You are encouraged to familiarize yourselves thoroughly with all policies listed in the Student Handbook, including but not limited to:

Harassment: Sexual harassment of any faculty member, staff member, or student, by any faculty member, staff member, or student, is a violation of both law and university policy and will not be tolerated at the University of Central Arkansas. Sexual harassment of employees is prohibited under Section 703 of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Sexual harassment of students may constitute discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

As far as I, the professor, am concerned, non-sexual harassment based on race, religion, ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, social class, or age also falls into this category, and I will treat it in an equivalent fashion.

The University's official definitions of sexual harassment, and the steps that one should take in the event of harassment, are available on-line at http://www.uca.edu/divisions/admin/board/policies/511.html. Any incidents should be reported to the professor in charge of the class, to the department head or academic dean, or directly to the University's General Counsel (Tom Courtway: tcourtway@uca.edu; 207 Wingo; 450-3170) or the Affirmative Action officer (Jack Gillean: jgillean@uca.edu; 332 Torreyson; 450-3170).

Disabled students: The University of Central Arkansas adheres to the requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need an accommodation under this Act due to a disability, contact the UCA Disability Support Services office in suite 212 of the Student Health Center, by phone at 450-3613, by FAX at 450-5664, on the Web at http://www.uca.edu/divisions/student/disability/ , or by e-mail to the director, Crystal Hill, at crystalh@uca.edu.

Statement on academic misconduct: The University defines academic misconduct as follows:

1. In connection with the taking of, or in contemplation of the taking of any examination, any student who (a) knowingly discovers or attempts to discover the contents of an examination before the contents are revealed by the instructor; (b) obtains, uses, attempts to obtain or use any material or device dishonestly; or (c) supplies or attempts to supply to any other person any material or device dishonestly; or (d) during the course of an examination obtains or attempts to obtain unauthorized information from another student or from another studentŐs test materials.
2. Any misrepresentation of academic work by a student as the product of their own study and efforts.
3. The unauthorized possession, taking, or copying of solutions manuals or computerized solutions for homework or research problems assigned by a professor and/or instructor.

Inclement Weather Policy: If the weather is bad on a scheduled class day, check the UCA main website (http://www.uca.edu/), KUCA (91.3 FM) radio, or local TV for announcements (KARK is very good about announcing school closures; also try http://www.kark.com/). If the campus is officially closed, classes will of course be canceled. If the campus isn't closed, then classes will be held as normal, but use your own judgment in deciding whether to attend. Some students have to commute a long way and may not be able to reach campus safely. I expect everyone to make a reasonable effort to show up -- but don't risk your life, health, or property to get here! Severe weather counts as an excusable reason for absence; assignments that you miss due to bad weather may be prorated, postponed, or canceled at the instructor's discretion (see below).

Scholarships: Students who are on academic scholarships should be aware that most schoolarships require full-time enrollment (at least 12 hours). Some individual scholarships require that students complete a total of 15 hours each semester in order for the scholarship to be renewed. If you are on scholarship, please keep your scholarship requirements in mind when setting or making changes to your schedule. Most scholarships also require that you maintain a set grade point average. For more specific information, see http://www.uca.edu/divisions/academic/undergradstudies/scholarships/, or contact the Division of Undergraduate Studies at (501) 450-3125.

Labs: Yes, we do labs in this course! Handouts for each lab will be provided to you, together with instructions for completing the accompanying lab write-up that you will turn in for a grade. Each of these will be worth twenty points, for a total of 200 points.

DATES	LECTURE TOPICS	LABS
Aug 22	Intro, getting acquainted
Aug 25, 29, 29	History of Evolution Kid Darwin Rocks and Such The Beagle Has Landed	"Day the Universe Changed" READING: First three sections of Chapter 4, end of Chapter 14, of On the Origin of Species
Sep 1, 3, 5	Population Genetics More on Darwin Back on the Beagle Those Darned Pigeons!	Population Genetics I
Sep 8, 10, 12	More Genetics Objections Sustained?	"Day the Universe Changed" / Population Genetics I On-line Video Clip
Sep 15, 17, 19	Sexual Selection Population Genetics Notes on Population Genetics Practice Problems Practice Problems answers	Population Genetics II Levin and Schiewe, 2001 Conover and Munch, 2002 Jorgensen et al., 2007
Sep 22, 24, 26	Sociobiology Finish Up Population Genetics. EXAM 1 Key to Exam 1 (PDF format)	Prisoner's Dilemma Population Genetics II
Sep 29, Oct 1, 3	Speciation Sexual Selection, etc. Round-up of Topics Evolution and Behavior Sexual Selection	Cladistics I Prisoner's Dilemma Handout for Prisoner's Dilemma Lab
Oct 6, 8, 10	More sexual selection Sexual Selection Sexual Selection Answer to 20 pt. redemption problem	Cladistics I Grant, 2002, Science Grant and Grant, 2002, American Scientist Data from Cladistics I lab
Oct 13, 15	Speciation Speciation I Speciation II	Cladistics I, part 2
Oct 20, 22, 24	More on Speciation. EXAM 2 Sympatric Speciation Pupfish	Cladistics II Grant and Grant, 2002, American Scientist First cladogram and second cladogram from the Cladistics II (HIV) lab
Oct 27, 29, 31	Complexity Biogeography Plate Tectonics Tectonics and Biogeography	Cladistics III. No lab, as classes were canceled. OPTIONAL FIELD TRIP NOV. 1.
Nov 3, 5, 7	Evolutionary Developmental Biology Evolution of Complex Structures Biogeo Wrap-up / Species Concepts Tempo and Mode of Speciation Evolution of Complex Structures	Natural Selection in Action Cladistics III Cladogram of Anolis
Nov 10, 12, 14	Symbiosis and Coevolution Evolution of Complex Structures II Symbiosis I Symbiosis II	Cladistics IV
Nov 17, 19, 21	Evo-Devo Haeckel and Heterochrony Heterochrony / Evo-Devo I Evo-Devo II	Selection in Action
Nov 24	Vertebrate Life on Land	Selection In Action (read results) Bordenstein et al., 2001, Nature Weeks et al., 2001, PLoS Biology Hotopp et al., 2007, Science
Dec 1, 3	Human Evolution (the Cliff's Notes version) Human Evolution I Human Evolution II	TBA

FINAL EXAM: Monday, December 8, 8:00-10:00 AM

August 26, Tuesday: Change-of-course period ends. Last date to register, add classes, change from credit to audit or audit to credit

September 19, Friday: Final date to make degree application for December graduation

October 15, Wednesday: Mid-term grades report due at noon

October 18 - 19, Thursday/Friday: Fall Break

October 31, Friday: Final date to officially withdraw from a Aug 23 - Dec 14 course or the university with a W grade

November 3 - 25: Advance Registration

November 26 - 28, Wed - Fri: Thanksgiving Holiday

December 1, Monday: Final date to officially withdraw from a Aug 23 - Dec 14 course or the university with a WP or WF grade. Recommended date to make degree application for December 2008 graduation.

December 5, Friday: Study Day

December 13, Saturday: Winter Commencement

December 15, Monday: Final grades report due at noon