- Animal Biology & Diversity Syllabus
Course description: A laboratory course correlated with Biol 224, which addresses phylogenetic relationships of the major protozoan and metazoan taxa with emphasis upon systems which have evolved to maintain organismal and population homeostasis.

Manual: The Lab manual can be found on the below web pages (see tentative schedule).

Preparation for Lab: You must read the lab manual before coming to class each week. Reading the lab beforehand will allow you to spend your time in lab focusing on the results of the experiments instead of trying to figure out how to do the experiments. Reading the manual before lab will also be necessary for the weekly quiz (see below).

Lab Attendance: Attendance of the laboratory session is mandatory. If you cannot attend your regularly scheduled lab, you must attend one of the other labs. The lab materials are only available for one week so the lab must be made up during the week in which you could not attend our regular meeting. To make up a lab, arrive at another lab session, ask permission from the instructor to attend that lab.

Grading : Weekly Quizzes (100pts): There may be (ask your instructor) a short, 10-point quiz in the first 10 minutes of each lab. There are no make-up quizzes. You will not be allowed to take the quiz and leave. If you leave before the end of the session, your quiz score will be a 0 (zero) for that week. The quiz will usually contain 5 questions about the previous week’s lab and 5 questions about the lab to be performed that day. There will be a total of 11 quizzes during the semester; your lowest quiz scores will be dropped for a possible total of 100 points. The format of the quizzes will be mainly multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, and short definitions, although short answer question may appear occasionally.

Exams (200pts): there will be two exams covering the materials from the first and second halves of the semester. Each exam will be worth 100 points. Because of the practical nature of the exams, there will be NO MAKE-UP EXAMS.

Final grades are based on a percentage of the total points (300).

• A = 90-100%
• B = 80-89.9%
• C = 70-79.9%
• D = 60-69.9%
• F = <60%
  
  Additional Rules:
  No food or drink will be allowed in the laboratory.
  There will be no use of cell phones or pagers in the laboratory.
  Disruptive behavior will not be tolerated in the laboratory.

Academic Dishonesty: Students who commit any act of academic dishonesty may receive from the instructor a failing grade in that portion of the course work in which the act is detected or a failing grade in a course without possibility of withdrawal. The faculty member may also present the case to the Office of the Dean of Student Life
for disciplinary sanctions. A student who believes a faculty member has dealt unfairly with him/her in a course involving academic dishonesty may seek relief through the Student Complaint Procedure. – WKU Student Handbook.

Instructors: Fall 2006

• Bio 224 Dr. Lienesch (all sections)
• Bio 224 Dr. Lienesch (Honors)

Laboratory Room: TCNW 131 

Tentative Schedule
Week	Exercise	Laboratory Link
	1	Introduction and Dichotomous keys
	2	Porifera and Cnidaria
	3	Platyhelminthes and Nematoda
	4	Mollusca and Annelida
	5	Arthropoda
		TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LABS WILL MEET
	6	Systematics
	8	Gas Transport
		MIDTERM EXAM
	9	Echinodermata, Chordata-(fish, starfish)
	10	Chordata (Fetal Pig): respiration and digestion
		TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY LABS DISMISSED
	11	Chordata (cont.): circulation and urogenital
	12	Animal Behavior
		Final Exam

Last day to drop the lab with a (W), or change from credit to audit 10-18-05

Disabilities:"Students with disabilities who require accommodations (academic adjustments and/or auxiliary aids or services) for this course must contact the Office for Student Disability Services, Room 101, Garrett CC. The OFSDS telephone number is (270) 745-5004 V/TDD. Please DO NOT request accommodations directly from the professor or instructor without a letter of accommodation from the Office for Student Disability Services."

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