Biology 1441 - Tentative Lecture Schedule
Fall 2012
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Date |
Topic
(s) |
Reading
Assignment* |
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Aug 23 |
Introduction to Course Web Page/ Biological Levels
of Organization (The "vertical" dimension) |
Ch 1: p 1-11 |
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Aug 28 |
Microscopy and Introduction to Pond Life |
Ch 6: p 94-97; Ch 52: p 1157-1159 |
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Aug 30 |
Introduction to Evolution and Diversity (The
"horizontal" dimension) |
Ch 1: p 11-18; Ch 26: p 536-539 |
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Sept 4 |
The Darwinian View of Life |
Ch 1: p 14-16; Ch 22: 452-467 |
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Sept 6 |
Evolution of Populations |
Ch 23: p 469-485 |
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Sept 11 |
Origin of Species |
Ch 24: p 88-489; 492-498 |
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Sept 13 |
Origin of Species (cont.) |
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Sept 18 |
Phylogeny and Cladistics; The Origin
of Life |
Ch 25: p 507-510; Ch 26: 540-548 |
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Sept 20 |
Exam 1 |
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Sept 25 |
Origin of Life (cont); Prokaryotes |
Ch 27: p 556; 564-564 |
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Sept 27 |
Origins of Eukaryotic Diversity; Heterotrophy in
Representative Protist and Invertebrate Phyla |
Ch 25: p 514-518; Ch 28: p 580; 584-585; Ch 32:
654-656; 658-661; Ch 33: p 671-672; 674-676 |
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Oct 2 |
Heterotrophy in Representative Protist and Invertebrate
Phyla |
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Oct 4 |
Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates |
Ch 34: p 697-701; 710-714; 717-723 |
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Oct 9 |
Animal Structure and Function |
Ch 40: p 852-855; 860-872; Ch 42: 897-902; 915-922 Ch 46: p 996-1000 |
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Oct 11 |
Animal Structure and Function |
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Oct 16 |
Animal Structure and Function |
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Oct 18 |
Exam 2 |
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Oct 23 |
How Plants Colonized Land |
Ch 29: p 600-615; Ch 30: p 618-634 |
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Oct 30 |
How Plants Colonized Land |
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Nov 1 |
Representative Plant Groups |
Ch 29; 30 |
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Nov 6 |
Plant Responses to Environment |
Ch 35: p 738-742; 746-748; Ch 39: p 835-841; 845-847 |
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Nov 8 |
Plant Responses to Environment |
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Nov 13 |
Introduction to Ecology |
Ch 52 |
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Nov 15 |
Population Ecology |
Ch 53 |
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Nov 20 |
Community Ecology |
Ch 54 |
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Nov 27 |
Exam 3 |
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Nov 29 |
Ecosystems |
Ch 55 |
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Dec 4 |
Human Impact on the Biosphere/Biodiversity |
Ch 56 |
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Dec 6 |
Final Exam Review |
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Final Exam |
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*Note that some reading assignments consist of an entire
chapter of the textbook and for other topics, selected reading of a few pages.
In addition to this assigned reading, use your book as a resource to find
answers to questions anywhere in the text they may be found.