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Summer Session 2008

Required texts

Introductory Botany: Plants, People & The Environment,2nd ed., 2008, by Linda R. Berg, Cengage Learning. ISBN 0-534-46669-9

Study Guide for Basic Botany, 2008, by Robert C. Evans, Cengage Learring. ISBN 1426630735

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Schedule

INTRODUCTION AND BEGINNING TOPICS

Getting started: June 23------- 

  • Access the RutgersOnline website and skim the "Orientation."
  • In the Study Guide (pp. 1-3), read "Dr. Evans' Handy-Dandy Guide to Photosynthesis," and practice the online quiz format by taking the Sample Quiz on this material. The deadline for taking the Sample Quiz is June 23.
SECTION 1: PLANT STRUCTURES AND LIFE PROCESSES

Unit 1: Quiz deadline June 24 ------- 

  • Chapter 5: Plant Tissues. Textbook pages 90-105; Study Guide parts I-III

Unit 2: Quiz deadline June 25------ 

  • Chapter 5: Plant Meristems. Textbook pages 105-107; Study Guide part IV
  • Study Guide part V: The Cultivation of Plants for Food

Unit 3: Quiz deadline June 26-----

  • Chapter 6: Plant Organs: Roots

Unit 4: Quiz deadline June 30-----

  • Chapter 7: Plant Organs: Stems

Unit 5: Quiz deadline July 1-----

  • Chapter 8: Plant Organs: Leaves

Unit 6: Quiz deadline July 2-----

  • Chapter 9: Flowers, Fruits and Seeds. Textbook pp. 174-193; Study Guide parts I-V

Unit 7: Quiz deadline July 3-----

  • Chapter 9: Seed Germination. Textbook pp. 193-195; Study Guide part VI
  • Chapter 10: Mineral Nutrition & Transport

Unit 8: Quiz deadline July 7-----

  • Chapter 11: Growth Responses. Textbook pp. 220-232; Study Guide parts I-IV

Unit 9: Quiz deadline July 8-----

  • Chapter 11: Growth Responses. Textbook pp. 232-238; Study Guide parts V-IX
SECTION 2: THE CONTINUITY OF PLANT LIFE

Unit 10: Quiz deadline July 9-------

  • Chapter 14: Plant tissue culture.
  • Chapter 15: Genetic engineering of plants
  • Chapter 18: The Classification of Plants and Other Organisms
SECTION 3: DIVERSITY

Unit 11: Quiz deadline July 10------- 

  • Chapter 22: Introduction to the Plant Kingdom: Bryophytes
  • Chapter 23: The Plant Kingdom: Seedless Vascular Plants

Unit 12: Quiz deadline July 14------- 

  • Chapter 24: The Plant Kingdom: Gymnosperms
  • Chapter 25: The Plant Kingdom: Flowering Plants
SECTION 4: PLANT ECOLOGY

Unit 13: Quiz deadline July 15------- 

  • Chapter 26: Ecosystems
  • Chapter 27: Global Ecology and Human Impacts
End-of-course information:

July 16 : Reading Day (no assignment)

July 17: Deadline for completing the Comprehensive Final Exam