Schedule for Biology 22, Fall 2009

Week Date Lecture topic and reading (Mon/Wed/Fri) Lab Topic (Tues/Thurs)

1 / Aug 24 / Intro to Concepts in Biology: Course Objectives and Success Ch. 1 / Topic 1: Welcome and Measuring
Aug 26 / A Darwinian View: Descent w/ Modification. Ch. 22 / Topic 2: Natural Selection
Aug 28 / Evol of Populations Ch 23
2 / Aug 31 / Microevolution and Speciation Ch 24 / Topic 3: Evolution and Population Genetics
Sept 2 / Adaptive and Non-Adaptive Evolution / Topic 4: Taxonomy and Systematics Ch 26
Sept 4 / Early Earth and the Origin of Life Ch. 25
3 / Sept 7 / Labor Day Holiday / Topic 5: Microscopy and Bacterial Sampling
Sept 9 / Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic Diversity: K. Monera Ch. 27 / Topic 6: Kingdom Bacteria
Sept 11 / Bacteria and Archaea cont’d
4 / Sept 14 / Origins of Euk Diversity:
K. Protista Ch. 28 / Topic 7: The Protists
Sept 16 / Protistan Origins and Diversity cont’d / Topic 8: K. Plantae
Sept 18 / First Exam: (Covers thru Monera)
5 / Sept 21 / Protistan Origins and Diversity cont’d / Topic 9: Ferns and Gymnosperms
Sept 23 / Plants and the Colonization of Land
K. Plantae I: Bryophytes Ch. 29 / Topic 10: Flowering Plants
Sept 25 / K. Plantae I: Seedless Vasc Plants Ch. 29
6 / Sept 28 / K. Plantae II: Gymnosperms Ch. 30 / Topic 11: Plant Tissues and Stems
Sept 30 / K. Plantae II: Angiosperms Ch. 30 / Topic 12: Roots and Leaves
Oct 2 / K. Fungi I Ch.31
7 / Oct 5 / K. Fungi II Ch. 31 / Lab Practical I
Oct 7 / Intro to K. Animalia Ch. 32 / Topic 13: K. Fungi
Oct 9 / Second Exam: (Covers thru Fungi)
8 / Oct 12 / Intro to K. Animalia Ch. 32 / Topic 14: Body Plans: Porifera and Cnidaria
Oct 14 / K. Animalia: Phylum Porifera Ch. 33 / Topic 15: The Transcendent Body Plan
Oct 16 / K. Animalia: Phylum Cnidaria Ch. 33
9 / Oct 19 / K. Animalia: Phylum Platyhelminthes Ch. 33 / Topic 16: The Lophotrochozoa – Molluscs and Annelids
Oct 21 / K. Animalia: Lophophorates and Phylum Mollusca I Ch. 33 / Topic 17: The Ecdysozoa - Arthropods
Oct 23 / K. Animalia: Phylum Mollusca II and Annelida Ch. 33
10 / Oct 26 / K. Animalia: Phylum Rotifera, Nematoda and Arthropoda I Ch. 33 / Topic 18: Deuterostomes: Echinoderms and Chordates
Oct 28 / K. Animalia: Arthropoda II Ch. 33 / Topics 19: Vertebrate Dissection and Evol of Complexity
Oct 30 / K. Animalia: Phylum Chordata I Ch. 34
11 / Nov 2 / K. Animalia: Phylum Chordata II Ch. 34 / Topic 20:Vertebrate Dissection II and Evol of Complexity cont’d
Nov 4 / K. Animalia: Phylum Chordata III Ch. 34 / Topic 21: Introduction to Ecology and Instrumentation
Nov 6 / Ecology: Principles and Practice
12 / Nov 9 / Ecology: Behavioral Ecology / Lab Practical II
(Covers Fungi and Animalia)
Nov 11 / Ecology: Behavioral Ecology / Topic 22: Behavioral Ecology I-Sea Lions
Nov 13 / Veterans Day Holiday
13 / Nov 16 / Third Exam: (Covers K. Animalia) / Topic 23: Community Ecology I- Intertidal (AM-Sand; PM-Rocky)
Nov 18 / Ecology: Population Ecology / Topic 24: Behavioral Ecology II- Rat Learning
Nov 20 / Ecology: Population Ecology
14 / Nov 23 / Ecology: Community Ecology / Topic 25: Community Ecology II- Dune Plants
Nov 25 / Ecology: Community Ecology / Holiday- No Lab
Nov 27 / Thanksgiving Holiday
15 / Nov 30 / Ecology: Community / Topic 26: Field Projects I: Planning
Dec 2 / Ecology: Ecosystems / Field Projects II: Data Collection
Dec 4 / Ecology: Ecosystems
16 / Dec 7 / Ecology: Restoration Ecology / Field Projects III: Loose ends
Dec 9 / Ecology: Restoration Ecology / Topic 27: Restoration Ecology and Group Work
Dec 11 / Research Symposium

Final Exam: Wed Dec 16 at 1:10 (50% from Ecology section/50% from Evol and Biodiversity [weeks1-11])