BIOL 2043 Biodiversity of Plants and Algae

An introduction to the structure, function, evolution and diversity of plants and algae.  This course is a CORE course, required to graduate with a BSC in Biology.  It is also a prerequisite to a number of higher level courses in plant biology including BIOL 3073 (Plant Anatomy) ; BIOL 3243 (Plant Growth and Development) and BIOL 4213 (Plant Ecophysiology)


Instructors: Dr. Ed Reekie
Dr. Dave Kristie

Prerequisites
 BIOL 1023 Organisms and their Environment



Textbook
Biology of Plants
Peter Raven, Ray Evert, Susan Eichhorn
7th edition 
Required for lectures and labs


  
Lectures
Part 1 – The anatomy, morphology and physiology of the Angiosperms
           (in terms of time, this will take more than half of the course)
Part 2 – The Diversity of Plants, Algae and Fungi



       Labs
#1 From Flower to Seed (Kristie)
#2 From Seed to Plant (Kristie)
#3 Photosynthesis (Reekie)
#4 Water Relations (Reekie)
#5 Biodiversity Survey (Reekie)

Attendance is mandatory. If you have to miss a scheduled lab, you must speak to the course instructor, and arrange to come in another lab section.  There will be 2 lab quizzes that will be given in class, one worth 6% (on Labs 1 and 2) and one worth 9% (on Labs 3, 4, and 5).

There will be two long term lab projects that are running, centred on activities in the greenhouse at KCIC. One project is in the first half of the course for Dr Kristie, and one is in the second half of the course for Dr Reekie. Your lab write-ups (worth 20%) are based on your activities and collecting information during these projects, thus it is crucial that you participate.  
 
     
   
Evaluation    
Midterm 1 (Kristie) 15%
Midterm 2 (Reekie) 15%
Lab Reports (2x 10%) 20%
Lab Quiz 1 (Kristie) 6%
Lab Quiz 2 (Reekie) 9%
Final Exam 35%