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Tentative Course Outline:
BIOLOGY 151 TENTATIVE SYLLABUS
SPRING 2017
DATE
TOPIC
READING ASSIGN.
Jan 11-13
Macroevolution
Chapter 25
Lab: no labs this week
Jan 16-20
January 16, Martin Luther King Day
Descent with Modification
22
Lab
:
Phylogeny Simulation
Jan 23-27
Populations and evolution
23
Lab
:
Hardy-Weinberg Law
Jan 30-Feb-3 Speciation
24
First Hour Exam, Friday February 3
Lab: Island Biogeography and Evolution
Feb 6-10
Classification System, Bacteria, Archaea
26,27
Lab: Classification and Binomial System of Nomenclature
Feb 13-17
Bacteria & Archaea cont’d, Protists
27,28
Lab: Bacteria & Protista Diversity
Feb 20-24
February 20, President’s Day
Fungi, Plant Structure & Function (LVP’s)
31,29
Lab: Fungi & Plant Diversity
Feb 27-Mar 3 Plant Structure & Function (HVP’s)
30,35
Second Hour Exam, Friday March 3
Lab: Lab Midterm
Mar 6-10
Animal Diversity & Invertebrates
32,33
Lab: Invertebrate Classification & Diversity
Spring Break March 13-17
Mar 20-24
Vertebrates
34
Lab: Vertebrate Classification & Diversity
Mar 27-31
Organs and Organ Systems
42,43,45
Lab: Mammalian Anatomy
Apr 3-7
Organs and Organ Systems
46,48,49
Third Hour Exam Friday April 7
Lab: Mammalian Anatomy
Apr 10-14
Population ecology
53
Lab: Population Sampling
Friday April 14-Easter Break
Apr 17-21
Monday April 17-Easter Break
Community Ecology
54
Lab: Community Sampling