Class Syllabus

Date Lecture CRM Chapter
Sept 5 01.  Introduction   1, 32-34, 40
Sept 7 02.  Animal Nutrition and Digestion   41
Sept 10 03.  Gas Exchange     42
Sept 12 04.  Circulatory Systems    42
Sept 14 05.  Vascular Fluids   42
Sept 17 06.  Immune System   43
Sept 19 07.  Osmoregulation, Excretion   44
Sept 21 08.  Temperature Regulation   44
Sept 24 09.  Metabolic Rates and Energetics of Vertebrates    40
Sept 26 10.  Neuron Function   48
Sept 28 11.  Nervous and Sensory Function    48, 49
Oct 1 12.  Motor Systems 49
Oct 3 13.  Endocrine System   45
Oct 5 FIRST EXAM – Lecture 01 – 12 / Chpt 40-44,48-49  
Oct 8 14.  Hormonal Control of Vertebrate Reproduction  46
Oct 10 15.  Fertilization, Cleavage, Gastrulation    47
Oct 12 16.  Morphogenesis and Organogenesis 47
Oct 15 17.  Developmental Mechanisms, Human Development 46, 47
Oct 17 18.  Plant Biology:  Anatomy and Growth  35
Oct 19 19.  Plant Biology:  Transport and Nutrition 36, 37
Oct 22 20.  Plant Biology:  Reproduction  38
Oct 24 21.  Plant Biology:  Control Systems  39
Oct 26 22.  History of Evolutionary Theory   22
Oct 29 23.  Population Genetics, Null Model of Evolution   23
Oct 31 24.  Agents of Evolutionary Change    23
Nov 2 25.  Variation in Natural Populations  23
Nov 5 ELECTION DAY HOLIDAY  
Nov 7 26.  Speciation  24
Nov 9 SECOND EXAM – Lectures 13 – 24 / Chpt 35‑39,45‑47,22-23  
Nov 12 27.  Systematics and Phylogenetic Inference  25
Nov 14 28.  Human Evolution    34
Nov 16 29.  Biological Determinism  
Nov 19 30.  Life History Phenomena 50, 52
Nov 21 31.  Population Growth and Regulation          52
Nov 23 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY  
Nov 26 32.  Competition, Predator‑Prey Interactions   53
Nov 28 33.  Behavioral Ecology:  Territoriality  51
Nov 30 34.  Social Behavior  51
Dec 3 35.  Community Organization and Development  53
Dec 5 36.  Ecosystem Economics  54
Dec 7 37.  Human Ecology, Disturbance of Ecosystems 54, 55
Dec 10          
Dec 12 READING DAY  
Dec 14 COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM, 9:00 ‑ 12:00  
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