Course Description
- This course is designed for non-science majors to serve as an introduction to the basic principles of biology, with a focus on marine biology. We will study the physical and chemical properties of the ocean, the diversity of organisms that live in this environment, the various regions of the marine environment, and human impacts on the ocean.
Course Objectives
At the conclusion of the course, students should have an understanding of:
- the chemical, physical, and biological properties of the oceans
- the principles of anatomy, physiology, ecology, and behavior
- basic aspects of the Linnaean system of nomenclature/classification and the phylogenetic relationships of the organisms studied
- the diversity of organisms that live in the marine environment
- different regions of the ocean and the unique challenges to life that each represents
- the impacts of human activities on the oceans
- the utility of the scientific method as a means of acquiring new information and how to present and interpret data
Class Information
Announcements
- 8/21/18 - Welcome!
- 8/21/18 - Please read for Thursday!
- Chapter 1 - pages 1-2 and 8-17
- Chapter 2 - pages 18-29
- 8/30/18 - Please read for Tuesday!
- Chapter 2 - pages 33-39
- Chapter 3 - pages 43-63
- 9/6/18 - Please read Chapter 4 - pages 64-71 and 78-84 for Tuesday!
- 9/13/18 - Final Project Citation Format
- 9/18/18 - Please read or skim for Lab!
- Chapter 5 - pages 93-96 and 97-98
- Chapter 6 - pages 102-109
- 9/27/18 - Please read for Tuesday!
- Chapter 5 - pages 93-96
- Chapter 6 - pages 102-116
- 10/4/18 - Please read for Tuesday!
- Silliman and Newell (2003)
- Chapter 7 - 117-125
- 10/16/18 - For lab, please read or skim
- Chapter 7 - pages 148-149
- Chapter 8 - pages 153-160
- Chapter 9 - pages 179-197
- 10/25/18 - Please read Chapter 7 - pages 117-147 for Tuesday!
- 10/30/18 - Please read Chapter 11 - pages 246-269 for Thursday!
Laboratory Assistant
Biology Writing Center - Leah Crenshaw and Allison Monroe
- Tuesday and Thursday nights from 7 to 9!
- At the table in the west end stairwell on the second floor of D.W. Reynolds
Class Web Resources
Lab Web Resources
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