
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Week 4 | ||||
| Lectures: | Insects, Quiz | ||||
| Labs: | Lab 4: Arthropods;
Quiz 4 |
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February TBA
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Week 5 | ||||
| Lectures: | Parasites, & Extremopholes |
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| Labs: | Lab 5: Echinoderms;
Quiz 5 |
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February TBA
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Week 6 | ||||
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Lecture: | Parasites, & Extremopholes Midterm (Thursday) | |||
| Labs: | Lab Practical 1 (Material from Labs 1 - 5) | ||||
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February TBA
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Week 7 | ||||
| Lectures: | 1. Vertebrate
origins and common characteristics I; 2. Common characteristics of
vertebrates II; 3. no video |
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| Labs: | Lab 6: Basic
vertebrate design; Quiz
6 |
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March TBA
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Week 8 | ||||
| Lectures: | 1.
Common characteristics of vertebrates III; 2.
Video: Blue Planet - The Deep; 3. Video: Conquest of the
Waters |
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| Labs: | Lab 7: Fishes;
Quiz 7 |
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March TBA
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Week 9 | ||||
| Lectures: | 1.
Origin of jawed
vertebrates; 2. The bony
fishes; 3. Video: Victors of the Dry Land |
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| Labs: | Lab 8: Amphibians
and reptiles; Quiz 8 |
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March TBA
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Week 10 | ||||
| Lectures: | 1. The origin of tetrapods and the amphibians; 2. Amniote origins; 3. Video: Lords of the Air | ||||
| Labs: | Lab 9: Bids; Quiz 9 |
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March TBA
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Week 11 | ||||
| Lectures: | 1. Reptile diversity; 2. Ornithology I; 3. Video: Mammals | ||||
| Labs: | Lab 10: Mammals;
Quiz 10 |
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April TBA
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Week 12 | ||||
| Lectures: | 1. Ornithology II; 2. Mammalogy I; 3. Mammalogy II | ||||
| Labs: | Lab practical 2 |
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