Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

3 Tentative Course Outline : Dates Topic Lab Lectures Jan 9 – 10 Introduction, Macroevolution No lab this week 1,2 Jan 14 – 18 Descent with Modification Phylogeny Simulation 3,4,5 Jan 21 – 24 *no class Jan 21 st – MLK Day Populations and evolution Hardy-Weinberg Law 6,7 Jan 28 – Feb 1 Speciation Island Biogeography and Evolution 8,9,10 Exam 1: Friday; February 1 st During Lecture Feb 4 – Feb 8 Classification System, Bacteria, Archaea Classification and Binomial System of Nomenclature 11,12,13 Feb 11 – 15 Bacteria & Archaea cont’d, Protists Bacteria & Protista Diversity 14,15,16 Feb 18 – 22 *no class Feb 18 th – Presidents’ Day Fungi, Plant Structure & Function (LVP’s) Fungi & Plant Diversity 17,18 Exam 2: Friday; February 22 nd During Lecture Feb 25 – March 1 Plant Structure & Function (HVP’s), start Invertebrate Animal Diversity *Mid Term Lab Exam* 19,20,21 March 4 – 8 Student Presentations Student Presentations 22,23,24 March 11 – 15 *no class this week – spring break No class No lab - March 18 – 22 Invertebrate Animal Diversity continued Invertebrate Animal Diversity 25,26,27 Exam 3: Friday; March 22 nd During Lecture March 25 – 29 Vertebrates Vertebrate Animal Diversity 28,29,30 April 1 – 5 Organs and Organ Systems Fetal Pig Dissection 31,32,33 April 8 – 12 Population ecology Population sampling 34,35,36 April 15 – 19 Community ecology Community sampling 37,38,39 Exam 4: Friday, April 19 th During Lecture April 22 – 26 Ecosystems Pheasant habitat model, climate change and future consideration 40,41,42 April 29 – May 3 Conserving/Restoration ecology *Lab Final* 43,44,45 May 6 – May 10 *Finals Week Cumulative Final Exam: Wednesday, May 8 th 3PM-5PM