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Arrange plant specimens into the correct phyla
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BIOL 2004
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Compare reproductive structures, dominance, spore type, and vascular tissue between plant phyla (including ovary position and raceme type)
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the components of photosynthesis and the main steps and products of each component
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multiple courses
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Describe the four major plant groups
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the most basic similarities and differences between Bacteria, Archaea and Eukaryotes, and the evolutionary relationships between ‘protists’ and animals, plants and fungi.
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BIOL 1010
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Describe the production of Golden Rice and evaluate its usefulness
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BIOL 3036
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Explain relationships between pattern and process at the landscape level.
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BIOL 3066
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Explain the key features of the major plant lineages (Non-vascular land plants, seedless vascular plants, gymnosperms, angiosperms, monocotyledons, eudicotiyledons)
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BIOL 2004
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Identify key ecological and coastal issues in Nova Scotia
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BIOL 3623
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Interpret different spatial patterns of plants.
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BIOL 3066
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Know the characteristics of the major experimental model organisms
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BIOL 3050
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Know the life cycles of major plant groups
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BIOL 1011
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Learn about current research on plant programmed cell death and their global applications
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BIOL 4220
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Observe diversity of form, as well as key shared structures, across a range of cell and organism types.
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BIOL 1010
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Outline the different ways of making transgenic plants
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BIOL 3036
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Understand how land plants grow in length and diameter
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BIOL 1011
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Understand how land plants transport fluids within the body
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BIOL 1011
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Understand how plant hormones allow plants to respond to environmental cues
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BIOL 1011
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Understand plant sexual reproduction and how it differs among the major groups
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BIOL 1011
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Understand the features that allowed transition from aquatic to terrestrial environments
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BIOL 1011
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Understand the importance of scale and microhabitat in plant ecology
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BIOL 3066
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Calculate different types of plant diversity.
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BIOL 3066
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Carry out simple experiments using selected model species
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BIOL 3050
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Compare different views and theories of plant communities and mechanisms of succession.
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BIOL 3066
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Contrast generational dominance, spore type, dependence on water, independence from water, and reproduction between the four major plant lineages.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe different examples of programmed cell death in plant development
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BIOL 4220
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Describe in detail the process of photosynthesis and its various forms (C3, C4 and CAM) in different plant species
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BIOL 4220
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Describe plant growth forms and other vegetation characteristics for different terrestrial biomes.
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BIOL 3066
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Describe the Archaea: Shared features with Eukaryotes; Thermophily and Methanogenesis.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the cell signalling pathways involved in plant programmed cell death
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BIOL 4220
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Describe the history of exploitation in terrestrial, marine and freshwater living resources (i.e. mammals, birds, reptiles, fishes, invertebrates and plants)
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BIOL 3063
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Describe the major plant cell, tissue and organ types
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BIOL 1011
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Identify factors that affect primary production.
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BIOL 3066
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Obtain in-depth knowledge of advanced microscopic techniques such as confocal microscope and its uses in plant cell biology
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BIOL 4220
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Prepare slides for use with a compound microscope (wet mounts, Gram stains, bacterial spore stains, and fungal hyphae culture slides)
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BIOL 2004
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Understand the biology, ecology, assemblages and distributions of both plants and animals in coastal ecosystems (rocky shores, sandy shores, salt marshes, dunes, mudflats)
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BIOL 3623
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Understand the similarities and differences of the biology, ecology, assemblages and distributions of both plant and animal species of pristine versus human-impacted coastal zones (rocky shores, sandy shores, salt marshes, dunes, mudflats)
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BIOL 3623
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Work effectively and efficiently in groups and independently while on field trips and in the laboratory.
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BIOL 3623
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Compare life history strategies of annual, biennial and perennial plants.
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BIOL 3066
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Contrast plant life cycles between phyla (Hepatophyta, Anthocerophyta, Bryophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Pteriodophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkogophyta, Coniferophyta, Genetophyta, Anthophyta)
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BIOL 2004
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Contrast the benefits and challenges of moving onto land
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BIOL 2004
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Contrast the tissue arrangement of roots and stems between monocots and dicots
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BIOL 2004
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Demonstrate an understanding of the principal mechanisms that regulate leaf, flower and root development
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BIOL 3050
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Demonstrate an understanding of the process of pollination and fertilization
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BIOL 3050
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Describe the different types of pollinators, seed dispersal methods, inflorences, and flowers.
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the importance and diversity of vascular plants and success of terrestrial plant life
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the mechanisms through which plants interact amongst themselves.
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BIOL 3066
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Describe the primary plant body (Root, Shoots and flowers)
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BIOL 2004
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Describe the structure and dynamics of plant specific organelles such as vacuole, chloroplasts, cell wall
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BIOL 4220
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Describe the structure of apical meristems and their role in development
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BIOL 3050
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Differentiate between the different classifications of fruits
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BIOL 2004
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Differentiate between the different germination types
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BIOL 2004
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Explain the environmental factors which limit bryophyte and seedless vascular plant distribution
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BIOL 2004
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Explain the significance of hormones in plant development and describe the role of each of the five major hormones in development
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BIOL 3050
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Identify effects of and defense strategies for seed predation, grazing and parasitism.
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BIOL 3066
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Outline the differences and similarities between plant and animal development and demonstrate an understanding for the basis for these differences
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BIOL 3050
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Provide examples of plant adaptations to different conditions, including shade, drought, wind, and cold.
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BIOL 3066
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Relate evolutionary adaptations to plant development and reproduction
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BIOL 2004
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Understand the importance of below-ground processes for plants including obtaining nutrients, mycorrhizae and decomposition.
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BIOL 3066
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Complete a plant ecology study: develop objectives, plan the sampling design, collect data, communicate the results and write a report.
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BIOL 3066
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Describe differences between plant and animal populations including modular growth.
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BIOL 3066
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Develop and use different methods and analyses for sampling plant communities.
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BIOL 3066
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Evaluate and monitor agroforestry systems and multipurpose trees in a field setting.
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BIOL 3634
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Outline the nitrogen biogeochemical cycle.
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BIOL 3066
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Read and interpret scientific papers presenting studies or theory in plant ecology.
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BIOL 3066
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Relate environmental conservation to agroforestry systems.
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BIOL 3634
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