Vertebrate Morphology Lab

ZOO 4377L

Spring Semester 2002	Class time: R 0800-1215	Class room: OE 138

Instructor: K. Condon
Office Hours (OE 244):	M W	1400-1630
	F	0900-1200
		or by appointment (x2604 or condon@fiu.edu)

: About the course. Vertebrate Morphology Laboratory (ZOO 4377L) replaces ZOO 2713C as the upper division lab course in comparative vertebrate anatomy. The lab augments material taught in the lecture component (Vertebrate Morphology - ZOO 4377) and involves the dissection and analysis of the major vertebrate organs systems using representative species.

Date		Laboratory Topic (Click on the topic to print out the handout and reading assignment for that week's lab)
Jan 10		Vertebrate Diversity; Assigned reading: pp. xi-xii & Ch. 3
Jan 17		Lamprey
Jan 24		"Hemichordates & Protochordates"
Jan 31		Axial Skeleton - Post-cranial
Feb 02		*** Last day to withdraw from University with refund
Feb 07		Appendicular Skeleton
Feb 14		Axial Skeleton - Skull
Feb 21		Shark Musculature
Feb 28		Cat Musculature I
Mar 02		*** Last day to drop a course with a DR grade
Mar 07		Integument
Mar 14		Cat Musculature II; Biomechanics
Mar 21		SPRING BREAK - NO CLASS
Mar 28		Central Nervous System
Apr 04		Digestive System
Apr 11		Circulatory System
Apr 18		Urogenital System

Supplies:

    1.   text: Walker, WF and DG Homberger, Vertebrate Dissection, 8th ed.
2. lab clothes (lab coats or scrubs available in book store or any old shirt; sharks are greasy!)
3. dissection tools (kits available in bookstore; 1 set per working pair)
4. disposable gloves, as tight-fitting as comfortable (available in bookstore)
5. optional: lab notebook and color pencils
6. optional: Hand lens (e.g., pocket magnifier, jeweler's loop)

Grading: Grade Distribution:
Attendance: 33%            A    = 90-100%
Handouts*: 33% B+ =   87-89%
Quizzes**: 33% B    =   80-86%
C+ =   77-79%
C    =   70-76%
D+ =   67-69%
D    =   60-66%
F    =   0-59%%

* Completed handouts will be graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory; unsatisfactory reports may be revised and re-submitted once.
** Quizzes will be given weekly starting the third week

Make-up examinations: No make-up examinations will be given.

College of Arts and Sciences Policy on Incompletes:  In order to obtain an incomplete grade the majority of the work in the course must be completed; this means that for this course 7 of the 10 quizzes must have been taken. In order to obtain an incomplete, an Assignment of Incomplete Grade Form must be filled out with the instructor prior to the end of the semester. Work to complete the grade must be done within 30 days of the end of the semester otherwise a grade computed from completed work will be submitted.


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	1.	text: Walker, WF and DG Homberger, Vertebrate Dissection, 8th ed.
	2.	lab clothes (lab coats or scrubs available in book store or any old shirt; sharks are greasy!)
	3.	dissection tools (kits available in bookstore; 1 set per working pair)
	4.	disposable gloves, as tight-fitting as comfortable (available in bookstore)
	5.	optional: lab notebook and color pencils
	6.	optional: Hand lens (e.g., pocket magnifier, jeweler's loop)

Grading:			Grade Distribution:
	Attendance:	33%		A = 90-100%
	Handouts*:	33%		B+ = 87-89%
	Quizzes**:	33%		B = 80-86%
				C+ = 77-79%
				C = 70-76%
				D+ = 67-69%
				D = 60-66%
				F = 0-59%%

*	Completed handouts will be graded Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory; unsatisfactory reports may be revised and re-submitted once.
**	Quizzes will be given weekly starting the third week


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