Instructor: Danny J. Gustafson, Ph.D.

Office: Duckett 301, Phone: 843 953-7876, Email: danny.gustafson@citadel.edu

Office Hours: M,W 9-10, M 12-1 and by appointment.

 

The General Biology laboratory is intended to compliment the lecture by having students participate in various activities that reinforce ideas and concepts presented in lecture.

 

  1. The laboratory manual is available and will be brought to each laboratory session. The laboratory section covering each session will be read prior to coming to class so that all the material can be completed during the allotted time. Laboratory assignments / entries from the previous laboratory period will be due at the beginning of the session.
  2. Attendance in laboratory is mandatory and only excused absence sessions can be made up in other laboratory sections during that week, only with apriori permission.
  3. There will be a quiz at the beginning of each laboratory session covering the previous week’s material and information presented in the manual for the current exercise. Any missed quizzes will not be made up unless authorized by Instructor / Professor.
  4. No food, drink, or tobacco products are allowed in the laboratory setting.
  5. You will leave the laboratory work area neat and clean at the end of each session. Chairs will be pushed under the tables, all trash will be disposed of properly, and laboratory materials will be returned to the designated locations. Failure to be considerate of your fellow Cadets that are in the next laboratory section, by leaving your work station in disarray, will result in 10 point reduction to your class participation score.
  6. If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Gustafson.
  7. Any violation of the Honor Code of the College will be reported.

 

Grading System

10 Quizzes (@ 10 pts each)             = 100 pts

Pig Anatomy Practical             = 50 pts

Class Participation                 = 40 pts 

Total Points                              = 190 pts

 

Week of                        Subject                        Exercise

1/26                        Taxonomy and the Dichotomous Key                        1

2/2                        Plant Life Cycles I:  Bryophytes and Ferns                        9.6 & 10.1

2/9                        Plant Life Cycles II:  Conifers                        10.2

2/16                        Plant Life Cycles III:  Flowering Plants                        11.2 & 12

2/23                        Invertebrate Zoology I:  Cnidaria and Worms                        2 & 3

3/1                        Invertebrate Zoology II:  Mollusks and Arthropods                        4

3/8                        Campus Field Trip:  The Plants We Live With                

3/15                        Virtual Pig Anatomy I                        6 & 7

3/22                        Spring Break:  No Labs                                 

3/29                        Virtual Pig Anatomy II                        8                     

4/5                        Pig Anatomy Practical          

4/12                        Animal/Plant Physiology and Behavior                        13

4/1                        Campus Field Trip:  The Animals We Live With