Required text and Other Materials:
Mauseth, James D. 1995. Botany, 2nd Ed.; Saunders College Publ.

Course Goals/Outcomes/Objectives:

Students will read selected chapters from the text and complete two essay exams over the material read.

Students successfully completing this course should have an introductory to intermediate level of knowledge of eukaryotic plant cell biology. This includes knowing what each major cellular component is and what its function is. Students should have a basic understanding of how the processes of photosynthesis (light reactions and C3 cycle) and respiration (glycolysis, citric acid cycle, electron transport) operate at the cellular level. They also should understand how eukaryotic cells divide, both mitotically and meiotically.

Course Requirements and Methods of Assessment:

Students will read and be tested over the content of the following chapters in the text: 1, 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 14. I recommend that students answer the review questions at the end of each chapter, as practice for the exams, but these need not be submitted to me. Click on the hyperlink for Outline of Course Content for detailed information about material that should be emphasized in each chapter.

Students should contact me with specific questions about any course content, or what should be studied most thoroughly for the exams.

Students will complete two written exams. These will both be essay format with one or two significant essays per chapter. Each essay will be evaluated on a 10-point scale. Students may take the first exam any time after completing their reading of chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4. Exams must be taken in order; the first exam must be taken before the second. The exams are "closed book" and no notes may be used during the test. Students have up to two hours for completion of each test.

Grading Procedure:

Exam I, Chapters 1, 2, 3, 4 - 50 pts.
Exam II, Chapters 10, 11, 13, 14 - 50 pts.

A = 86-100%; B = 76 - 85%; C = 66 - 75%; D = 56 - 65%; F = below 56%

Schedule of Assignments, Tests, Projects:
Students may take the first exam any time after completing their reading of chapters 1, 2, 3, and 4.

Special Instructions:
Exams should be proctored by a qualified representative for EOU. Students may have two hours for completion of each exam. No course notes or books are allowed during the exam.

Computer Technology Required:
No special technology is required for this course.

Information about Supplementary Resources:
Detailed information about contents of each chapter to be studied is available at http://www2.eou.edu/~kantell/bot201d.html

Outline of Course Content

Suggested timeline for one-term completion:
Students who are not receiving federal financial aid may take two terms for completion.

Syllabus Prepared by: Dr. Karen Antell, 23 September 2002