Brief Orientation to BOT 3015 Academic-year Version Bill Outlaw, Instructor.

Brief Orientation to BOT 3015Academic-year Version

Bill Outlaw, Instructor

Syllabus at a Glance — Generic —

**Class 1-2: Introduction.

**Class 2-16: Flowering plants. The plants you are most familiar with. Food and fiber. Sex. Morphology. Anatomy. Biochemistry. Physiology. Molecular Biology.

**Class 17-18: Prokaryotes.

**Class 19-22: Origin of Eukaryotes. Protista.

**Class 23-24: Fungi.

**Class 25-29: Non-flowering plants. Evolution.

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*distinguishing between a monocot/dicot, specifically I had to list the order of tissues in a cross section * reduction of the gametophytic generation * anatomy of angiosperms, I was asked to identify where pollen was formed * . . . fungal reproduction showed up * endosymbiosis in general, I was asked to choose the evidence that supported an endosymbiotic event

*origin of the mitochondria and Chloroplast* apical meristem in relation to growth* Cyanobacteria- progenitor of chloroplast* light reaction of photosynthesis yields what 2 things?* which of the following are not classified as a protista.*alternation of generations in plant life cycle * Basidiomycota, Zygomycota and their sexual life cycles.

*chlorophyll and how it complexes to Mg. (as opposed to hemeglobin complexes with Fe.)*monocots vs dicots*what separates plants cells vs animal cells. (i.e. cell walls, chloroplast,)*how a plant cell divides. plate formation vs animal cytokinesis*the basics of alternation of generation. formation of gametes by mitosis*different aspects of Calvin Cycle. 12 PGALs are formed for every 6 CO2 and 6 RBP*xylem and phloem*what lichen is and how it is a pioneer species*symbiosis

http://www.southernmatters.com/plant_biology/

Highlights of Class Policy

**Prerequisites are important, especially BSC 2010. Assess your preparedness for this course.



**Insurance required.



**Attendance required.

Today, attendance will be recorded exclusively by the submission of the Student Fact Sheet. Be sure to turn in a legible copy to the Attendance TA before you leave.

Remember the first-day attendance policy at FSU.

Seating Chart—KIN 1024



**Attendance required (continued)

Ordinarily, attendance will be monitored by a sign-up sheet.

Please sit in the same seat each day--a chart will be circulated for you to enter your name legibly.



**Attendance required (continued)

Bonus for excellent attendance. Failure for poor attendance. “Present” for the duration of class, engaged.

As attendance is a component of your grade, misrepresentation is a violation of the Honor Code.



**Especially, read rules for missed exam and rules for reviewing exams.

**Check email daily. Grades posted via email using last four digits of FSUID.

First-week Check List

**Buy text book.

** Buy Lecture Manual. Available in bookstore.

** Obtain CD with supplemental material.

**Review syllabus. Develop timetables and strategy to meet your grade goal.

** Bookmark the Plant Biology Website. User Name: Guest; Password: Plantsarecool


Brief Orientation to BOT 3015 Academic-year Version Bill Outlaw, Instructor.

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