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 of Evolution (Chapter 22)
Lecture 4 -
Microevolution: Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium
(Chapter 23)
Lecture
5 - Mechanisms of Microevolution & Macroevolution (Chapter 23, 24)
Lecture
6 - Macroevolution (Chapter 24)
Exam I will be given on Monday, February 16 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. But don't use this as anything but a reference. The best study guides are your text, your notes, and the links to important material, as per the lecture notes.
Lecture
6a - Sociobiology (Chapter 24)
Lecture 7 -
Systematics and Taxonomy
(Chapter 26)
Lecture
8 - The Origin of Life on Earth (Chapter 27)
Lecture 9 - The
Domains of Life (Chapter 27,28)
Lecture 10 -
Kingdom Plantae I (Chapter 29)
Exam II will be given on Monday, March 9 at 5:00pm in SA 126.
It will cover all material in Lectures 6a - 10 (including links).
Readings are shown above.
You are also responsible for the material covered in the workshops ("Macroevolution," "Origin of Life" and "Alternation of Generations")
The material from the Systematics and Taxonomy BIL 161 laboratory will be a helpful study guide for that portion of the lecture material.
Here's a STUDY GUIDE for Exam II.
And a Sample Exam II and
Sample Exam II Key. Note that the material isn't exactly what we covered this year. As always, a sample exam is just for practicing--not for studying the material!
Lecture 11 - Kingdom Plantae II
(Chapter 29, 30, 35 (pp 738-751), 38 (pp 801-806))
Lecture 12 - Kingdom Fungi
(Chapter 31)
Lecture 13 - Animal Structure and Function (Chapter 32, Chapter 40 (pp 852-859))
Lecture
14 - Tiptoe through the Taxa: Porifera, Radiata, Platyhelminthes (Chapter 33)
Lecture
15 - Tiptoe through the Taxa: The Lophotrochozoa (Chapter 33; Chapter 44 (pp 954-960))
Lecture 16 - The Ecdysozoa (Chapter 33)
For those who wish to review them, here are Dr. John Cozza's Powerpoint Lectures. Just click on the title to view the desired slide show.
Exam III will be given on Monday, April 13 at 5:00pm in SA 126.
It will cover all material in Lectures 11 - 16.
Here's the Study Guide for Exam III.
Lecture
17 - The Deuterostomes I (Chapter 33 - pages 665 - 668)
Lecture 18 - The Deuterostomes II: The Chordates, from Ocean to Land (Chapter 34, 41, 48, 49)
Lecture 19 - Introduction to Ecology: Climate and Biomes (Chapter 52)
Lecture 20 - Organismal and Population Ecology (Chapter 53)
Lecture
21 - Community and Ecosystem Ecology (Chapter 54, 55, 56)
FINAL EXAM INFORMATION
The Final Exam will be given on Thursday, May 7 at 2:00pm in Cox 126.
Approximately half of the exam will cover material from Lectures since Exam III,
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.