Download Botany 101 Course Outline

Botany 101 Course Outline
I.
Introduction to Plants
A. Intro to plant biology and history
B. Scientific investigation and the Scientific Method
C. Basic plant structures and organs
D. Plant identification
II.
Plant Cells and Tissues
A. Basic chemical principles
B. Chemical composition of plants
C. Cellular organelles and membranes
D. Cell types and plant tissues
III.
Anatomy and Physiology of Plant Structures
A. Stems
B. Roots
C. Leaves
IV.
Metabolism and Water
A. Respiration
1. Aerobic Pathway
2. Anaerobic and fermentation pathways
B. Photosynthesis
1. Light and Dark reactions
2. C3 plants, C4 plants, and CAM plants
C. Metabolic pathways and assimilation
D. Transpiration
V.
Plant Reproduction
A. Plant Life Cycle: Alternation of Generations
B. Cellular mitosis
C. Cellular meiosis and plant sexual reproduction
D. Germination
E. Vegetative propagation
VI.
Plant Growth
A. Plant primary growth and development
B. Plant secondary growth
C. Plant hormones
D. Effects of climate, soil and elements
VII.
Plant kingdom survey
A. Atypical plants and other kingdoms
1. Monera (photosynthetic bacteria)
2. Protista (algae)
3. Fungi and lichens
4. Bryophytes
5. Ferns
B. Gymnosperms
C. Angiosperms
VIII.
Genetics
A. Classical genetics
B. Monohybrid and dihybrid crosses
C. Plant evolution and hybridization
And if we have time
IX.
Ecology of Plants
A. Plants and the biosphere
B. Plants and man
1. Pollution and acid rain
2. Farming and plant propagation by man