BIOL113-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007

Diversity of Life

18 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Sunday, 1 July 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 May 2007

Description

An overview of the diversity, evolution, structure and function of animals, plants and microbes.

This course provides an overview of the vast diversity of life on Earth.  You will hear about the evolution, structure, function and importance of animals, plants and microbes.  The first half of the course focuses on the diversity, reproduction and structure of bacteria, protists, fungi and plants.  The second half examines animals and includes discussion of locomotion, respiration, and circulation, nervous and endocrine systems.

Learning Outcomes

  • Understanding of the essential characteristics of the major groups of organisms
  • Realisation of their sometimes surprising evolutionary relationships
  • Awareness of aspects of ecological and human importance of various groups of organisms
  • Hands on experience in observing a wide range of organisms in the laboratory

Restrictions

BIOL103, BIOL104

Timetable Note

Below are the tutorial dates for Semester One. Details of the tutorial programme for Semester Two will be provided on the 17th of July.

Week       Date      Topic Covered
Week 9    16/05 or 17/05  Hypothesis Tests
Week 10  23/05 or 24/05  Analysis of Variance
Week 11  30/05 or 31/05  Correlation and Regression

All tutorials for Semester One will be held in Vault 1. You can sign up for the tutorial time you want on Blackboard (WebCT). You must keep the tutorial time you sign up for now in Semester Two as well. Sign-up times for the tutorials are as follows:

Wednesday 9:00 – 9:50am
Wednesday 10:00 – 10:50am
Wednesday 11:00 – 11:50am
Wednesday 12:00 – 12:50pm
Thursday 3:10 – 4:00pm
Thursday 4:10 – 5:00pm

You must sign up for one of these times. Due to seating and computer restrictions only 24 people are able to sign up for any one time. Therefore, allocations are on a first-come-first-served basis. Please do not arrive at a tutorial outside of your allocated time without prior arrangement with a tutor or lecturer or you will be asked to leave. The names and contact details of the two tutors for MGMT202 are:
Marina Koh
Lisa Van Vuuren

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Paul Broady

Lecturers

Harry Taylor , Josephine Ward , Raphael Didham and John Pirker

Lab Coordinators

Reijel Gardiner and Sue Adkins

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Course work 70%
Final examination 30%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Campbell, Neil A. , Reece, Jane B; Biology ; 7th ed; Pearson/Benjamin Cummings, 2005.

Recommended Reading

Taylor, Martha R. , Reece, Jane B., Campbell, Neil A; Student study guide for Biology [by] Campbell/Reece ; 6th ed; Benjamin/Cummings Pub. Co, 2002.

Course links

Library portal

Notes

Lab coats are required for laboratory classes and can be purchased at the beginning of the year.

It is compulsory to wear a lab coat in the laboratory.

If a laboratory is missed, arrangements should be made to make up the work at a later date.  This could involve:
(a) Attending another lab. stream later in the week after informing your laboratory supervisor (this is by far the best course of action).
(b) Consulting with the lab. supervisor to obtain data for the missed lab.

If a laboratory assessment due date is missed due to illness, injury, personal bereavement or other critical personal circumstances, and the work can be made up by obtaining an extension, a written explanation from an appropriate person (e.g., medical doctor, counsellor, minister, priest) should be given to the lab. supervisor to obtain an extension.  If those critical circumstances mean you cannot make up the work, missed the test or final exam, or you consider you have been impaired, you should apply for aegrotat consideration for the piece of assessment.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $687.00

International fee $3,045.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

All BIOL113 Occurrences

  • BIOL113-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007