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BIOLOGY 106H INTRODUCTION TO ORGANISMAL BIOLOGY SPRING 2000
The College of Life Sciences and the faculty and staff welcomes you to Biology 106H, An Introduction to Organismal Biology. This is a CORE Life Sciences Laboratory course designed specifically for honors students who are science majors. In this course you will become acquainted with the evolutionary processes that has resulted in the enormous diversity of living organisms, and has shaped the complex behavioral and ecological interactions that occur among species. The laboratory exercises complement the lecture and are designed to provide you with hands-on experiences and the opportunity to `learn by doing'.
The course is divided into three 1-hour lectures per week; one 3-hour laboratory per week; and required textbook readings. Laboratory attendance is mandatory. Absence from three or more labs will result in an automatic failure in the lab portion of the course. If you miss your lab for a legitimate reason (such as a religious holiday, illness, family emergency, etc.), please notify the Laboratory Coordinator as soon as possible. Smoking, eating, and drinking or other disruptive behavior are not permitted in either the lecture room or the laboratory. Shoes must be worn in the laboratory. Please do not bring pets to lecture or laboratory. Speaking while the lecturer is talking, and late arrivals and early departures are disruptive so please be considerate of other students and faculty in helping to minimize disturbance.
Both the faculty and teaching assistants for Biology 106H are available to help you. We hope that you will find the course stimulating and that it will be a valuable contribution toward your college curriculum as well as your knowledge of the biosphere we all live in.
Professor in charge of Lecture: Dr. Gerald Borgia Department of Biology Room 4226 Biology Email - Borgia@umail.umd.edu
Office hours: W-F after class and by appointment. If possible please use time after class for meetings and to set up appointments. If this is not possible, please use email to set up appointments or to ask brief questions about the course. I will respond as soon as I can to these messages. When visiting for a meeting please come prepared with questions ready to be asked Laboratory Coordinator: Mr. Hans Lemke Department of Biology Room 2129 HJPatterson Building e-mail: HL53@umail.umd.edu
Teaching Assistants: Mr. Brad Cardinale, bc84@umail.umd.edu Mr. Seth Coleman, taycol@email.msn.com Ms. Andrea Huberty, ah97@umail.umd.edu |
