General Botany
Botany 130
Text: The Biology of Plants by Raven, Evert and Eichhorn 7th edition
Lab Manual: Laboratory Topics for General Botany. Available through the Social Sciences copy shop.
Introduction: General Botany (Botany 130) is a 5-credit hour lab-science course. It is taught both in the spring and the fall semesters. The lectures meet at 8:50 MWF and are team taught by a pair of professors. The labs meet twice a week and each lab are two hours. The discussion section is linked to the lab section and meets once a week for one hour. This site is here to give you some idea about the course, its content, and organization.
Organization: The site consists of three parts accessable from the directory.
I. General Course Information - this page.
II. Lecture Information: this includes the lecture schedule and exam schedule.
III. Laboratory Information: this includes the lab schedule from last semester, and a comprehensive pictoral review for each topic covered. It will also includes the actual topics in "pdf" (Adobe Acrobat) format which may be down-loaded and printed from last semester.
Questions about this site should be addressed to Mike Clayton: Rm. 120 Birge Hall, email: clayton@wisc.edu).
Our Teaching Staff: Nine people are dedicated to teaching General Botany - Two professors, the lab coordinator, and six teaching assistants. You may contact any of these people below via email by clicking on their names.
Instructors
Hiroshi Meada
Office: B217 Birge Hall
Office hours: Wed. 9:45 - 11:00 and Fri. 9:45 - 11:00
Office phone: 262 5833
Eve Emshwiller
Office: Room 321 Birge Hall
Office hours: Friday
Office phone: 890 1170
email: emshwiller At wisc.edu
Michael Clayton
Lab Coordinator
Open Lab: Room 122 Friday from 10:00 - 1:00
Room 120 Birge Hall
Office phone: 262 2333
Our Teaching AssistantsSoo Hyun Kim
Sections 308 & 309
Office: Room 349 Birge Hall
Office Hours: Monday 12:00 - 2:00
email: skim448@wisc.edu
Katie Van Gheem
Section 302
Office Hour:
Fridays 9:45 - 10:45 in Room 118 Birge Hall
email: kvangheem@wisc.edu
Brian Walsh
Sections 304, 310
Office: Room 319 Birge Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:00 - 12:00
email: bmwalsh@wisc.edu
Peter Tomasson
Sections 306, 307
Office:
Office Hours:
email: pthomasson@wisc.edu
Sam Schultz
Office:
Sections 301, 311
Office Hours:
email: sjschul2@wisc.edu
Rafael Arevalo
Office:
Sections 303, 305
Office Hours:
email: arevaloburba@wisc.edu