Professor: Dr. Julia K. Wade

Science Building 3^rd Floor

Phone: (423) 461-8908

Office hours posted on office door or by appointment

Textbooks and Equipment:

Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution. 2002. 3^rd ed. K. V. Kardong, McGraw-Hill Publ., Boston, MA.

Atlas and Dissection Guide for Comparative Anatomy. 1993. S. Wishchnitzer, W. H. Freeman & Co. 284 pp.

Dissection Kit

Description: A comparative study of the embryologic and phylogenetic development of the principal anatomical systems of vertebrates.

Course Objectives: To learn how various anatomical systems evolved by studying the development of those systems in selected classes of vertebrates.

Exams and Grades: Your lecture grade will be based on 350 points derived from three exams. The first two exams will be given during the course and will count 100 points each. The final exam will be comprehensive, will count 150 points, and will emphasize the last portion of the material covered.

Your laboratory grade also will consist of 350 points derived from three exams. The first two exams will be given during the course and will count 100 points each. The final exam will be comprehensive, will count 150 points, and will emphasize the last third of the material covered.

Therefore, your total course points = 700 (lecture points = 350 + lab points = 350). Final course grades will be determined as a percentage of the total course points and will be based on the following scale:

Policy Statements:

1. Attendance: Attendance is not mandatory in lecture although it is strongly encouraged because exam questions are taken from each lecture. If a student misses a lecture, that student is expected to obtain lecture notes from another student in the class and to make up any material covered in his or her absence.

Attendance in laboratories is absolutely mandatory! Students work in pairs in the laboratory, and an absence imposes a hardship on the partner that does attend regularly. Lab attendance is taken and will be a factor in determining borderline final course grades.

2. Make-up Examinations: Attendance is absolutely mandatory on exam days. These days are announced weeks in advance, and few excuses are acceptable. If a student should miss a lecture exam, he or she must notify the professor immediately, and a make-up exam must be taken prior to the next scheduled class meeting. For laboratory practicals, no excuse is acceptable, and attendance is required!