Graduate Curriculum Committee Course Proposal Form for Courses Numbered 6000 and Higher
Note: Before completing this form, please carefully read the accompanying instructions.
Submission guidelines are posted to the GCC Web site: http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gcc/index.cfm
1. Course prefix and number: BIOL 7200/01 2. Date: 09/27/2011
3. Requested action: New Course X Revision of Active Course Revision & Unbanking of a Banked Course Renumbering of an Existing Course from X from #5200/01 to #7200/01 Required X Elective
4. Method(s) of delivery (check all boxes that apply for both current/proposed and expected future delivery methods within the next three years): Current or Expected Proposed Delivery Future Delivery Method(s): Method(s): X On-campus (face to face) X Distance Course (face to face off campus) Online (delivery of 50% or more of the instruction is offered online)
5. Justification (must cite accreditation and/or assessment by the graduate faculty) for new course or course revision or course renumbering: Assessment of the biology graduate curriculum by the Biology Department Graduate Committee has revealed a critical need to provide representation of organismic-based courses at the doctoral level to increase the diversity of course offerings for biology students participating in the IDPBS and CRM programs.
6. Course description exactly as it should appear in the next catalog:
1 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011 BIOL 7200, 7201. Invertebrate Biology (4,0) Formerly BIOL 5200, 5201 3 lecture and 1 3-hour lab per week. P: 8 s.h. in BIOL. Functional anatomy, development, ecology and evolutionary history of invertebrates. Lab emphasizes species of the Southeast Atlantic coast and estuaries. 7. If this is a course revision, briefly describe the requested change:
8. Course credit: Lecture Hours 3 Weekly OR Per Term Credit Hours 4 s.h. Lab 1 Weekly OR Per Term Credit Hours 0 s.h. Studio Weekly OR Per Term Credit Hours s.h. Practicum Weekly OR Per Term Credit Hours s.h. Internship Weekly OR Per Term Credit Hours s.h. Other (e.g., independent study) Please explain. s.h. Total Credit Hours 4 s.h.
9. Anticipated annual student enrollment: 15
10. Changes in degree hours of your programs: Degree(s)/Program(s) Changes in Degree Hours NA NA
11. Affected degrees or academic programs, other than your programs: Degree(s)/Program(s) Changes in Degree Hours PhD IDPBS NA PhD CRM
12. Overlapping or duplication with affected units or programs: X Not applicable Documentation of notification to the affected academic degree programs is attached.
13. Council for Teacher Education (CTE) approval (for courses affecting teacher education): X Not applicable
2 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011 Applicable and CTE has given their approval.
14. University Service-Learning Committee (USLC) approval: X Not applicable Applicable and USLC has given their approval.
15. Statements of support: a. Staff X Current staff is adequate Additional staff is needed (describe needs in the box below):
b. Facilities X Current facilities are adequate Additional facilities are needed (describe needs in the box below):
c. Library X Initial library resources are adequate Initial resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition of required initial resources):
d. Unit computer resources X Unit computer resources are adequate Additional unit computer resources are needed (in the box below, give a brief explanation and an estimate for the cost of acquisition):
e. ITCS resources X ITCS resources are not needed The following ITCS resources are needed (put a check beside each need): Mainframe computer system Statistical services Network connections Computer lab for students Software Approval from the Director of ITCS attached
16. Course information (see: Graduate Curriculum and Program Development Manual for instructions): a. Textbook(s) and/or readings: author(s), name, publication date, publisher, and city/state/country. Include ISBN (when applicable). BIOL 7200. Invertebrate Zoology. A Functional Evolutionary Approach. 3 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011 Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox, and R.D. Barnes. 2004. Brooks/Cole—Thomson Learning. 963 pp. ISBN 0-03-025982-7. The text will be supplemented by selected readings from the primary literature.
BIOL 7201. Wallace, R.L. and W.K. Taylor. 2002. Invertebrate Zoology Lab Manual (6th) Edition. 365 pp. Benjamin Cummings. ISBN 0-13- 042937-6
b. Course objectives for the course (student – centered, behavioral focus) Upon completion of this course, students will be able to: Evaluate invertebrate body plans and assess their particular functional advantages and limitations. Demonstrate an understanding of the adaptive significance of variations in invertebrate life histories Demonstrate the ability to identify the phyla, and describe their essential distinguishing features Evaluate the criteria and methods used to assess evolutionary relationships among the phyla Describe and evaluate current theories on the origin of invertebrates and the invertebrate phyla c. Course topic outline BIOL 7200 Features of aquatic and terrestrial organisms Introduction to the Metazoa Porifera and Placozoa Cnidaria Ctenophora Platyhelminthes The Mesozoa Rotifera and Acanthocephala Nemertea Mollusca Annelida and Sipuncula Arthropoda Oncychophora and Tardigrada Cycloneuralia Gnathifera Lophophorata Chaetognatha Deuterostomes and Hemichordata
4 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011 Echinodermata Xenoturbellida and non-vertebrate Chordata
BIOL 7201 Porifera Cnidaria Ctenophora and Platyhelminthes Nemertea and Mollusca Annelida Panarthropoda Nematoda, Rotifera, Acanthocephala Lophophorata, Echinodermata Chordata
d. List of course assignments, weighting of each assignment, and grading/evaluation system for determining a grade Lecture exams (4) = 40% of total grade Journal Article Summaries (2) = 5% Term Paper = 15% Lab Practicals (2) = 30% Lab Notebook = 10%
Grading Scale 90 – 100 = A 80 - 89 = B 70 – 79 = C < 70 = F
5 Revised 04-06-11 and posted fall of 2011