Schedule for Biology 22, Fall 2009
Week
Date
1
Aug 24
Aug 26
2
3
Aug 28
Aug 31
Sept 2
Sept 4
Adaptive and Non-Adaptive Evolution
Early Earth and the Origin of Life Ch. 25
Sept 7
Labor Day Holiday
Sept 9
Prokaryotes and the Origins of Metabolic
Diversity: K. Monera Ch. 27
Bacteria and Archaea cont’d
Sept 11
4
Lecture topic and reading (Mon/Wed/Fri)
Intro to Concepts in Biology: Course
Objectives and Success Ch. 1
A Darwinian View: Descent w/
Modification. Ch. 22
Evol of Populations Ch 23
Microevolution and Speciation Ch 24
Sept 14
Lab Topic (Tues/Thurs)
Topic 1: Welcome and Measuring
Topic 2: Natural Selection
Topic 3: Evolution and Population
Genetics
Topic 4: Taxonomy and
Systematics Ch 26
Topic 5: Microscopy and Bacterial
Sampling
Topic 6: Kingdom Bacteria
Origins of Euk Diversity:
K. Protista Ch. 28
Protistan Origins and Diversity cont’d
First Exam: (Covers thru Monera)
Topic 7: The Protists
Topic 9: Ferns and Gymnosperms
Topic 10: Flowering Plants
Sept 25
Protistan Origins and Diversity cont’d
Plants and the Colonization of Land
K. Plantae I: Bryophytes Ch. 29
K. Plantae I: Seedless Vasc Plants Ch. 29
6
Sept 28
Sept 30
Oct 2
K. Plantae II: Gymnosperms Ch. 30
K. Plantae II: Angiosperms Ch. 30
K. Fungi I Ch.31
Topic 11: Plant Tissues and Stems
Topic 12: Roots and Leaves
7
Oct 5
Oct 7
Oct 9
K. Fungi II Ch. 31
Intro to K. Animalia Ch. 32
Second Exam: (Covers thru Fungi)
Lab Practical I
Topic 13: K. Fungi
8
Oct 12
Intro to K. Animalia Ch. 32
Oct 14
Oct 16
K. Animalia: Phylum Porifera Ch. 33
K. Animalia: Phylum Cnidaria Ch. 33
Topic 14: Body Plans: Porifera and
Cnidaria
Topic 15: The Transcendent Body
Plan
Sept 16
Sept 18
5
Sept 21
Sept 23
Topic 8: K. Plantae
Topic 16: The Lophotrochozoa –
Molluscs and Annelids
Topic 17: The Ecdysozoa Arthropods
Oct 28
Oct 30
K. Animalia: Phylum Platyhelminthes Ch.
33
K. Animalia: Lophophorates and Phylum
Mollusca I Ch. 33
K. Animalia: Phylum Mollusca II and
Annelida Ch. 33
K. Animalia: Phylum Rotifera, Nematoda
and Arthropoda I Ch. 33
K. Animalia: Arthropoda II Ch. 33
K. Animalia: Phylum Chordata I Ch. 34
11
Nov 2
K. Animalia: Phylum Chordata II Ch. 34
12
Nov 4
Nov 6
Nov 9
K. Animalia: Phylum Chordata III Ch. 34
Ecology: Principles and Practice
Ecology: Behavioral Ecology
13
Nov 11
Nov 13
Nov 16
Ecology: Behavioral Ecology
Veterans Day Holiday
Third Exam: (Covers K. Animalia)
14
Nov 18
Nov 20
Nov 23
Ecology: Population Ecology
Ecology: Population Ecology
Ecology: Community Ecology
15
Nov 25
Nov 27
Nov 30
Ecology: Community Ecology
Thanksgiving Holiday
Ecology: Community
Topic 20:Vertebrate Dissection II
and Evol of Complexity cont’d
Topic 21: Introduction to Ecology
and Instrumentation
Lab Practical II
(Covers Fungi and Animalia)
Topic 22: Behavioral Ecology ISea Lions
Topic 23: Community Ecology IIntertidal (AM-Sand; PM-Rocky)
Topic 24: Behavioral Ecology IIRat Learning
Topic 25: Community Ecology IIDune Plants
Holiday- No Lab
16
Dec 2
Dec 4
Dec 7
Ecology: Ecosystems
Ecology: Ecosystems
Ecology: Restoration Ecology
Dec 9
Ecology: Restoration Ecology
9
Oct 19
Oct 21
Oct 23
10
Oct 26
Topic 18: Deuterostomes:
Echinoderms and Chordates
Topics 19: Vertebrate Dissection
and Evol of Complexity
Topic 26: Field Projects I:
Planning
Field Projects II: Data Collection
Field Projects III: Loose ends
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])