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In particular, check the "Lecture Syllabus" before each lecture to print off the notes and bring them to lecture. These pages are updated regularly, so do this the day before the lecture. To save paper, you will want to set your printer / page setup to less than 50%.
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Integrative Biology 335 (formerly Plant Biology 260 and Integrative Biology 260) introduces the principles and methods of identifying, naming, and classifying flowering plants. It includes a survey of selected flowering plant families and provides information on their interrelationships. The course meets three times a week for lecture and once a week for a two-hour lab.
Integrative Biology 102; or Integrative Biology 103; or Integrative Biology 100 or 101; or Integrative Biology 150; or consent of the instructor(s).
9:00-9:50 AM; Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
The lecture is in Room 243 Mechanical Engineering Building
Tuesday 1:00-2:50 PM (Section AB2);
Tuesday 3:00-4:50 PM (Section AB3).
All labs meet in Room 323 Natural History Building
Dr. Kenneth R. Robertson
393 Natural Resources Building,
phone 244-2171 (voice mail available for leaving phone messages)
krrobert@uiuc.edu
Dr. Robertson will be pleased to discuss any questions you have during the semester. See him after class or email him to arrange a meeting time. Interacting via email is his preferred mode of communication. Do not hesitate to contact him if the need arises, or if you just want to chat!
Clark Danderson, 239 Morrill Hall, 333-1275
The coursepack "Systematics of Plants, Class Notes & Laboratory Exercises" for IB 335 can be purchased at TIS Bookstore. REQUIRED. Bring this coursepcak with you to both lecture and lab.
There is a web page for this course at (http://www.life.uiuc.edu/ib/335). Look through the various parts for more information about the course.
This courseware was developed specifically for Integrative Biology 335. You will become intimately familiar with this program, as we will use it regularly in both lecture and lab, and you will use it while studying for exams. Click here to access it.
Drawing pencils, drawing paper, and an eraser and a small ruler are required for the laboratory. Your own set of dissecting tools would help tremendously too (and are probably of better quality than ours).
It is assumed that you will attend every lecture and lab, and you are responsible for the material covered in them. Based on past experience, students will miss 5–10 points on exams for every lecture missed. To achieve an A grade, you must attend lecture regularly. If you know that you will be missing a lecture, see us ahead of time so that we can inform you what will be happening that day. It is nearly impossible to make up a lab. If you know that you will be missing a lab, see your lab instructor — it may be possible for you to attend another lab section that same day.
We will use the =+ / - (plus/minus) grading system. For information on grade assignment and dates of exams, click here.
Make up lecture and laboratory exams are generally NOT given except under exceptional circumstances, such as the death of an immediate family member, a serious illness, religious beliefs, and formal participation in officially sanctioned UIUC activities. If you have a conflict with any scheduled lecture or laboratory exam this semester (including the finals!), contact Prof. Robertson immediately. University policy gives you a week from the beginning of the semester to do this, See us or send us an email explaining your situation and we will get back in touch with you.
If you have special disability needs, please schedule an appointment with Dr. Robertson.
Do not copy from others! On the quizzes and assignments that you will receive this semester, we state explicitly that your final (written or drawn) responses must be an individual effort and anything to the contrary is a major infraction of academic integrity. Cheating and plagiarism will not be tolerated! The penalties are severe and may include expulsion from the university! At the very least you will get a failing grade for the course and a written notice in your university file. For more information, see the Code of Policies and Regulations Applying to All Students (http://www.admin.uiuc.edu/policy/code/article_1/a1_1-403.html).
And be aware that "Ignorance of [this] rule is never a defense."
To see what others have said about Integrative Biology 335, click here.
