Instructor:
Dr. Barbara Whitlock
29 Cox Science Center
305-284-5412
email: whitlock[at]bio.miami.edu -- replace [at] with @ symbol
 

Office hours:
Thursdays 2:00-3:30
** If you can't make my regular office hours, I am more than happy to set up an alternate time.  Please email or call me to set up an appointment.  However, I usually am not available outside of appointments or regular office hours.  Please don't waste your time with "drop-ins."  Wandering around the basement of Cox just isn't that exciting!
 

Lecture times:
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3:30-4:45
SA 126 (in Cox)
 

Workshops:
Thursdays, 5:00-6:15
In LC 160 and various locations assigned by your peer group leader.
 

Text:
Biology.  7th edition.  N. A. Campbell and J. B. Reece.  Pearson Education, Inc. 2005.
There are also some additional online readings (see syllabus below).
 

Grading:
Your grade will be determined by three in-class exams, the final exam, and your participation in workshops.  There are 600 points total.  In-class exams will be held during the workshop time (Thursdays, 5:00-6:15) in LC 160.  Each will be worth 100 points.  The final is scheduled for May 11th at 5:00-7:30pm in the lecture hall (SA 126).  The final will be worth 200 points and will be cumulative.  Your participation in workshops will count for another 100 points, and will be based on your performances on quizzes, attendance, and general participation in discussions.
 

Syllabus:
 

Lecture #	Date	Topic	Readings
1	Jan. 17	Biodiversity	Chapter 1
2	Jan. 19	Darwinian evolution	Chapter 22
3	Jan. 24	Population genetics 1	Chapter 23
4	Jan. 26	Population genetics 2	Chapter 23
5	Jan. 31	Species	Chapter 24  Max (2005): Can you revive an extinct animal?
6	Feb. 2	Speciation	Chapter 24
7	Feb. 7	NO CLASS! - take home assignment
8	Feb. 9	Phylogeny and classification	Chapter 25
9	Feb. 14	Origin of life on earth	Chapter 26
10	Feb. 16	Bacteria	Chapter 27 Weiner (2005): The Tangle
	Feb. 16	EXAM 1: on lectures 1-8 in LC 160, 5:00-6:15
11	Feb. 21	Archaea	Chapter 27
12	Feb. 23	Protists	Chapter 28  Specter (2005): What money can buy
13	Feb. 28	Fungi	Chapter 31
14	Mar. 2	Animals: overview	Chapter 32
15	Mar. 7	Animals: invertebrates	Chapters 33, 40
16	Mar. 9	Animals: more invertebrates	Chapters 33, 41
	Mar. 9	EXAM 2: on lectures 9-15 in LC 160, 5:00-6:15
		SPRING BREAK!!!!!
17	Mar. 21	Animals: still more invertebrates!	Chapters 33, 41  Colapinto (2005): Bloodsuckers!
18	Mar. 23	Animals: vertebrates	Chapter 34
19	Mar. 28	Animals: more on vertebrates	Chapter 34
20	Mar. 30	Animals: still more on vertebrates!	Chapter 34
21	Apr. 4	Plants: colonization of land	Chapter 29
22	Apr. 6	Seed plants	Chapter 30  Kessler (2005): The cult of the cycads
	Apr. 6	EXAM 3: on lectures 16-21 in LC 160, 5:00-6:15
23	Apr. 11	Flowering plants	Chapter 30
24	Apr. 13	Plant structure, growth, and development	Chapter 35  Canine (2005): Building a better banana
25	Apr. 18	Plant transport and nutrition	Chapters 36, 37
26	Apr. 20	Ecology and the biosphere	Chapter 50
27	Apr. 25	Organismal and population ecology	Chapter 52
28	Apr. 27	Community and ecosystem ecology	Chapters 53, 54
	May 11	CUMULATIVE FINAL EXAM: 5:00-7:30 in lecture hall (SA 126)

Lecture notes:
These will be posted throughout the semester.  Stay tuned!