Instructor: Dr. Rosalind (Roz) Herlands
Office: C-107 (x4402) or NAMS Office, F-215 (x4546)
e-mail: rherlands@stockton.edu
Home phone: 965-3611 [PLEASE do not call between midnight and 7 am]
Office Hours: M 1-2; W 2:15-3:15; and F 9-9:45

The course meets MWF at 9:55-11:10 for lecture and T 8:30-11:15 for lab
in F-005.

Pre-requisites: BIOL 1100 and BIOL 1200 or one year of College general biology and CHEM 2110 and CHEM 2120 or their equivalents; Genetics is recommended

Textbooks: Human Embryology and Developmental Biology, 2nd ed. by Carlson
                  Laboratory Studies of Vertebrate and Invertebrate Embryos, 8th ed. by Schoenwolf

Exams: There will be three in-class exams given on the dates shown on the attached course syllabus. There will also be some announced quizzes. I do NOT give make-up exams except for dire emergencies: I need to know before the exam starts that you cannot make it. Make-up exams, if I give them, are always oral exams. No make-ups on quizzes.

Laboratory: You are required to attend the weekly lab sessions because they are an integral part of this course. The exercises illustrate quite vividly the concepts and processes that we discuss in lectures. They cover both the common developmental events in all vertebrates embryos and a
comparison of organ formation in a variety of different vertebrate classes.  We will study development in living embryos and in prepared slides of vertebrate embryos. Assignments will include 2-3 lab reports based on experimental data on living embryos, two serial reconstructions, and two practicals based on your study of prepared slides. Your lab grade will be 25% of your course grade.

Library: Our Library collection has a number of excellent books, some very Resourses current and some classics, on animal development. I have put some of the most useful ones on reserve so that you may have easy access to them. The Library gets several research journals that cover work done in embryology; these include: Developmental Biology, J Experimental Zoology, Cell, and Bioessays.

A detailed course syllabus is attached.