TENTATIVE LECTURE AND DISCUSSION SCHEDULE

  
             
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  WEEK DATE TOPIC CHAPTERS DISCUSSION  
             
  1 20-Jan Scope and organization of course   1, Participation; article on  
1 22-Jan Introduction to Evolution 23 evolution
  2 27-Jan Development of Evolutionary Theory 22 2, Participation; article on  
2 29-Jan Evolution of Populations 23 microevolution
  3 3-Feb Speciation 24 3, Participation; Exam I  
3 5-Feb Origins of Life 26 review
  4 10-Feb

EXAM I

 4, Participation  
             
  4 12-Feb Phylogeny and Systematics 25 --  
  5 17-Feb Evolution and diversity of Prokaryotes 27 5, Participation; article on  
5 19-Feb Some aspects of early Eukaryotes: Protists 28 disease evolution
  6 24-Feb Evolutionary trends in plants 29,30 6, Participation; article  
  6 26-Feb An introduction to Fungi 31 on plant evolution  
  7 2-Mar Evolutionary trends in animals 32 7, Exam II review  
  7 4-Mar An introduction to invertebrates 33    
  8 9-Mar Vertebrate evolution and diversity 34 8, Participation  
             
  8 11-Mar EXAM II      
         
  9 Mar 16 & 18 SPRING BREAK  
             
  10 23-Mar The physical and biological environment 50 10, Participation; article on  
  10 25-Mar Life histories and dispersal 52 life histories  
  11 30-Mar Sex, sociality and behavior 51 11, Participation; article on  
  11 1-Apr Population growth and regulation 52 sexual selection  
  12 6-Apr Population demography 52 12, Exam III review  
  12 8-Apr Species interactions 53 --  
             
  13 13-Apr

EXAM III

   13, Participation  
             
  13 15-Apr Food webs 53 --  
  14 20-Apr Primary and secondary production 54 14, Participation; article on  
  14 22-Apr Nutrient cycling   food webs  
  15 27-Apr Adaptive radiation and mass extinctions   15, Exam IV review  
  15 29-Apr Spatial biodiversity patterns 53 --  
  16 4-May Biodiversity in crisis 55 16, No discussion  
             
  16 6-May

EXAM IV

      
             

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