These posted notes are not a substitute for attending class
and
reading the textbook. A great deal is said in class that never makes it to
this "electronic blackboard", and if you're not present, you'll miss it.
Anything said in class, anything in your textbook readings is fair game for exams, even if it's not in the
notes.
Readings in Campbell for each lecture are shown next to the link.
Lecture 1 -
Introduction: Why Study Biodiversity? (Chapter 1)
Lecture
2 - The Evolution of Evolutionary Thought (Chapter 22)
Lecture 3 -
Homology and Evidence for Natural Selection (Chapter 22)
Lecture 4 -
Microevolution: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
(Chapter 23)
Lecture
5 - Mechanisms of Microevolution & Macroevolution (Chapter 23, 24)
Lecture
6 - Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms and More (Chapter 24)
Exam I will be given on Monday, February 11 at 5:00pm in SA 126.
It will cover all material in Lectures 1 - 6. Here's the Study Guide for Exam I.
Download a copy of a Sample Exam I and the
Sample Exam I Key if you're interested
to see what my exams are like.
Lecture
6a - Reproductive Isolating Mechanisms (Chapter 24)
Lecture 7 -
Biosystematics and Taxonomy
(Chapter 25)
Lecture
8 - The Origin of Life on Earth (Chapter 26)
Lecture 9 - The
Domains of Life (Chapter 27, 28)
Exam II will be given on Monday, March 3 at 5:00pm in SA 126.
It will cover all material in Lectures 6a - 9 (including links), to the point marked in Lecture 9.
Readings are Chapters 24-28
You are also responsible for the material covered in the workshops ("Systematics" and "Origin of Life")
Here's the STUDY GUIDE for Exam II.
Lecture 10 -
Kingdom Plantae I (Chapter 29)
Lecture 11 - Kingdom Plantae II
(Chapter 30, 38)
Lecture 12 - Kingdom Fungi
(Chapter 31)
Lecture 13 - Animal Structure and Function (Chapters 32; Chapter 47, pages 992 - 997)
Lecture
14 - Tiptoe through the Taxa: Porifera, Radiata, Platyhelminthes (Chapter 33 - pages 638 - 649)
Lecture
15 - Tiptoe through the Taxa: The Lophotrochozoa (Chapter 33 - pages 649 - 655)
Lecture 16 - The Ecdysozoa (Chapter 33 - pages 655 - 665)
Exam III will be given on Monday, April 7 at 5:00pm in SA 126.
It will cover all material in Lectures 10 - 16.
Here's the Study Guide for Exam III.
Lecture
17 - The Deuterostomes (Chapter 33 - pages 665 - 668)
Lecture 18 - The Chordates: From Ocean to Land (Chapter 34)
Lecture 19 - The Amniotes (Chapter 34)
Lecture
20 - Amniota: The Mammals (Chapter 34)
Lecture
21 - Ecology: An Introduction to Ecosystems (Chapter 50)
Lecture
22 - Organismal Ecology and Population Ecology (Chapter 52)
Lecture
23 - Community Ecology and Ecosystem Ecology (Chapter 53, 54)
FINAL EXAM INFORMATION
The Final Exam will be given on Wednesday, April 30 at 2:00pm in SA 126.
Approximately half of the exam will cover material from Lectures 17-23,
and the other half will be cumulative, with major concepts from the entire
course being emphasized.
Here is a STUDY GUIDE for the
non-cumulative parts of the Final Exam. The study guide includes a
specific list of text readings to help you omit areas we did not cover completely in class.