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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 Evolution and Biodiversity? (Chapter 1)
  • Lecture 2 - The Evolution of Evolutionary Thought (Chapter 22)
  • Lecture 3 - The Darwinian Revolution (Chapter 22)
  • Lecture 4 - Evidence of Evolution: Observable Events and Fossils (Chapter 22)
  • Lecture 5 - Evidence of Evolution: Homology (Chapter 22)
  • Lecture 6 - Microevolution: Evolution within Populations (Chapter 23)
  • First Extra Credit Opportunity - Monday, February 13 at 8:00pm in LC 110, a screening of Inherit the Wind

    Exam I will be given on Thursday, February 16 at 5:00pm in Cox 126. It will cover all material in Lectures 1 - 7.
    Here's the Study Guide for Exam I.

    NOTE:

    • All assigned readings are fair game for exams.
    • The best study guides are your notes, text, and links
    • Use the internet to find additional information on interesting topics!
    • SOLVE THE PROBLEMS AT THE END OF THE CHAPTERS IN CAMPBELL. They really help.
    For your information:
  • Lecture 7 - The Factors that Drive Evolution (Chapter 23, 24)
  • Lecture 8 - The History of Life on Earth (Chapter 25)
  • Lecture 9 - The Genetics of Evolutionary Change (Chapter 25, Chapter 21 (pp 438-447)
  • Lecture 10 - The Tree of Life: Systematics and Taxonomy (Chapter 26)
  • Extra Credit Film: Great Transformations
  • Exam II will be given on Thursday, March 8 at 5:00pm in Cox 126. It will cover all material in lectures 7-10.

  • Study Guide for Exam II.
  • Sample Exam II
  • Sample Exam II Key

  • Lecture 11 - The Prokaryotes (Chapter 27)
  • Lecture 12 - Unicellular Eukaryotes (Chapter 28)
  • Lecture 13 - Introduction to Plants (Chapter 29, 30)
  • Lecture 14 - What Makes a Plant? (Chapter 35)
  • Lecture 15 - Plant Diversity (Chapters 29, 30, 38)
  • Exam III will be given on Thursday, April 12 at 5:00pm in Cox 126.
  • Study Guide for Exam III.
  • Sample Exam III
  • Sample Exam III Key

  • Lecture 16 - The Fungus Among Us (Chapter 31)
  • Lecture 17 - Animal Symmetry and Body Plans (Chapter 32)
  • Lecture 18 - Animal Diversity I: Porifera, Radiata, and Early Bilateria (Chapter 33)
  • Lecture 19 - Animal Diversity II: Protostomes and Deuterostomes (Chapter 33, 34)
  • Lecture 20 - The Craniata (Chapter 34)
  • Lecture 21 - Ecology of Organisms and Populations (Chapter 53, 54)
  • Lecture 22 - Ecosystems and Biomes (Chapter 52)

    WORKSHOP SURVEYS - End of Semester

    After you have done your last workshop, please be sure to complete the Surveys must be completed no later than the day of the final exam for you to receive two points of extra credit.

    FINAL EXAM INFORMATION

  • STUDY GUIDE for the non-cumulative parts of the Final Exam.

    The Final Exam will be given on Thursday, May 3 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, emphasizing major concepts from the entire course.

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