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BIO
341 (XXXXX) Syllabus Spring
2000
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| Course: |
MIC321
(BIO 341), Biology of Fungi, ESB XXX,
TTH 12:30 - 2 p.m. |
| Instructor: |
Dr. Paul J.
Szaniszlo,
(Office Hours: Mon 4-5 p.m. ESB 109A) |
| Text: |
Moore-Landecker,
E. 1996, Fundamentals of the Fungi, 4th edition,
Prentice-Hall, Inc., New Jersey.
(Optional, but assigned
readings are highly recommended)
Text on reserve at the Life
Sciences Library. Call No. QK 603 M62 1996.
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| Prerequisites: |
Upper division standing and 8
hours of Biology, or consent of Instructor. Prior understanding of the relevance of
mitosis and meiosis to eukaryotic biology is expected. |
| Course Description: |
BIO
341 is presented as two one-hour and fifteen minute lectures
per week.
The lectures attempt to enumerate the general features of most
fungi and fungal-like protists and to relate the broad trends
in structure, function and behavior which can be discerned in
the group. The aim of the lectures is to provide the
student who may not anticipate becoming a professional
mycologist (fungal biologist) with a perspective of mycology
(study of fungi) as a whole. Topics such as fine
structure, growth, development, reproduction and genetics of
fungi are examined in detail. Also, general aspects of
such topics as fungal classification, nutrition, metabolism,
and the production of primary and secondary metabolites by
fungi are introduced. An OPTIONAL laboratory, MIC
122K,
which will be presented on Mondays from 7-10 p.m. by Dr. James
L. Harris, can also be taken to help you with this course. A
"Course Outline" (See Lecture
Topics) for the lectures is attached, as
well as a "Reserve Readings List" and a
"Reserve Book List". The reserve readings are
also highly recommended and in some cases may provide flavor
or historical notes on certain subjects, in other cases
details about recent advances in subjects that may or may not
be introduced in the course text, and in still other cases
details of some of the organisms that might be studied in the
laboratory. The reserve books represent a number of
alternative source materials that can be used to supplement,
clarify and expand upon the lectures, your primary textbook
assignments, or the reserve reading materials. With
respect to some topics these books may have better
presentations of some topics than those of your primary text,
and can serve as appropriate substitutes for certain assignments in the textbook. |
| Grading and Test Policy: |
There
will be three hourly examinations and a cumulative final.
Each one hour exam will represent 20% of your final grade,
whereas the final will account for 40%. |
| Examination Schedule: |
The three one-hour exams will be scheduled during regular
class periods. There will be no make-up exams unless
there is a substantial, legitimate and documented medical
excuse or a documented major personal tragedy associated with
your absence from an examination. Failure to take an examination may result in a zero grade for that
exam. Interviews for jobs or medical, dental, or
veterinary schools do not qualify as substantial excuses.
The date each exam will be given and the approximate materials to be covered
by each exam are as follows:
Exam #1 - Thursday, February 17
(material through fungal thalli)
Exam #2 - Thursday, March 23 (material through yeast)
Exam #3 - Thursday, April 27 (material from yeast biology
through secondary metabolism)
Final - Cumulative and comprehensive
Class Notes:
Lecture notes, which will mostly consist of only the printed
overhead materials discussed in more detail during class, may
be available online at:
http://www.esb.utexas.edu/mycology/mic321/default.htm
These notes if available should be
downloaded ahead of time so that you can listen more freely,
and have ample time to take notes about material presented in
other ways (lecture, pictures, graphs, etc) However, be
advised that these notes troutinely will be subject to
modifications that reflect new knowledge or concepts. |
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