Newberry College
BIO 402: FIELD BIOLOGY
Course Website - Fall 2010

Lecture: TT 9:25-10:40  +  Lab: Wednesdays 1:00-3:50


  To left: A Gulf Fritillary caterpillar, commonly found on passion vine.  Photo by Charles Horn at Lynch's Woods
  Park, September 2010.


PROFESSOR CONTACT INFORMATION
Dr. Charles Horn

Office:  223 Science and Mathematics Building
Phone: 803-321-5257            FAX: 803-321-5636            E-mail: charles.horn@newberry.edu
Office Hours: MWF 9-10, 11-12; TT 8:15-9:15; by appointment

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BIO 402, Field Biology -  A study of field and laboratory techniques and taxonomic criteria used in studying groups of plants and animals.  Labs will include field work.  Three lecture and three laboratory hours per week.  Prerequisites: BIO 122 (Zoology) and BIO 201 (Botany) or permission of instructor.
Offered Fall Semester, even-numbered years.


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FALL 2010 INFORMATION:  Syllabus  |  Lecture Schedule  |  Lab Schedule 

FIELD TRIPS: Fall 2010 field sites

LECTURE NOTES & REVIEW
     Exam 1:  Taxonomy and Classification System  |  PP on flowers & inflorescences  (handout too)  |  PP on insect morphology (handout too)  |  Exam 1 review

     Exam 2:  Plant Families  |  Insect Orders and FamiliesExam 2 review

     Presentations:  Sample presentation (Rodents)   |  Schedule
     Final Exam:  Biogeography ... |  of South Carolina  |  and the Environment  |  of Islands  |  and Evolution  |  Final Exam Review  |  Final Exam is scheduled for Friday December 10, 8:00 am

This page last updated: 24 November 2010


Department of Biology and Chemistry
Newberry College, Newberry, South Carolina