Tentative Lecture and Laboratory Schedule
Sunday, June 3 rd
Arrival day; transportation from VIMS (Gloucester Point campus) to the VIMS
Eastern Shore Lab, Wachapreague, VA
Monday, June 4
th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Introduction; Diversity and Relationships of Fishes
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lecture: Anatomical Terminology
Tuesday, June 5th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lab: Standards and Conventions in Ichthyology; External
Morphology (fin rays, scales, etc)
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5.00pm
Lab: External Morphology of Bowfin, Gar, Sturgeon,
Ladyfish, Shad, Striped bass,
Wednesday, June 6th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Skull I (Overview, Dermatocranium)
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Skull I
Thursday, June 7th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Skull II (Neurocranium)
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5.00pm
Lab: Skulls II
Friday, June 8th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Viscerocranium I (suspensorium & jaws)
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Viscerocranium I
Saturday, June 9th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Viscerocranium II (hyoid & gill arches)
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Viscerocranium II
Sunday, June 10th
No lectures and lab
Monday, June 11th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Axial skeleton & Median fins
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Axial skeleton & Median fins
Tuesday, June 12th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lab: Appendicular skeleton
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Appendicular skeleton
Wednesday, June 13th Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Caudal skeleton
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Caudal skeleton
Thursday, June 14th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Exam I Skeleton
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Introduction in methods for skeletal preparation (dried skeleton,
clearing and staining)
Friday, June 15th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Sensory canals
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Sensory canals
Saturday, June 16th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Palaeontology
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Palaeontology
Sunday, June 17th
No lectures and lab
Monday, June 18th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Cranial musculature
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lab: Cranial musculature
Tuesday, June 19th
Morning 8:30 – noon
Lecture: Postcranial musculature
Lab: Postcranial musculature
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Lecture: Organ systems
Lab: Organ systems
Wednesday, June 20th Morning 8:30 – noon
Lectures: Nervous system & Circulatory system
Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Labs: Nervous system & Circulatory system
Thursday, June 21st
Morning 8:30 – noon
Exam II
Friday, June 22nd
Departure