Download AGRN, GEN, and VETE 309 Spring 2012 Instructor: Dr. Ben Bruce

AGRN, GEN, and VETE 309
Spring 2012
Instructor: Dr. Ben Bruce, Autry Room 116A, 968-9216, [email protected]
Web Page Support: http://faculty.tarleton.edu/bruce/ or go to Animal Science and Wildlife Management
website, faculty/staff/Bruce/more information/website
Office Hours: By appointment
Lecture Time: Tuesday and Thursday 9:25 to 10:40 a.m., Autry 113
Lab: Tuesday 3:00-4:50 p.m., Science Bldg. 111
Cell phones: No cell phones in class. Put them up and out of site
Prerequisites: Bio 120 or 121
Suggested text: Concepts of Genetics by Klug, Cummings, Spencer, and Palladino
Course Goals and Objectives: Fundamental principles of genetics: variation, heredity, and interaction of
genes, linkage, sex linkage, and mutation. The new uses of DNA, genomics, gene splicing, etc. will also
be emphasized.
Grading (percentage/points):
A = 90 or higher average grade (≥ 630 points)
B = 80-89 (560 - 629)
C = 70-79 (490 - 559)
D = 60-69 (420 - 489)
F = 59 and lower (<420)
Grade Components:
Four exams @ 100 points each = 400 points. Exams may be missed only with a doctor's excuse or a
documented emergency, and final exam is not comprehensive.
Questions of the day: Each day five questions will be asked that appears in the lecture material. You
will start out with 120 points for the questions of the day, each day or questions missed removes 5
points from the 120 points.
Nine problem exercises at 20 points each = 180 points.
All these grading points total 700 points.
Attendance: Attendance is expected. Students who attend class regularly almost always do better.
GENETICS
AGRON 309
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Course Outline: (note: problems and lectures are subject to potential change depending on student
needs and interests, scheduling conflicts, etc.)
Block One: Exam 7 Feb 2012
Topics for block one include: mitosis, meiosis, and Mendelian genetics.
Block Two: Exam 1 Mar 2012
Topics for block two include: chromosome mapping, bacteria, sex determination, mutations, and DNA
structure.
Block Three: Exam 3 Apr 2012
Topics for block three include: genetic code, translation, and regulation of genes.
Block Four: Exam 10 May 2012
Topics for block four include: developmental genetics, cancer, recombinant DNA, genomics, and genetic
engineering.
Graded Labs (20 points each):
There will be nine graded, most mathematical in nature, covering Punnett squares, DNA ratios, Chi
square, binomials and other tools for geneticists.
Academic Honesty: Cheating, plagiarism (submitting another person’s materials or ideas as one’s own),
or doing work for another person who will receive academic credit are all-impermissible. This includes
the use of unauthorized books, notebooks, or other sources such as cell phones in order to secure of
give help during an examination, the unauthorized copying of examinations, assignments, reports, or
term papers, or the presentation of unacknowledged material as if it were the student’s own work.
Disciplinary action may be taken beyond the academic discipline administered by the faculty member
who teaches the course in which the cheating took place.
It is the policy of Tarleton State University to comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act and other
applicable laws. If you are a student with a disability seeking accommodations for this course, please
contact Trina Geye, Director of Student Disability Services, at 254.968.9400 or [email protected].
Student Disability Services is located in Math 201. More information can be found at
www.tarleton.edu/sds or in the University Catalog.