BIOL& 213 - Majors Plant

Credits: 5
LEC hours per week: 4
LAB hours per week: 2
This course is the third of a three quarter sequence of biology courses intended for biology majors and other pre-professional students planning to transfer to a four-year university. It is an introductory plant biology course that can be taken in fulfillment of the AS Degree (Option I) lab science requirements. Topics include: an introduction to the basic structure and function of stems, roots, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds, growth, hormones, plant movements, photosynthesis, genetics, plant breeding, plant taxonomy and a survey of the kingdoms Protista, Fungi, and Plantae. Formerly: BIO 152.
Prerequisite(s): Grade of D or higher in BIOL& 211
Course Outcomes:

Apply major terms, vocabulary, methods and concepts relevant to botany.
Explain current issues in society and examine their relationship to botany.
Analyze botanical problems using the principles of the scientific method, including observation, hypotheses and testing predictions.
Explain how and why all life is dependent on plants.
Discuss attributes of living organisms including chemical and physical bases of life.
Identify practical human uses each for roots, wood and stems, and leaves.
Distinguish, draw, compare and contrast utilizing knowledge of the origin, development, form, function, strategies, and adaptations of: plant tissues, roots (specialized), stems, leaves, flowers, fruits, and seeds in labs and projects.
Identify factors that control dormancy and explain how dormancy may be broken both naturally and artificially.
Diagram pathway, movement, and utilization of water in plants.
Outline metabolic concepts of photosynthesis, respiration, and additional pathways.
Contrast growth, differentiation, and development and distinguish among nutrients, vitamins, and plant hormones.
Apply propagation techniques.
Use a dichotomous key to identify plants.
Recognize the features that members of Kingdoms share with each other and what distinguishes them from other Kingdoms.
Use laboratory equipment safely and with technical skill.

Course Attribute(s): Natural Science