Florida International University

Department of Biological Sciences

Biscayne Bay Campus

OCB2003 – Introduction to Marine Biology

UPDATED 11-20-09

Dr. Richard Brinn

Email:  brinnr@fiu.edu When sending email please include student name and panther ID in the subject.

 

Webpage :   www.fiu.edu/~brinnr

 

Lecture Notes: All lecture notes will be posted as PowerPoint presentations in CE 6.

 

Text: There is one text required for this course.

Marine Biology By Castro and Huber, 2008 – McGraw Hill – Seventh Edition.

 

Attendance:  Be prepared to participate in ALL the course as scheduled

 

Help: If you need additional assistance with the information presented in this course, seek the assistance of the professor. If the office hours on the Biscayne Bay Campus are inconvenient, other arrangements can be made.

 

Sexual Harassment Policy: The Faculty Senate voted to require each professor to include a statement about this in the syllabus. FIU’s sexual harassment policy is available online: http://www.fiu.edu/hr/eop/Forms/Policies/Sexual_harassment.pdf

 

Cheating or plagiarism will not be tolerated!!! : Students caught cheating during an examination or plagiarizing will be subject to the Academic Misconduct procedures and penalties

 

Exams: There will be 4 major exams and all are mandatory.

 

Emergency: This section covers situations that prevent you for attending the class. For this course, “Emergency” is determined as an unpreventable event that prevents attendance to class.

Emergency situations are:

1.Medical emergency with Medical Doctor’s note/emergency room.
2.Automobile accident with police report (lack of ride is NOT an emergency case).
3.Death of immediate family members.
Emergency also covers natural events such as hurricanes, floods, or fires that causes the closure of FIU-BBC

 

Grades

Exam 1, 2, 3 and 4
Other Activities (participation, article discussion)

 

Exam 1,2,3 and 4

75 %

Other Activities

25 %

 

Letter Grade

Range

Letter Grade

Range

Letter Grade

Range

   A

above 93

   B-

81 - 83

   D+

67 - 70

   A-

91 - 92

   C+

77 - 80

   D

64 - 66

   B+

87 - 90

   C

74 - 76

   D-

61 - 63

   B

84 - 86

   C-

71 - 73

   F

< 61

Schedule may be subject to change when deemed necessary.

 

Aug 24

Introduction and Syllabus

Oct 14

Exam 2

Aug 26

Principles of Marine Science

Oct 16

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Aug 28

Principles of Marine Science

Oct 19

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Aug 31

Principles of Marine Science

Oct 21

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Sept 2

Principles of Marine Science

Oct 23

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Sept 4

Principles of Marine Science

Oct 26

Article Discussion

Sept 7

Holiday No Classes

Oct 28

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Sept 9

Principles of Marine Science

Oct 30

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Sept 11

Principles of Marine Science

Nov 2

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Sept 14

No Classes

Nov 4

Structure and Function of Marine Ecosystems

Sept 16

No Classes

Nov 6

Exam 3

Sept 18

Principles of Marine Science

Nov 9

Humans and the sea

Sept 21

Exam 1

Nov 11

Holiday no classes

Sept 23

The Organisms of the Sea

Nov 13

Humans and the sea

Sept 25

The Organisms of the Sea

Nov 16

Humans and the sea

Sept 28

The Organisms of the Sea

Nov 18

Field Trip To BNUP no classes

Sept 30

The Organisms of the Sea

Nov 20

Humans and the sea

Oct 2

The Organisms of the Sea

Nov 23

Humans and the sea

Oct 5

Article Discussion

Nov 25

 No Classes

Oct 7

The Organisms of the Sea

Nov 27

Holiday No classes

Oct 9

The Organisms of the Sea

Nov 30

Review

Oct 12

Review

Dec 2

Exam 4