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Lecture Syllabus (PDF file)
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| DATE | TOPIC (subject to change; Exam 1 date may change to accommodate guest lecture) |
| January 17 | Introduction to course |
| Jan 24 | Systematics |
| Jan 31 | Diversity trends in time and space |
| February 7 | Scooter Chetham Useful Wild Plants Guest Lecture |
| Feb 14 | Damon Wait Wildflower Center Guest Lecture |
| Feb 21 | Texas Ecological Zones |
| Feb 28 | Exam I |
| March 7 | Diversity trends in time and space |
| March 14 | Spring Break!! |
| March 21 | Pollination and Dispersal |
| March 28 | Plant/insect interactions |
| April 4 | Speciation |
| April 11 | Extinction |
| April 18 | Herbarium |
| April 25 | Human impacts/economic botany |
| May 2 | Exam 2 |
Laboratory Schedule - Spring 2006
| DATE | ACTIVITY |
| Jan 19 | Vegetative Morphology; Lab#1 Activity; class outline - morning |
| Jan 26 | Reproductive Morphology; Lab #2 Activity |
| Feb 2 | Lab Quiz #1; Field Trip #1 to Wildflower Center |
| Feb 9 | Lab Quiz #2; Field Trip #2 to Zilker Park |
| Feb 16 | Lab Quiz #3; Field Trip #3 to Brackenridge Field Laboratory |
| Feb 23 | Lab Quiz #4; Field Trip #4 to |
| Mar 2 | Lab Quiz #5; Field Trip #5 to |
| Mar 9 | Lab Quiz #6; Field Trip #6 to |
| Mar 16 | Spring Break - no class |
| Mar 23 | Lab Quiz #7; Field Trip #7 to |
| Mar 30 | Lab Quiz #8; Field Trip #8 to |
| Apr 6 | Lab Quiz #9; Field Trip #9 to |
| Apr 13 | Lab Quiz #10; Field Trip #10 to |
| Apr 20 | Lab Quiz #11; Field Trip #11 to |
| Apr 27 | Lab Quiz #12; Field Trip #12 to |
| May 4 | FINAL Lab Quiz |
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| Lecture Exam 1 | 100 points |
| Lecture Exam 2 | 100 points |
| Lecture group exercises (11 at 10 pts each; drop lowest) | 100 points |
| 12 Lab Quizzes (drop lowest) | 330 points |
| Final Lab Quiz | 100 points |
| Class project | 100 points |
| TOTAL POSSIBLE | 830 points |
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| DROP DATES: | Sep. 28, 2005 | No penalty |
| Oct. 26, 2005 | For academic reasons | |
| Appeal after Oct. 26 | For non-academic reasons - Go to your Dean's office. |
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