Biology 360 – Marine Biology – Spring
2012
Lectures
MWF 10-10:50 Gilbreth 101
Laboratory
Meets in CBLS 310
Instructor:
Brad
Wetherbee Office
Woodward
024 wetherbee@uri.edu
Office hours: MWF
11-12 874-2335
Teaching Assistants: Elizabeth Mclean -
elmclean@my.uri.edu
JA
Macfarlan - j.a.macfarlan@gmail.com
Required Text: Morrissey,
J.F. and J.L. Sumich. 2012. Biology of Marine Life. 10th Edition. Jones and Bartlett,
Sudbury, MA
This 4-credit course with laboratory is designed for students
interested in the biology of marine life. The course is organized to
tour the marine environment based primarily on a community approach and will
examine the biology of organisms found in a variety of marine
habitats. This course provides a basis for several higher-level
courses offered within the Department of Biological Sciences such as invertebrates
of New England, Marine Botany, Marine Ecology and Marine Environmental
Physiology.
Instruction:
The primary means of
communicating information for this course is the
lectures. The textbook is supplementary to the lectures
and provides much more detailed information about many
topics. Students are expected to read chapters associated with
lectures and are responsible for material in the textbook on these
subjects. Scores will be posted on Sakai following exams. Partial lecture notes will be available on
the course website. Study guides and
practice exams will also be provided on the course website to reinforce major
points covered in the course and to help prepare for exams.
Course
website: http://www.uri.edu/cels/bio/wetherbee/bio360.html
The laboratory segment of this course is heavily field oriented and will survey some of the major marine environments and organisms found in New England and along the U.S. East Coast. On both field trips and laboratory exercises you will be introduced to some of the methods used to study marine biology in the field and in the lab. Your lab grade will consist of worksheets, lab reports and completion of laboratory exercises. The lab accounts for 25% of the points that make up your grade for the course. Therefore, the labs offer an opportunity to experience the local marine habitat and are also important for your success in this course. Laboratories will meet the second week of classes and a detailed list of activities and expectations will be provided. Your TAs for the labs are JA Macfarlan (j.a.macfarlan@gmail.com) and Elizabeth Mclean (elmclean@my.uri.edu).
Exams:
Questions on the exams
will emphasize material discussed in the lectures and contained in assigned
reading. There are three mid-semester exams, each worth 50 points
and a final exam worth 100 points. The final exam will be
roughly 75% cumulative over material from the entire semester and 25% over
material covered during the final section of the semester. Exams
will consist primarily of multiple choice questions with several short answer/essay
questions.
Please take note of the
date of the each exam and make travel plans accordingly. Exams will
only be given on the scheduled date or rescheduled for University excused
absences such as participation in sporting events. The final exam is
scheduled for Friday May 4th 8-11am.
In Sections 8.51 and
8.27 of the University Manual you will find:
8.51.11 Students who plan to be absent from
classes or examinations for religious holy days that traditionally preclude
secular activity (see 6.20.11 for how such information is made available) shall
discuss this with the appropriate instructor(s) in advance of the holy day. The
instructor(s) shall then make one of the following options
available: a. the same quiz, test, or examination to be administered
either before or after the normally scheduled time; b. a comparable alternative
quiz, test, or examination to be administered either before or after the
scheduled time; c. an alternative weighting of the remaining evaluative
components of the course which is mutually acceptable to the student and
instructor(s).
8.51.12 Students who expect to be absent from
classes or examinations for University sanctioned events shall discuss
this with the appropriate instructor(s) at least one week in advance of the
sanctioned event(s). The instructor(s) concerned shall then offer the
student an alternative listed in section 8.51.11. For these purposes University
sanctioned events shall be those events approved for class excuses by the
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, a Vice President, a Dean, or
the Director of Intercollegiate Athletics. No event shall be regarded as
University sanctioned until the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
has been notified. Disagreements over the validity of an event being categorized
as University sanctioned shall be mediated by the Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs. If agreement cannot be reached, the Provost and Vice
President for Academic Affairs shall decide the matter and that decision shall
be final.
8.27.10 Cheating
and Plagiarism. Students are
expected to be honest in all academic work. Cheating is the claiming of credit
for work not done independently without giving credit for aid received, or any
unauthorized communication during examinations.
8.27.11 A student's name on any written exercise
(theme, report, notebook, paper, examination) shall be regarded as assurance
that the work is the result of the student's own thought and study, stated in
the student's own words and produced without assistance, except as quotation
marks, references and footnotes acknowledge the use of other sources of
assistance. Occasionally, students may be authorized to work jointly, but such
effort must be indicated as joint on the work submitted. Submitting the same
paper for more than one course is considered a breach of academic integrity
unless prior approval is given by the instructors.
8.27.13 Notebooks, homework and reports of
investigations or experiments shall meet the same standards as all other
written work. If any work is done jointly or if any part of an experiment or
analysis is made by someone other than the writer, acknowledgment of this fact
shall be made in the report submitted. Obviously, it is dishonest to falsify or
invent
data.
8.27.15 In writing examinations, the student shall
respond entirely on the basis of the student's own capacity without any
assistance except that authorized by the instructor.
Grading:
Grades will be based on:
Three
mid-semester exams 50 points each 150
Final
exam 100
Laboratory 100
Total 350
Letter grades will be
assigned on a percentage basis as shown below:
|
Grade |
Percent Score |
Point Total |
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A |
93.0-100 |
325-350 |
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A- |
90.0-92.9 |
315-324 |
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B+ |
87.0-89.9 |
304-314 |
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B |
83.0-86.9 |
290-303 |
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B- |
80.0-82.9 |
280-289 |
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C+ |
77.0-79.9 |
269-279 |
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C |
73.0-76.9 |
255-268 |
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C- |
70.0-72.9 |
245-254 |
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D+ |
67.0-69.9 |
234-244 |
|
D |
63.0-66.9 |
220-233 |
|
F |
<63.0 |
<220 |
Lecture Schedule
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Date |
Day |
Lecture Topic |
Morrissey Reading |
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Jan 23 |
M |
1 |
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Jan 25 |
W |
1 |
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Jan 27 |
F |
1 |
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Jan 30 |
M |
2 |
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Feb 1 |
W |
2 |
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Feb 3 |
F |
3 |
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Feb 6 |
M |
3 |
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Feb 8 |
W |
4 |
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Feb 10 |
F |
5 |
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Feb 13 |
M |
EXAM 1 |
Chapters 1-4 |
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Feb 15 |
W |
5 |
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Feb 17 |
F |
5 |
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Feb 20 |
M |
No Class – President’s Day |
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Feb 22 |
W |
5 |
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Feb 24 |
F |
5 |
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Feb 27 |
M |
5 |
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Feb 29 |
W |
6 |
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Mar 2 |
F |
6 |
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Mar 5 |
M |
6 |
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Mar 7 |
W |
6 |
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Mar 9 |
F |
7 |
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Mar 12-18 |
Spring
Break |
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Mar 19 |
M |
7 |
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Mar 21 |
W |
7 |
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Mar 23 |
F |
7 |
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Mar 26 |
M |
EXAM 2 |
Chapters 5-7 |
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Mar 28 |
W |
8 |
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Mar 30 |
F |
9 |
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Apr 2 |
M |
9 |
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Apr 4 |
W |
10 |
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Apr 6 |
F |
10 |
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Apr 9 |
M |
11 |
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Apr 11 |
W |
11 |
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Apr 13 |
F |
11 |
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Apr 16 |
M |
11 |
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Apr 18 |
W |
EXAM 3 |
Chapters 8-11 |
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Apr 20 |
F |
12 |
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Apr 23 |
M |
12 |
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Apr 25 |
W |
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Apr 27 |
F |
13 |
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Apr 30 |
M |
13 |
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May 4 |
F |
Final Exam 8-11am |