California State University, San Bernardino
Department of Biology / College of Natural Sciences
Biology 342 – Biology of Chordata
Dr. Stuart S. Sumida
Spring 2014;
LECTURE: Monday & Wednesday 10:00-11:50; CE-107
LABORATORY: Monday & Wednesday 13:00-15:50; BI-329
ENROLLMENT: STUDENTS
MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE COURSE TO PARTICIPATE IN LECTURES AND CLASS
EXERCISES. ENROLLMENT IN BIOLOGY 342
CONSTITUTES LEGAL ACCEPTANCE OF ALL THE GUIDELINES LISTED BELOW. PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY.
Course Information
Instructor: Dr. Stuart S. Sumida
Office
location: BI-314
Telephone:
909-537-7338
Email: ssumida@csusb.edu
Office
hours: Wednesday 12:00-13:00; Thursday 12:00-14:00
Class
Days/Time: Monday and Wednesday 10:00-11:50
Classroom: CE-107
Laboratory
Days/Time: Monday and Wednesday 13:00-15:50
Laboratory: BI-329
Course Description
Biology 342, “Biology of Chordates” provides an overview of
vertebrates’ and non-vertebrate chordates’ anatomy from
embryological/developmental, structural, functional, and evolutionary
perspectives. Early development provides
a basis for system-based lectures on skeletal, nervous, muscular, circulatory,
digestive, excretory, and reproductive systems.
Regional approaches are used, particularly in
the case of cranial structures and as students gain experience with multiple
systems. For all systems and structures,
an understanding of development, innervation, and vascularization will be
expected.
Four hours lecture and six hours laboratory. Materials fee
required. Prerequisites: Biology 200,201,202, BIOL 300 with
a grade of "C" or better. Biology 340 strongly recommended. This
course is a Biology Department upper division core requirement. It is not
required for entrance to medical, dental, or other professional school
programs.
Course Objectives and Student Learning Outcomes
Wherein
by University directive we restate what we just said in the course description
above using the latest buzzwords- in this case, “SLOs”. Student Learning Outcomes are the
knowledge, skills, attitudes, competencies, and habits of mind that our
students are expected to acquire. In
BIOL 342, students will be expected to:
|
Student
Learning Outcomes (SLOs) |
BIOL
342 Course-specific Assessment |
|
Biology SLO General Develop
an understanding of the diversity and similarity of developmental patterns
among plants and animals. |
Lecture
examination: Written
essay questions Short
answer questions Diagramming
questions Standard
embedded questions
on short answer questions |
|
Biology SLO General Develop
an understanding of the evolution organismal development over the course of
phylogenetic diversity and geological time |
Lecture
examination: Written
essay questions Short
answer questions Diagramming
questions Standard
embedded questions on short answer questions |
|
Biology SLO 1.2 Development & Physiology - Five
Kingdoms of Life (part of Goal 1: Biological Sciences Breadth) Students
will be able describe the features which distinguish the Three Domains of
life and the developmental and physiological mechanisms which are fundamental
to all living organisms. (In this case
two of the tree domains.) |
Lecture
examination: Written
essay questions Short
answer questions Diagramming
questions Standard
embedded questions on short answer questions |
|
Outcome 1.3 Organismal Genetics, Evolution, & Ecology (part of
Goal 1: Biological Sciences Breadth) Students
will demonstrate an understanding of the principles of organismal genetics,
evolution, and ecology. (In this case with focus on evolution.) |
Lecture
examination: Written
essay questions Short
answer questions Diagramming
questions Standard
embedded questions on short answer questions |
|
Biology SLO 2.1 Laboratory Practice & Techniques Students
will develop proper laboratory practice, proper use of equipment and the
ability to use basic and advanced techniques in several areas of biology. |
Standard
Laboratory Exercises Laboratory
practical examinations. |
|
Biology SLO 5.1 Career & Advanced Degree Success Graduates
will demonstrate the ability to use their degrees to undertake careers in
biology or to gain admittance to graduate or professional school. |
Tracking
medical and other health-science and biology related career paths of
graduates. |
REQUIRED TEXTS:
1. Kardong, Kenneth.
2012. Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution;
6th Edition McGraw-Hill Publishing. (KK)
2. Fishbeck, Dale W. and
Aurora Sebastiani.
2008. Comparative Anatomy –
Manual of Vertebrate Dissection.
Second Edition. Morton Publishing Company, Englewood, Colorado. (FS)
The
laboratory manual by Fishbeck and Sebastiani
is to be used as a laboratory guide, but will be useful to some students for
lecture study as well. Students are expected to have read all assigned material
prior to the beginning of the designated lecture or
laboratory section.
LABORATORY
ACTIVITIES AND EQUIPMENT
All students will do the exercise listed below as well as
participate in dissections of animal cadaveric specimens under the direction of
the course instructor. At the beginning of most (but not all) laboratories
there will be a very brief presentation definitions of
major group of chordates or an aspect of vertebrate locomotion. These will typically take 10-15 minutes and
although presented in the laboratory, they may also be components of the
lecture examinations.
White lab coats are not required for dissection labs. However,
some kind of protection is recommended if you are to wear good clothing to the
laboratory. The more practical alternative is to wear tough or inexpensive
clothing that will stand up to frequent washing in hot water. In accordance with
State and University regulations, the use of eye protection is recommended for
sessions in which fumes or liquids might be encountered. Eye protection is
recommended but not required for entrance to the laboratory. Animal cadavers are dissected in the Biology
342 course. All students must participate in the dissection laboratory or
forfeit the 200 laboratory points. Objections to the use of preserved animal
materials will not excuse students from laboratory requirements.
Dissection Tools: Minimal
dissection tools that will be required for Biology 342 are: a blunt probe,
scissors, a scalpel with replaceable blades, and a pair of forceps. Kits
containing most of these are available in the student store but are of inferior
quality. Medical grade tools are preferable and are available at the Loma Linda
Medical Student bookstore and the UCLA Biomedical bookstore. The CSUSB Biology
Club sells dissection kits at a discount. Announcements regarding their
availability will be made during the first week.
OFFICE
HOURS
Dr.
Sumida’s office hours will be held in room BI-314 on Wednesdays
directly after lecture from 12:00 to 13:00 and Thursdays 12:00 to 14:00.
Additional hours are normally scheduled near midterm and final
examinations. Students may send questions to Dr. Sumida via e-mail at: ssumida@csusb.edu
E-mailed questions for CSUSB
courses are normally answered within 48 hours.
Answers may be to multiple students if more than one student asks a
similar question via e-mail. To facilitate
speed of response, please make some kind of reference to Biology 342 in the
subject line.
WEB
RESOURCES
Please note, web resources for this course are on Dr.
Sumida’s webpage, and not on Blackboard.
The class syllabus, updates on grades, and summaries of laboratory minilectrures
on phylogeny and locomotion are available as PowerPoint or PDF files and will
be available on the course website: http://www.stuartsumida.com/BIOL342/342Gateway.htm
There are no lecture PowerPoints.
All students will be expected to attend lecture take notes, and do
drawings.
Please note, all files are
currently available, but these files could be changed and updated as new
information becomes available for any particular topic. Please check for updates periodically. These
files are meant as a study aid only and without the accompanying lecture
information do not represent a complete overview of the course. They are intellectual property of the
instructor, Dr. Stuart Sumida, and are for student use in Biology 342 only and
may not be otherwise distributed or reproduced.
Policy
on Recording of Lectures
All lectures are the copyrighted property of the instructor. Audio recordings (analog, MP3, or otherwise) of lectures may be made for individual use only. They may not be sold, reproduced, posted to the internet, or redistributed in any way. Although recorder devices may be used as a study aid, they may not be used in lieu of attendance. Attendance is expected of all students. No videotaping is allowed in the lecture or laboratory theaters.
SERVICES TO STUDENTS
WITH DISABILITIES
f you are in need of an accommodation for a
disability in order to participate in this class, please let the professor know
as soon as possible, and also contact Services to Students with Disabilities at
UH-183, (909) 537-5238. Please note: it is the student's
responsibility to seek academic accommodations for a verified disability in
a timely manner.
LEGAL ISSUES FOR ALL COURSES
Cheating and plagiarism are not tolerated. Students caught using unauthorized materials,
or attempting to use/copy other students’ work, on exams or quizzes will be
give a zero (0 points) grade for that exam or quiz and course failure will be
considered. Please see the “Academic
Regulations and Procedures" in the CSUSB Bulletin of Courses for the
university’s policies on course withdrawal, cheating, and plagiarism.
Grading
Procedures and criteria
There will be two midterms of 150 and 200 points each. The final examination will be worth 300 points. Laboratory quizzes will be worth 100 points and the laboratory final will be worth 100 points. Total points graded equals 850 points attainable. There will be no make-up quizzes or practicals due to the need to prepare multiple stations for these types of evaluations. Examinations that are missed due to unavoidable problems (e.g. illness or a death in the family) will normally be made up as an oral examination administered by the instructor. The course is not graded on a curve. Letter grades are not assigned for individual exams or quizzes; rather they are based on the cumulative points. Grades will be set according to the criteria listed below.
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Grade |
Percentage
of Total Points |
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A |
88-100
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B- |
71-74
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D |
50-54
|
|
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A- |
85-87
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C+ |
67-70
|
F |
Below 50 |
|
|
B+ |
82-85
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C |
60-66
|
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B |
75-81
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C- |
55-59
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LECTURE
SCHEDULE and READING ASSIGNMENTS
Week
|
Date
|
Topic(s) |
Readings |
|
1 |
M-1/31 |
No class – Cesar Chavez holiday |
|
|
|
W-4/2 |
Course Mechanics and Introduction;
Introduction to the Study of Chordates, Chordate Phylogenetic Analysis |
KK Chapter 1, pp. 20-30 in
particular; Chapters 2-3 |
|
|
W-4/2 Lab |
Meet in the Laboratory (BI-328). 1. General Characteristics of Chordates 2. Origins of Vertebrates |
KK Chapters 2-3 |
|
2 |
M-4/7 |
Early Chordate Development – Amphioxus
and Amphibians |
KK Chapter 5 (focusing on
Amphioxus and Amphibians) |
|
|
W-4/9 |
Development of amniotes
(reptiles/birds & mammals) |
KK Chapter 5 (focusing on
Reptiles/Birds and Mammals) |
|
3 |
M-4/14 |
Introduction to Skeletal
Materials (lab) |
KK Chapter 4 |
|
|
W-4/16 |
Postcranial Skeleton |
KK Chapters 8-9 |
|
4 |
M-4/21 |
Midterm Examination 1 (150 points) |
Through Postcranial skeleton |
|
|
W-4/23 |
Organization of the Nervous
System; Emphasis on autonomics |
KK Chapter 16 |
|
5 |
M- 4/28 |
Segmentation and Axial Muscles |
KK Chapter 10 |
|
|
W-4/30 |
Appendicular Muscles |
KK Chapter 10 |
|
6 |
M-5/5 |
Appendicular Muscles Continued |
KK Chapter 10 |
|
|
W-5/7 |
Development and Structure of Digestive and
Respiratory Systems |
KK Chapters 11 and 13 |
|
7 |
M-5/12 |
Peripheral Circulatory Structures |
KK Chapter 12 |
|
|
W-5/14 |
Midterm Examination 2 (200 points) |
Through Digestive and Respiratory Structures |
|
8 |
M-5/19 |
Evolution and Structure of the Heart |
KK pp. 467-487 |
|
|
W-5/21 |
Aortic Arches and Head Circulation |
KK Chapter 12 |
|
9 |
M-5/26 |
Memorial Day Holiday; no lecture |
|
|
|
W-5/28 |
Development of Excretory and Reproductive
Systems |
KK Chapter 14 |
|
10 |
M-6/2 |
Introduction to the Vertebrate
Skull |
KK Chapter 7 |
|
|
W-6/4 |
The Vertebrate Head |
KK Chapters 7, 14, 16 |
|
|
W-6/11 |
Final Examination (300 points) 10:00-12:00 |
Cumulative |
LABORATORY SCHEDULE and READING ASSIGNMENTS
Week
|
|
Topics
|
Readings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
M-1/31 |
No laboratory; Cesar Chavez Holiday |
|
|
|
W-4/2 |
Lecture
Topics in the Laboratory (BI-329). 1.
Chordate Phylogenetic
Analysis 2.
General Characteristics of
Chordates Mini-Lecture: Phylogeny of Basal Chordata |
KK
Chapter 1, pp. 20-30 in particular; Chapters 2-3. |
|
2 |
M-4/7 |
External
Anatomy (begin skinning shark) Mini-Lecture: Phylogeny of Fishes |
FS Chapter 15; FS pp 141-143. |
|
|
W-4/9 |
Postcranial Skeleton Mini-Lecture: Locomotion - Axial Swimming 5 point mini-quiz |
FS Chapters 16, 25, 34 (Postcranial structures only) |
|
3 |
M-4/14 |
Finish Postcranial Skeleton Begin Muscular system of the shark Mini-Lecture: Phylogeny of Basal Tetrapods |
FS Chapters 16, 25, 34 (Postcranial structures only) |
|
|
W-4/16 |
Muscular system of the shark Mini Lecture: Locomotion - Basal tetrapod Walking |
FS Chapter 17 |
|
4 |
M-4/21 |
Finish: Muscular system of the shark; begin
mammalian muscular structures Mini-Lecture: Phylogeny of Basal Amniota |
FS Chapter 35 |
|
|
W-4/23 |
Mammalian muscular structures (cont.) Mini Lecture: Locomotion – Mammalian Walking; 5 point mini-quiz |
FS Chapter 35 |
|
5 |
M- 4/28 |
1.
Digestive, respiratory
systems of shark 2.
Begin mammalian digestive
system with remaining time. Mini-Lecture: Phylogny of Reptilia |
FS Chapters 19, 36, 37 |
|
|
W-4/30 |
Laboratory
Quiz (75 points) Finish Mammalian digestive system |
(Including materials through muscular systems.) |
|
6 |
M-5/5 |
Circulatory
system of fishes Mini-Lecture: Locomotion - Trotting and Pacing; 5 point mini-quiz |
FS Chapter 21 |
|
|
W-5/7 |
Start:Mammalian circulation: general,
heart, head Mini-Lecture: Phylogeny of Archosauria |
FS Chapter 39 |
|
7 |
M-5/12 |
Mammalian circulation continued Mini-Lecture: Locomotion - Galloping 1 5 point mini-quiz |
FS Chapter 39 |
|
|
W-5/14 |
Excretory and reproductive systems Mini-Lecture: Phylogeny of Basal Synapsida |
FS Chapters 20, 38 |
|
8 |
M-5/19 |
Chondrocranium of shark. Mini-Lecture: Locomotion - Galloping 2 5 point mini-quiz |
FS pp. 130-138, 218-219. |
|
|
W-5/21 |
Nervous system (shark and mammal). Mini-Lecture: Phylogeny of Mammalia |
FS Chapters 22, 40 |
|
9 |
M-5/26 |
Memorial Day
Holiday; no laboratory |
|
|
|
W-5/28 |
Tetrapod skull diversity Mini-Lecture: Locomotion - Flight 5 point mini-quiz |
FS pp. 218-219, 284-297, plus class handouts |
|
10 |
M-6/2 |
Tetrapod skull diversity continued |
FS pp. 218-219, 284-297, plus handouts |
|
|
W-6/4 |
Laboratory
Final Practicum & Cleanup (100
points) |
|
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