Course Outline BIOL 1902 2020 PDF

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NATURAL HISTORY BIOL 1902 T FALL 2020 SYLLABUS

Course Instructor: Michael Runtz Location: 4620/4680 CTTC Phone: 520-2600 extension 3857 Email: please contact me through the cuLearn course site and in the email subject line please include the course code: Biol 1902. Also, please copy the TAs in all correspondence. Office Hours: Due to Covid restrictions this term, there will not be on campus office hours. TAs: TBA Email: via cuLearn COURSE DESCRIPTION This course is designed primarily for students in non-biology programs but contains information completely applicable to students in Biology. In this course we explore the fascinating world of plants and animals in terms of how they solve major life challenges such as avoiding being eaten, surviving environmental stress, acquiring nutrition, reproducing, and taking care of young or seeds. Most of the examples are local plants and animals so you can actually see many of them right in Ontario, many in your own backyard! The course is highly visual and myriad photographs, video clips, and live specimens illustrate the course content. The textbook contains all of the concepts and almost all of the important examples of plants and animals. Due to Covid-19 restrictions, there will not be “live” classes on campus this term, and lectures recorded in an earlier year will be streamed. MISSED LECTURES This year due to Covid-19 restrictions you will have access to lectures online only. cu LEARN cuLearn is the portal for the course and on it you will find announcements and your marks. It also has a forum section that the course TAs and myself will monitor. Make sure you regularly visit cuLearn for announcements and updates. TEXTBOOK The course textbook is Natural History (by Michael Runtz) and it is available through the Carleton bookstore or online from Kendall Hunt. Virtually all course content (including formal terms, diagrams, and visual examples of plants and animals) is included in the text, which you can certainly get by without if you take good notes. The lectures closely follow the textbook, and their order is shown in the Tentative Lecture Schedule and Topics (below). The text is also available as an e-book: https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/natural-history

EVALUATIONS PLEASE NOTE: ALL TESTS AND EXAMS ARE COMPULSORY AND THERE IS NO OPTION FOR A 100% FINAL. Tests (10 % each, 40% total) Format: There will be four on-line tests with time restrictions. The dates of these on-line tests will be released during the first two weeks of lectures (emails will be sent out as well). Midterm (25%) Format: 1 hour long, 75 multiple-choice questions on material covered in Lectures 1 to 9 inclusive. Date and time: TBA, On-line only Final (35%) Format: 2 hours long, 140 multiple choice questions on the full term but with emphasis on Lectures 10 to 23 Date and time: TBA, On-line only Distance exam application: Not applicable this term. Missed On-line Tests: Each on-line test and exam will be offered over a one-day period. If an on-line test is missed, there will NOT be an opportunity to do it again unless there is a documented issue with your computer. A screen shot will be required as proof of the problem, and the TAs must be notified immediately. Missed Exams A student who misses an exam due to a medical reason must notify the TA/professor within 24 hours of the exam. A medical certificate will be required and it must clearly state that the student was deemed ill by a doctor and must be received no later than 24 hours after the exam (scanned and emailed). A message stating “the student reported not feeling well” will not be acceptable. For any other reason, an official document indicating that the student’s absence was due to circumstances beyond his or her control will be required; it is up to the Instructor’s discretion as to whether or not a deferral exam will be granted. If not, 0 for the exam is assigned.

APPROXIMATE LECTURE SCHEDULE & TOPICS The textbook chapter in which the topic is covered is found inside the brackets (chapter #) Lecture Topics (Chapter covered in the Natural History textbook) 1 Introduction; Staying alive (1) 2 Staying alive (1) 3 Staying alive (1) 4 Staying alive (1) 5 Staying alive (1); Fighting back (6) 6 Fighting back (6); Elemental solutions (2) 7 Elemental solutions (2) 8 Elemental solutions (2) 9 Elemental solutions (2); Beating the Odds (7) 10 Beating the Odds (7); A resourceful menu (3) 11 A resourceful menu (3) 12 A resourceful menu (3) 13 A resourceful menu (3) 14 A resourceful menu (3) 15 A resourceful menu (3) 16 A resourceful menu (3); Nutritional concerns (8) 17 Nutritional concerns (8) Road to immortality (4) 18 Road to immortality (4) 19 Road to immortality (4); Sexual stigmas & surrogate lovers (9) 20 Sexual stigmas & surrogate lovers (9); Hookers, sailors and other seedy characters (10) 21 Hookers, sailors and other seedy characters (10) 22 Future returns and the economics of life (5) 23 Future returns and the economics of life (5) 24 Future returns and the economics of life (5) PLEASE NOTE THAT THESE WEEK NUMBERS ARE TENTATIVE AND THAT AN ACTUAL WEEK’S COVERAGE MAY VARY SLIGHTLY (LECTURES MIGHT BE DELIVERED A LITTLE EARLIER OR LATER THAN ON THIS SCHEDULE).

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Rights and Responsibilities. The Carleton University Undergraduate Calendar details the rights and responsibilities of students registered at the University. It is the responsibility of each student to familiarize themselves with the contents of the Undergraduate Calendar. Please pay particular attention to the sections dealing with deadlines in the academic year (pages 6-8) and Student conduct (pages 61-65).

INSTRUCTIONAL OFFENSES Instructional Offenses: Cheating and plagiarism are serious instructional offenses and will not be tolerated. Allegations of instructional offense will be referred to the Dean of Science. For the regulations regarding instructional offences refer to this web page: http://www5.carleton.ca/exams/rules-and-procedures/cheating/ The Paul Menton Centre for Students with Disabilities (PMC) provides services to students with Learning Disabilities (LD), psychiatric/mental health disabilities, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), chronic medical conditions, and impairments in mobility, hearing, and vision. If you have a disability requiring academic accommodations in this course, please contact PMC at 613-520-6608 or [email protected] for a formal evaluation. If you are already registered with the PMC, contact your PMC coordinator to send me your Letter of Accommodation at the beginning of the term, and no later than two weeks before the first in-class scheduled test or exam requiring accommodation (if applicable). Requests made within two weeks will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. After requesting accommodation from PMC, meet with me to ensure accommodation arrangements are made. Please consult the PMC website (www.carleton.ca/pmc) for the deadline to request accommodations for the formally-scheduled exam (if applicable)....