Tentative Lecture Schedule
Class MWF 10:00-10:50am
Lab M
2-4:50pm
Biol 3350 Hightower
Britt 103
Ag 151
Fall 2015
CRN: 20119
Note: The instructor reserves the right to change the schedule at any time. If the
class is officially canceled, plan on the missed day’s activities occurring on the next
class day.
Monday
Wednesday
8/12
Roll Call & Syllabus
8/17
Ch. 2 Climate
8/19
Ch. 2 cont.
Ch. 4 The Terrestrial
Environment
8/26
Ch. 3 cont.
Abstracts Due
9/2
Ch. 5 Ecological Genetics
8/24
Ch. 3 The Aquatic
Environment
8/31
EXAM 1: Ch. 1,2,3,4
9/7
Labor Day Holiday
9/14
Ch. 8 Properties of
Populations
9/21
Ch. 9 cont.
9/28
Ch. 11 cont.
9/9
Ch. 10 Life History
9/16
Ch. 8 cont.
Works Cited and
Sentences Due
9/23
EXAM 2: Ch. 5,8,9,10
9/30
Ch. 12 Metapopulations
(part)
10/7
Ch. 15 cont.
Poster Draft Due
10/5
Ch. 14 cont.
Ch. 15 Predation
Withdrawal Deadline today
10/12
10/14
Exam 3: Ch. 11, 12, 14,
Ch. 17 Community
15
Structure
Friday
8/14
Ch. 1 The Nature of
Ecology
8/21
Ch. 4 cont.
8/28
Ch. 3 cont.
9/4
Ch. 5 cont.
9/11
Ch. 10 cont.
9/18
Ch. 9 Population Growth
(May be outside class
assignment)
9/25
Ch. 11 Intraspecific
Population Regulation
10/2
Ch. 14 Interspecific
Competition
10/9
Ch. 15 cont.
10/16
Ch. 17 cont.
Ch. 18 Factors Influencing
the Structure of
Communities
10/19
Fall Break (10/9-10/20)
Have fun and be safe.
10/26
Ch. 19 cont.
11/2
Exam 4: Ch. 17, 18, 19,
20
10/21
Ch. 18 cont.
11/9
Ch. 22 Decomposition and
Nutrient Cycling
11/16
Ch. 23 cont.
11/11
Ch. 22 cont.
Finished Poster Due
11/18
Exam 5: Ch. 21, 22,23
11/23
Ch. 27 cont.
Peer Reviews of Posters
Due
11/30
Ch. 27 cont.
11/25
Thanksgiving Break
(11/25-11/27)
12/7
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL
10:15am-12:15pm
10/28
Ch. 20 Landscape Ecology
11/4
Ch. 21 Ecosystem
Energetics
12/2
TBA
Last Class Day
10/23
Ch. 19 Community
Dynamics (Succession)
10/30
Ch. 20 cont.
11/6
Ch. 21 cont.
11/13
Ch. 23 Biogeochemical
Cycles
11/20
Ch. 27 Large-scale
Patterns of Biological
Diversity
11/27
Thanksgiving Break
Be Thankful!