BIO 422/522 WATER POLLUTION BIOLOGY : Section 01
Spring Semester 2005

CATALOG: BIO 422/522. Water Pollution Biology; Credit: 4 cr. Hrs. Causes, effects and treatment of water-borne pollutants; chemistry and biology of water pollution; water microbiology and evaluation techniques; ecotoxicology methods; laboratory methods in water pollution monitoring and control. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 4 hours. Prerequisites: BIO 301; Offered: Irregular.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Samuel P. Faulkner, Professor of Biology and Curator, DSU Herbarium

INSTRUCTOR OFFICE: CAYLOR 228

OFFICE HOURS: Tuesday & Thursday from 8:00-9:30AM; Wednesday from 9:00AM-12noon, 1:00-5:00PM, and 10:00-11:00PM. 

In order to see me during office hours, please schedule a time at least one day in advance. A sign up sheet will be posted on my office door.

TELEPHONE: 846-4251
EMAIL:
marshdoc@aol.com
Link to my University Webpage

Note: If you use Dr. Faulkner’s university e-mail, you probably won’t get a reply. It works sporadically, & I don’t check it often.
Use my personal email address (above) instead.

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TOPICS:  This is primarily an introductory course designed to teach you basic concepts in water pollution science (see schedule for details).  Two classes each week, usually Tuesdays and Thursdays, will be spent in lecture in the lab in Ca 227.  The other class period, usually Thursday afternoons, will include labs in Ca 227.
 

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES:   This course introduces the biology major to the concepts of the basic concepts of water pollution and the various effects on the biota.

CLASS LOCATIONS: Tuesdays & Thursdays in Ca 227, 10:50AM-12:05PM; Tuesdays in Ca 227, 1:40-4:20PM


REQUIRED TEXTS: 
This is Absolutely Required! Don't NOT buy it. INTRODUCTION TO WATER POLLUTION BIOLOGY By Richard J. Schmitz, 1995. GULF PROFESSIONAL PUBLISHING, ISBN: 0-88415-927-2, 320 pages

Internet links:
 
Water Environment Federation

USEPA, Nonpoint Pollution

USEPA Water

USGS Water Resources

Water Pollution and Society

Groundwater Foundation

ADDITIONAL MATERIAL: 
1 - A composition bound-type notebook dedicated to this class.


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