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Marine Discovery, ECOL 450
(http://marinediscovery.arizona.edu)
Syllabus Spring 2004
Professor: Dr. Katrina
Mangin
Office: Biological Sciences
East, room 107
Email: mangin@u.arizona.edu
Phone: 626-5076
Office hours: Monday
2:00 - 3:30
Graduate Teaching Assistant/
Instructor: Rebecca Prescott
Office: BSE room 6
Email: rprescot@u.arizona.edu
Phone: 621-7288
Office hours: Wednesday
10-11, Thursday 10-11 or by appointment.
Workshop Coordinator:
Doug Moon
Email: moondm@aol.com
Phone: 850-0304 (cell),
621-9899 (CBS 511)
Textbooks: (1) Marine
Biology: An ecological approach, by James W. Nybakken. 5th
edition.
(2) The Living
Ocean: Understanding and Protecting Marine Biodiversity by
Boyce Thorne-Miller.
2nd edition.
(3) Classnotes:
Workshop handbook
Class meetings: MW 3:30
- 4:45 PM Koffler (CBS) 511
Workshops: Tuesday
through Friday, 9-12, in Koffler (CBS) 511
General Expectations: Marine
Discovery is both an upper division ecology course and an outreach
course. You are required to teach 3rd to 8th
grade students about the marine environment during workshops,
along with furthering you knowledge and understanding of marine
ecosystems. Everyone must have an email account and check it for
notices on workshop changes or other class announcements. Please
use a spell-checker and keep an electronic copy (computer file)
of your assignments for your own records. Come to workshops and
lectures when scheduled and on time. Act professionally in front
of the school students and teachers as representatives of the
UA.
Lab practical/workshop exam:
You will be given specimens to identify and written questions
covering material from the Workshop Handbook and the readings
from your textbook and handouts up to the practical.
Exams: There is one essay
exam and one multiple choice/short answer test during the semester.
This is a writing emphasis course
and you are expected to be able to write well on exams.
Field research project and
4-day, weekend field trip to Rocky Point, Mexico: There is
one required field trip for the course. During that field
trip you will be required to collect data in a group, turn in
a written report later in the semester, and give a presentation.
The field trip is February 5th to February 8th,
Thursday 1:00 pm Sunday 6 pm (see Rebecca for a Deans
excuse if needed).
Group presentation: Required
presentation on your field trip project (you will present as a
group). This 20-minute presentation will be towards the end of
the semester.
In-class quizzes and exercises:
There will be 4 in-class quizzes worth 10 pts each. There may
also be pop quizzes throughout the semester. Some classes will
require that you hand in a completed assignment the next week.
These assignments will be given throughout the semester.
Workshops: Each student
is responsible for one workshop per week. If you miss a workshop
without informing the workshop coordinator for that day with a
reasonable excuse before the workshop, you will lose 35
pts.
Assignments and point breakdown
|
Assignment
|
Points
|
Percentage of grade
|
|
Workshops
12 workshops @ 25 pts each
|
300
|
32%
|
|
Workshop exam
|
100
|
11%
|
|
Exam I
|
100
|
11%
|
|
Exam II
|
100
|
11%
|
|
Field trip
- field trip (50 pts)
- research paper (100 pts)
- presentation (100 pts)
|
250
|
26%
|
|
Quizzes, exercises, discussions
|
100
|
11%
|
|
TOTAL
|
950
|
100%
|
OPTIONAL FINAL (Can replace workshop exam,
paper, exam I or Exam II)