Cox 105AttendanceCourse Syllabus for BIO 181Introductory Biology I:Ecology, Evolution, & BiodiversitySpring Semester 2019Mondays & Wednesdays 4:30 to 5:45 p.m.Cox 105Instructor InformationDr. Lisa M. PaciulliCourse InformationURL: http://wolfware.ncsu.edu (Moodle)Office: David Clark Labs 114 Credit hours: 4Phone: 919.515.9045 Prerequisite: NoneE-mail: [email protected] Co-requirement: BIO 181 Laboratory SessionOffice Hours: Mondays 5:45-7:45 p.m.and by appointmentCourse Description and Structure: This course will introduce you to ecology, evolution, and biodiversity within the context of structure and function including the adaptive strategies plants and animals use to manage the everyday challenges of life. Most importantly, you will build a foundation for understanding how science works and how to think and communicate scientifically. Your participation in this course will give you a solid background of basic biology concepts that you will use in the next part of this course, Biology 183, to explore more in-depth topics dealing with the cellular and molecular components of animal and plant systems. This course is a modified lecture and laboratory format, and the topics covered in lab are emphasized in lecture. The course structure includes discussions, question/answer sessions, visualizations, demonstrations, in-class assignments and activities, exams, and quizzes. Overall goals for the entire course are included here, but you will receive specific learning objectives for each class session.This course is a part of the NC State effort to enhance students’ critical and creative thinking skills. Embedded throughout the content of this course, you will become adept at using critical and creative thinking in evaluating the work of others, as well as solving problems in biological sciences. GER Designation of BIO 181: BIO 181 is listed as a Natural Sciences course that completes the laboratory requirement for the General Education Program, https://oucc.dasa.ncsu.edu/natural-sciences/Objectives for courses in the category of Natural Sciences:Each course in the natural sciences will provide instruction and guidance that help you to:1. use the methods and processes of science in testing hypotheses, solving problems and making decisions; and2. articulate, make inferences from, and apply the methods and processes of science to problem solving, scientific concepts, principles, laws, and theories.Overall Student Learning Outcomes: Students will…- define ecology and explore ecosystems to show the dynamic nature of populations and communities and the factors which affect them. - describe and apply the mechanisms underlying the theory of evolution.- identify aspects of biodiversity, specifically how organisms are classified based on characteristics essential to survival in their habitats.- discuss the adaptations of plants and animals for acquiring nutrients and carrying out various other life processes.- explain the intellectual standards for critical and creative thinking - evaluate the work of others using the intellectual standards for critical and creative thinking.- apply critical and creative thinking skills and intellectual standards in the process of solving problems or addressing questions. - reflect on their own thinking and the thinking of others.Course Requirements1. Lecture Textbook: Raven et al. 2016. Biology. Eleventh Edition. McGraw Hill: NY. Note: the book is also available as an eTextbook (lower price and with download, you can keep the ‘book’).a. To purchase the e-Book, go to our Moodle course site, click on the link and follow the instructions. The e-Book costs <$55.00, and you have the option to download and keep it forever. Hard copies of the textbook can be purchased from the NCSU Bookstore, other commercial bookstores near campus, and online. We also have copies of the textbook on reserve in the D.H. Hill Library.2. Personal Response System: We will be using the Top Hat application program to participate in real time and havea platform for interaction. Top Hat works on laptops, tablets, mobile devices, etc. Our Top Hat course Join Code is: 931361. You can sign in and learn how to use Top Hat by following this link for studentsa. Quick Start Guide: https://success.tophat.com/s/article/Student-Top-Hat-Overview-and-Getting-Started-Guide3. Laboratory manual: A required part of the course that needs to be purchased from the NCSU Bookstore. BIO 181: General Biology I Laboratory Manual. Department of Biology. North Carolina State University. Hayden McNeil. Fall 2017/Spring 2018.4. Access to lecture Moodle-site and lab website (Lab: https://wordpress-projects.wolfware.ncsu.edu/bio-181l-zchxzbn/)Laboratory: Official registration for BIO 181 includes both a lecture section and a lab section. Failure to register in both a lecture and lab section by the end of the official University registration period will result in thecancellation of your enrollment in this course. The Biological Sciences Office does not provide alternative means for adding or changing lecture sections or lab sections. Registration for both lecture and lab is the responsibility of the individual student and is to be accomplished only via MyPack Portal. Lab sections are paired with specific lecture sections (see the course listings under the “class search” in MyPack for pairings) andyou must sign up for a lab paired with your lecture section. If you switch lecture sections you must switch to a paired lab section as well.All laboratory sessions start the week of January 14th. You will receive a separate set of guidelines for the laboratory during the first regularly scheduled meeting of your lab section. Lab meets every week of the semester that NCSU has a full week of classes (i.e., T-F). Heads-up: You may miss only one lab the entire semester. If you miss more than one lab for any reason, you will be dropped from the course. This policy is in place to protect, not punish, you. It ensuresthat you will learn the material covered in this course so that you can be successful as you move through your program. You must also adhere to all safety instructions that are stated in these guidelines, in the laboratory manual, and by your laboratory instructor. Lab website: https://wordpress-projects.wolfware.ncsu.edu/bio-181l-zchxzbn/2Evaluation: Your grade in this class will come from your combined efforts in both lecture and lab. Based on your efforts, you will receive a