Horticulture - BIOL 3202                                    COURSE SYLLABUS                                             Fall 2007

   Date           Lecture Topic                                                                               Assignments

 Aug.            21                                                                 Introduction           

  23              Classification & names                                  

  28              Structure & Function                                    

  30              Flowers & Pollination                                   

Sept  4               Growth & Development                                

             6               Environmental Factors - soil & water                                           �Seed Catalog Assignment due Sept 8

  11              Env. Factors - temperature                                                         

  13              Env. Factors - light                                                                      ‚Essay Assignment #1  Due (Sept. 13)

  18              Landscaping  -  Introduction                         

  20              TEST ONE  (thru Sept. 15 lec.)                                                

  25              Landscaping    Start Landscape project                         Essay 1 returned to you

            27              Landscaping                                                                          

Oct    2        Landscaping                                                                                Essay re-write due back to me

   4               Landscaping                                                                               

   9               No Class                                                                                     

  11              Weeds                                                                                        ÐEssay  #2   Due (Oct. 13)

  16              Weeds                                                                                        Essay returned to you

  18              Greenhouses                                                                               

  23              TEST TWO                                                

  25              Foliage House Plants                                    

  30              Flowering House Plants                                                               Essay re-write due back to me

Nov    1      Epiphytes - orchids   

   6               Bromeliads                                                                                 

   8               Ferns                                                                                          

  13              Cacti & Succulents                                                                      „Landscape projects & essay #3  due (Nov 15)

  15              Cacti & Succulents                                                                     

  20              Poisonous Plants                                                                         

  22               Thanksgiving - no class                                                              

  27              Pests & Diseases                                                                         Succulents project due (Nov. 29

  29              American Botanical Gardens                                                       

Dec             4 last                                                            Famous Men & Women of Horticulture                    

  13               FINAL EXAM   12-3 p.m.  (comprehensive, 70% on last third of course)