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Fayetteville State University College of Arts and Sciences Department of Biology BIOL130-D1 General Biology II SUMMER 2011 8 WEEK SESSION

I. Locator Information Instructor Dr. Stephen J. Salek Credit Hours 4.00 Course Location & Meeting Time: Lecture Online Total Contact Hours 4.00 Office Hours Through Email (response within 48 hours) Office Location LSA 340 Office Telephone (use email** I am off campus in the summer) (910) 672 -2103 E-mail [email protected]

Course Website: You must log on through FSU’s Blackboard Gateway @ http://blackboard.uncfsu.edu/. You will need your network login and password for access.

FSU Policy on Electronic Mail: Fayetteville State University provides to each student, free of charge, an electronic mail account that is easily accessible via the Internet. The university has established email as the primary mode of communicating with enrolled students about impending deadlines, upcoming events, and other information important to student progression at the university. Students are responsible for reading their email on a regular basis to remain aware of important information disseminated by the university. The university maintains open- use computer laboratories throughout the campus that can be used to access electronic mail. Students making inquiries via email to FSU faculty and staff about academic records, grades, bills, financial aid, and other matters of a confidential nature are required to use their FSU email account. Rules and regulations governing the use of FSU email may be found at: http://www.uncfsu.edu/PDFs/EmailPolicyFinal.pdf

II. COURSE DESCRIPTION Biology 130, General Biology II, is designed to acquaint Biology non-majors and majors with the science of living organisms and to familiarize them with general techniques and methods employed by scientists. The course aims to equip students with facts and skills necessary to make informed decisions in today’s scientifically complex environment. Major areas of study include structure/function relationships in plants and animals, adaptation, and homeostasis, biodiversity, relationships between organisms at the population and community level, relationships between organisms and their environments at the ecosystem level, and to evolutionary biology. Includes two (2) hours of internet laboratory (see below) exercises applying concepts learned in lecture.

Prerequisite: Biology 110 or equivalent and a willingness to put in plenty of study. This course requires you to access the course website through blackboard in order to view online lectures and all other course materials. The ability to use internet technology, especially blackboard is expected. Each week you are expected view the online lectures, complete assigned readings, complete and submit assignments and complete the discussion board (every other week for DB). This is a considerable amount of work so you need to keep up on a weekly basis – I do not except late work. III. Disabled Student Services: In accordance with Section 504 of the 1973 Rehabilitation Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ACA) of 1990, if you have a disability or think you have a disability to please contact the Center for Personal Development in the Spaulding Building,

IV. TEXTBOOK Campbell, Reece, Taylor and Simon. 2006. Biology: Concepts and Connections, 5th ed. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. ISBN 13 978-0-321-51244-4. The 3rd or 4th editions are ok as well.

V. Student Learning Outcomes By the end of this course each student should be able to: Explain where atoms come from. Have a general understanding of the history of life as it is presently understood and explain the basic mechanisms of evolution. Identify the seven major levels of classification of living things. Describe the three domains of life. Distinguish among the kingdoms of Eukaryotes. Explain theories about the origin of life. Describe the main characteristics that distinguish viruses from bacteria and bacteria from Protists. Understand the harmful and beneficial effects of microorganisms. Describe the body plan of a fungus. Contrast saprophytic and parasitic fungi. Contrast vascular with nonvascular plants. Contrast the seed plants with other vascular plants. Describe the characteristics of the major animal phyla and name examples of animals from each of those phyla. Describe the structure and functions of epithelial, connective, muscular, and nervous tissue. Identify the locations of human organ systems. Explain how various organ systems contribute to homeostasis. Identify the components of blood and indicate their functions. Trace the flow of blood through the human circulatory system. Explain how the specific defense response works. Explain how immunization works. Name the organs in the human digestive system and explain their functions. Understand the nutrient requirements of humans. Compare the respiratory systems of aquatic animals with those of terrestrial animals. Name the parts of the human respiratory system and indicate their functions. Understand the role of the liver and kidneys in maintaining homeostasis. Explain the action of an excretory system. Understand how nervous impulses are transmitted. Name the major parts of the vertebrate brain and indicate an important function of each part. Name the parts of the human eye and ear and explain the functions of their parts. Name the three major types of skeletons in the animal kingdom and explain how they differ. Explain how muscle contraction occurs. Name the major endocrine glands, indicate where each is located in the human body, and name a function for each one. Describe the parts of the human male and female reproductive systems and explain their functions. Understand factors affecting an organism’s behavior and how its behavior relates to its environment. Understand how density of populations may be regulated. Describe the flow of energy through an ecosystem. Describe nutrient cycles in an ecosystem. Name and describe the earth’s major biomes.

2 VI. Course Requirements and Evaluation Criteria All assignments must be completed by or before the date and time listed on the schedule page. These dates and times will be clearly stated in the syllabus and on the schedule page. I will not accept late work, and will issue a zero for all late work with the exceptions listed below (see “Tardy and Incomplete work”). All complaints and concerns should initially be made to me before bringing them to any other university employee. Complaints that go over my head without first bringing them to me first will become complicated. All students must send me an email stating that they agree to the terms in this syllabus. Online courses are difficult and require extreme diligence and discipline. You should carefully consider all course policies before taking this course. Failure to read and understand the policies in the syllabus will not excuse you from incomplete work.

ATTENDANCE AND WITHDRAWAL Since this is an online course, you are expected to complete all work. Online courses do allow you the flexibility to travel and work at your own pace with several exceptions. If you are not able to turn in your assignments during a particular week, they must be turned in prior to that week, not after that week. Exam dates may not be changed, check the schedule now. If you must withdraw from the course it is YOUR responsibility to complete the necessary paperwork for the withdrawal. If you stop completing assignments without officially withdrawing from the course, you will receive the grade earned based on your point total (at the time you stop attending) divided by the maximum points (as if you had completed ALL work). This usually means a grade of F will be recorded. If you do not interact with the course, you will be considered a no show (see below) and an interim grade if “X” will be entered. It is the student’s responsibility to carefully look at all due dates at the beginning of the semester and adjust their schedules to accommodate assessment deadlines. Any student unwilling to do this must drop the class immediately.

EVALUATION CRITERIA

Assignments Points 4 Exams 100 each (lowest dropped) Internet Lab exercises 50 Laboratory exams (2) 25 pts ea. 50 Essays and chapter summaries 95 Final exam (cannot be dropped) 100 Discussion boards 40 Total 635

I grades Incompletes will be given in extraordinary circumstances only. In the event that an “I” is issued, the student must submit a list of all incomplete assessments by email. In addition, the student must research and indicate the date when the incomplete will be turned to an F if the work is not turned in. The instructor will reply confirming or correcting this list and date. When the work has been completed, the student must contact me via email and indicate when the work will be turned in. When we agree on a date and time, the student must submit all of the work at one time (by email). I will not grade any assessments that are turned in days, months, or weeks apart.

Exams Exams will be given through the blackboard system. They will be posted under assignments. You will need access to a networked computer to complete them. If one is not available in your 3 home, you may use those in the campus computer labs, or your local library. You will be tested on lectures, readings and discussion material. The exam format is a combination of multiple choice, matching, true or false, multiple answer and essay questions. Students will be given access to all exams for 12 hours. The time and date of each exam will be posted on the schedule page on the first day of class, well ahead of time. Please make arrangements to have computer access ahead of time. Each exam has a one hour and twenty minute time limit once the exam link is clicked. I will monitor my email during the period after the exam is posted in order to reset an exam if needed. I usually check my email around 4PM on the day of an exam. After this time, I will not reset an exam for any reason. Students should take the exam early within the 12 hour period if they expect the exam to be reset for any reason. It is the student’s responsibility to carefully look at all due dates at the beginning of the semester and adjust their schedules to accommodate assessment deadlines. If you cannot keep the deadlines I strongly suggest you drop the class immediately.

Tardy and Incomplete work I do not accept late work without a reasonable excuse. Examples of these include unexpected illnesses accompanied by a doctor’s note, or the death of an immediate family member. Each assignment will have a due date listed under the blackboard assignments link. If you submit your work after this deadline, I will not read it unless you have provided a sanctioned excuse. Traveling to a location that has no internet connection will not be considered a valid excuse for incomplete work. Working is not a sanctioned excuse for turning in late work or missing assignments.

Discussion boards There will be a discussion board every other week that must be completed before each noon Friday. I will post a general question to start each discussion. You must answer this question and then post questions related to mine. Your questions may also be about lecture material, assignments or exams each week. You must also answer some of the questions posted by other students. I act as a passive moderator and will not necessarily comment often on your posts. Each discussion board is worth 10 points and will be scored as follows: 0 questions and replies = 0 points 1-5 questions and replies = 5 points 6- 10 questions and replies = 10 points The maximum total points per discussion board are 10 points. Extremely short questions, answers, and comments will receive no credit. Questions and answers that are obviously copied from an outside source will receive no credit. Answers must generate responses and discussion. Consider the following examples:

Q: Why is it important to know about plant biology?

Bad answer: Because plants are food.

Good answer: Plants are the basis of all life, without them, we would have no way to generate sugar through photosynthesis. Plants form the base of the food chains and food webs that lead to all higher life on our planet. If we understand what makes plants live and die, we can ensure their survival and take better care of our planet. A good understanding of plant biology can help you grow fruits and vegetables as well.

Bad comment: “ Cool, I never thought of that!” or “Great answer!”

Good comment: Wow, I had not thought that knowing about plants could help me with my garden. After learning that plants depend on lots of light for growth, I moved my garden to an area of my yard that has 8 hours of sunlight instead of 3. I also found several links on the

4 internet which discuss the use of plants to make medicine (see links below). Does anyone else have a good application for learning about plants? What are the three things that help plants grow the most?

Submitting internet laboratory exercises There is no laboratory manual for this class. Instead, you will complete all your lab exercises on the internet. On your schedule page you will find a link for each lab. In addition, there will be a short recording on your schedule page that should help you complete each online lab. This can be done wherever you have internet access: home, library etc. There will be a link on your blackboard assignments page for each online lab. You must answer the questions on these lab quizzes to receive credit for each lab.

Internet problems and resetting exams From time to time you may experience technical difficulties in taking an online exam or submitting an assignment. You might be locked out of the exam without completing it. My policy on resetting the exam is that I will not read or grade any answers from the failed attempt. Your second attempt will have different questions from the first. When I reset your exam, you will lose all the answers you submit up to that point. In light of this, I suggest you keep a written record of your answers as you work. If you are locked out of an exam, you must email me to let me know you were locked out, and if you want it reset, I will not respond to phone messages in time.. I will reply to you with an email indicating it has been reset. If you chose to wait until the last minute to take your exam, I will not reset a failed attempt. After this time, all failed attempts for any reason will receive a grade of zero. To avoid this, I suggest you finish your exam within the first several hours of its posting. ** IMPORTANT** Please create a backup plan right now for computer and internet access problems. Do not wait for a problem to happen to start figuring out what to do about it. For example, find an alternate location with a computer in case your hard drive dies, or internet access goes down in your area. You can set this up now with a friend, neighbor, university computer lab, or public library.

5 Tentative Grading Scale: Grade Point Total Numerical equivalent A 92-100 B 83-91 C 73-82 D 72-64 F < 63 REVISION OF GRADES – STUDENT RESPONSIBILITIES The following revisions became effective on August 16, 2007. WN GRADE DISCONTINUED:  WN - Withdrawal due to non-attendance - discontinued, effective August 16, 2007. STUDENTS: Do not expect faculty to withdraw you for non-attendance. Drop or withdraw* from classes according to the deadlines published in the catalog. *See warning below about class withdrawals. NEW TYPE OF GRADE: INTERIM GRADES – (New name for “midterm grade,” with additional purposes). Interim grades will be assigned from the first week of the semester until the deadline for class withdrawals. Interim grades are used for informational and warning purposes only; they are not part of your permanent transcript and have no effect on your GPA. Instructors may assign interim grade of F to warn students of poor academic performance or they may assign “X” or “EA” grades. (See below for explanations) After midterm, faculty will assign all students an interim grade of A – F to inform students of their academic status as of midterm.  INTERIM GRADE X = NO SHOW – Assigned to students who are on a class roster, but never attend class. For warning purposes only; NOT a final grade. STUDENTS: Check interim grades early in the semester. If you have an X grade, either begin attending the class or withdraw* from it. *See warning below about class withdrawals. If you do not take action in response to an X grade, you will receive a final grade of FN. (See “FN” below)  INTERIM GRADE EA = EXCESSIVE ABSENCES - Assigned to students whose class absences exceed 10% of the total contact hours. For warning purposes only, NOT a final grade. STUDENTS: Check your interim grades often. If you have an “EA” grade for a class, you are in jeopardy of failure if you do not take immediate actions. Either resume attending the class or withdraw from it. *See warning below about class withdrawals. NEW FINAL GRADE:  FN = FAILURE DUE TO NON-ATTENDANCE – Assigned to students who are on class roster, but never attend the class. An FN grades is equivalent to an F grade in the calculation of the GPA. STUDENTS: You must attend (or withdraw* from) all the classes for which you are enrolled. *See warning below about class withdrawals. WARNING ABOUT CLASS WITHDRAWALS:  When you withdraw from a class, you are wasting your money and time. You receive no refund for withdrawing from individual classes and you slow your progress toward degree completion.  If you withdraw from or fail more than one-third of your classes, you will no longer be eligible for financial aid.  STRIVE TO EARN CREDIT FOR ALL THE CLASSES IN WHICH YOU ENROLL; WITHDRAW FROM CLASSES ONLY WHEN IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY!

Final Grades – This policy became effective on August 16, 2007 Grade Credit Hours Quality Points Meaning

6 A Hours attempted and 4 per credit hour; Exceptionally high earned B Hours attempted and 3 per credit hour Good earned C Hours attempted and 2 per credit hour Satisfactory earned D Hours attempted and 1 per credit hour Marginally passing earned F Hours attempted – Not 0 per credit hour Failing earned FN Hours attempted – Not 0 per credit hour Failing due to non-attendance. earned (Student registered, but never attended.) W Hours attempted – Not No impact on GPA Class withdrawal prior to deadline earned (see Academic Calendar) P Hours attempted and No impact on GPA Satisfactory - Assigned only in earned classes specified as Pass/Fail WU Hours attempted – Not No impact on GPA Withdrawal from all classes for earned semester or term AU Hours attempted – Not No impact on GPA Auditing earned

VII. Academic Support Resources Use the external links on your blackboard site.

Biology 130 Online Schedule Course Schedule Class primer recording click HERE Weekly course activities must be completed in the following order: Campbell Readings, Discussion boards, Online notes, Online Lectures, Exams Syllabus (click on it). Study this carefully taking note of dates and times everything is due. It contains an explanation of everything, How to complete chapter summaries Weekly assignments include: Read the assigned Campbell Readings and complete a chapter summary (see instructions above) for each. Submit your summary by clicking the link on blackboard under assignments. Complete the discussion boards by noon Thursday (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7) of each week thru the discussion board link in blackboard. (see syllabus for instructions on discussion boards). There will be a discussion board every other week. Print and study the online notes for the current week. Use the notes to view and listen to the online lectures, taking any additional notes. This is like being in a face to face class. (online notes and lectures can be accessed by clicking the links on the schedule page below). Complete the online lab if there is one listed for that week. After completing the lab, take the quiz for that lab thru blackboard.

Study ! Study your notes, labs ,and chapter summaries in addition to listening to the online lectures. Listening to the lectures should take about one hour per chapter per week. Studying should take an additional 2-4 hours per chapter per week. If you are only

7 reading the book or listening to the lectures, you will not succeed in this class. This is like studying what you learned in class. Complete Exams on weeks 2,4,6,8,and 9. Exams are posted on either Thursday or Friday from 8 AM to 8PM. You must complete them within these times. Arrange your schedule now to accommodate this. (see schedule below for exact exam dates). Complete lab exams on weeks 8 and 10. These exams are in addition to the shorter lab quizzes you complete after doing each online lab. ** Please study the due dates for exams and assignments on the schedule below and put them on your calendar right away. Exams and quizzes, and discussion boards cannot be turned in late. If you cannot complete them when they are scheduled, you must prepare them early and complete them before the due date, not after.**

Laboratory Date Topic Assignments Assignments

Introduction Write a two page double Introduction spaced essay Order book ASAP - ion the topic you should have it by "what is a now - I sent out the plant?" How information on 5/5. detailed? More than "a plant is Campbell 16 lecture a little green Classification lecture thing" but do Campbell 17 lecture not copy directly Fungi lecture from outside Online notes part 1` Introduction sources. I want Week 1 Online notes part 2 it in your own 6/5/11 Plant Evolution Online notes part 3 Read Campbell 16,17 words, but incorporate all *Discussion board that you have (due 8PM 6/9) learned about complete all growth, discussion boards reproduction, through blackboard cells of plants

etc Plant Essay due .Plant Essay before you take due before exam 1 (10 pts) you take exam 1 (10 pts)

8 Campbell 31 lecture Plant Structure Online notes chapter 31 Complete: Read Campbell 31 On line notes chapter 32 Lab Plant Nutrition/Nutrient Campbell 32 lecture Transpiration Transport Week 3 Read Campbell 32| *Chapter summaries Take the quiz 6/12/11 Exam 1 Covers 16,17,31,32 plant essay, on this lab transpiration lab quiz, and will be available 6/16 at under 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM. I will and exam 1 must be completed by"assignments" not reset this exam after 8:00 in blackboard PM 8:00 PM 6/16

Online Notes: part1 part2 part3 part4 Week 4 Animals Online lecture chapter 18 6/19/11 Read Campbell 18 *Chapter summaries, animal phyla assignment, and frog dissection lab Discussion board (8PM 6/23)

Animals/Structure/Function Lab Read Campbell 20 Online notes chapter 20 Immunology Immune Online lecture chapter 20Interactive Read Campbell 24 Week 5 Exam 2 Covers 18, 20, 24 and 6/26/11 Online notes chapter 24 Take the quiz will be available 6/30 at 8:00 Online lecture chapter 24on this lab AM until 8:00 PM. I will not immunology lab under reset this exam after 8:00 PM. *exam 2 must be "assignments" completed by 8:00 PM 6/30. in blackboard

Lab Click here and dissect a frog Online notes Respiration Online lectures part 1 Take the quiz Week 6 Read Campbell 22 Online lectures part 2 on this lab 7/3/11 under

Discussion board "assignments" (due 8PM 7/7) in blackboard

9 Lab Circulatory Endocrine Physiology Read Campbell 26 Online notes chapter 26 Online lecture chapter 26 Circulation Online notes chapter 23 Take the quiz Read Campbell 23 Week 7 Online lecture chapter 23on this lab 7/10/11 Exam 3 Covers 22, 23, and 26 under and will be available 7/14 at Chapter summaries "assignments" 8:00 AM until 8:00 PM. I will exam 3 in blackboard not reset this exam after 7/14 must be completed by at 8:00 PM. 8:00 PM 7/14

Take lab exam I Online notes chapter 21 under Online lecture chapter 21 "assignments" in Week 8 Nutrition/Digestion blackboard, this is 7/17/11 Read Campbell 21 *Lab exam 1 a closed book exam) *Discussion board

(8PM 7/21)

Neuroscience Nervous/Sensory Interactive Read Campbell 28, 29 Online notes chapter 28 Online lectures chapter Take the quiz Week 9 Exam 4 Covers 21,28 and 29 28 on this lab 7/24/11 and will be available Sensory notes under 7/28 at 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. I Animation link will not reset this exam after "assignments"

8:00 PM in blackboard

Online notes chapter 30 Online lecture chapter 30 Lab exam 2 *Chapter summaries (covers circulation and Muscular circulatory lab neuroscience Read Campbell 30 neuroscience lab Week 10 must be completed labs. Take lab 7/31/11 Ecology by 8PM 7/23 exam 2 under Read Campbell 34 "assignments" in Online notes 34 blackboard, this Online lecture 34 is a closed book *Lab Exam 2 exam) *Discussion board (8PM 7/30)

10 Final exam 75% of the final exam will cover 30 and 34. No work of FINAL 25% of the final exam is any kind will EXAM cumulative, covering Chapter summaries be accepted DATE everything from the entire must be completed after 8PM on 8/4/11 semester. The final will be available by 8/4 8/4 8/4 at 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM. I will not reset this exam after 8:00 PM.

IX. TEACHING STRATEGIES This course requires you to access the course website through blackboard in order to view online course materials. These consist of notes you will study and online lectures you must listen to. We will have a weekly discussion board about the material.

XI. Bibliography Books N. A. Campbell and J. B. Reece. (2004) Biology 7th Edition. Addison Wesley Longman, Inc. Journals Electronic journals and databases may be accessed through the Charles Chestnutt Library or through external links from our blackboard page: http://blackboard.uncfsu.edu/ http://library.uncfsu.edu