General Botany Botany 130  Text: Raven: The Biology of Plants by Evert and Eichhorn 8th edition Lab Manual: Laboratory Topics for General Botany. Available through the Social Sciences copy shop. return to directory

Introduction: General Botany (Botany 130) is a 5-credit hour lab-science course. Lectures meet at 8:50 MWF and are team taught by a pair of professors. The labs meet twice a week and each lab is 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. Another course page focusing on the lecture is available at Learn @UW.

Organization: The site consists of three parts accessable from the directory.

I. General Course Information - this page.

II. Link to Lecture Information at Learn@UW site for current lecture news/information.

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 lab topics in "pdf" (Adobe Acrobat) format which may be down-loaded and printed.

Questions about this site should be addressed to Denise Ratterman: Rm. 120 Birge Hall, email: dratterman@wisc.edu).

 

Our Teaching Staff: Eight people are dedicated to teaching General Botany - Two professors, the lab coordinator, and four teaching assistants. You may contact any of these people below via email.

Ken Cameron - Professor   Office: 154 Birge Hall   Office hours:   Office phone: 262 5833   email: kmcameron@wisc.edu
Edgar Spalding - Professor   Office: B135 Birge Hall   Office hours:   Phone: 265-9237   email: spalding@wisc.edu

 

Denise Ratterman - Lab Coordinator Open Lab: Room 122 Friday from 10:00 - 12:00 Office: Room 120 Birge Hall Office phone: 262 2333

Our Teaching Assistants

Ximing (Ming) Che Sections: 304 & 306 Office: B140 Office Hours: Mon 12:20-1:20 pm Thur 2:10-3:10 pm email: xche7@wisc.edu
James McDaniel Section: 309 & 310 Office: 156 Birge Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12-1 pm email: jlmcdaniel@wisc.edu
Michael Peyton Sections:303 &307 Office: 334 Birge Office Hours: Tuesday 12-1 pm, Fri 10-11 am email: mspeyton@wisc.edu
Shenyi (Shane) Wang Sections: 302 & 305 Office: 224 Birge Hall Office Hours: MW 12-1 pm email: swang495@wisc.edu
Grant Morton Sections: 301 & 308 Office: 224 Birge Hall Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 1:30-2:30 pm email: wmorton@wisc.edu

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