Biology 398B- Topics in Plant Development

William Terzaghi & Zenaida Lopez-Dee


RESOURCE AND POLICY INFORMATION - SPRING 2010

 

William Terzaghi
OFFICE: SLC 363
PHONE: (570) 408-4762
EMAIL: terzaghi@wilkes.edu
WEBPAGE: http://staffweb.wilkes.edu/william.terzaghi/plantdev.html
OFFICE HOURS: MTWRF 12:00-1:00, or by appointment

Zenaida Lopez-Dee
OFFICE: SLC 353
PHONE: (570) 408-4175
EMAIL: zenaida.lopezdee@wilkes.edu
OFFICE HOURS: TBA

Text:  Taiz & Zeiger (2006). Plant Physiology, 4th Ed. Sinauer Assoc, Sunderland, MA. ISBN 978-0-87893-856-8

Grading: 

Scale:              4.0 = 900-1000

                        3.5 = 850-899

                        3.0 = 800-849

                        2.5 = 750-799

                        2.0 = 700-749

                        1.5 = 650-699

                        1.0 = 600-649

                           0 = < 600

Midterm exams will be a combination of short-answer and essay questions.

Elective assignments may include oral presentations, posters, review papers or research proposals. As a class we will agree upon possible assignments.

Suggestions:

  1. 20 minute talk = 150 points
  2. 2000 word review or research proposal = 150 points
  3. Poster + 7’ talk = 150 points

Possibilities

  1. Poster session towards end of semester
  2. Classes where two students each give 20’ talks.
  3. Some combination of talks, posters and papers.
  4. Forget it and have a third midterm instead.

The lab project will be a piece of original research. You will first design an experiment and submit a proposal describing it to us. You will then perform the experiment and submit the results written up as a formal report in the format of a manuscript to be submitted for publication.

The final will be comprehensive, but will emphasize topics not covered by previous exams.