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Syllabus and Schedule Bio 211 Fall 2007 |
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Module 1 |
Introduction |
Chap 1 |
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Aug 20-Sept 2 |
History of Life |
26.2-26.5 |
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Diversity of Life: Major Groups |
26.6 |
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Viruses |
334-339, 343-345, 918-919 |
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Prokaryotes |
Chap 27 |
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Protists 1 |
28.1-28.4 |
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Protists 2 |
28.5-28.7 |
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Exam 1 |
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Module 2 |
Plants 1 Overview |
29.1-29.2 |
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Sept. 3-16 |
Plants 2 Bryophytes thru
Ferns |
29.3-29.4 |
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Plants 3 Seed plants
-Gymnosperms |
30.1-30.2 |
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Plants 4 Angiosperms |
30.3-30.4 |
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Fungi 1 |
31.1-31.4 |
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Fungi 2 |
31.5 |
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Animals 1 Overview |
Chap 32 |
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Animals 2a Sponges to
Rotifers |
33.1-33.3 |
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Exam 2 |
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Module 3 |
Animals 2b Lophophorates, Mollusks, Annelids |
33.3-33.5 |
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Sept. 17-30 |
Animals 3 to
Nematodes, Arthropods |
33.6-33.7 |
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Animals 4 Echinoderms to
Chordates |
33.8, 34.1 |
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Animals 5 Vertebrates 1 |
34.2-34.5 |
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Animals 6 Vertebrates 2 |
34.6-34.7 |
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Cells: Tour de Cell |
6.1-6.2 |
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Organelles |
6.3-6.5 |
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Cytoskeleton etc. |
6.6-6.7 |
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Exam 3 |
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Module 4 |
Cell Cycle: Mitosis |
Chap 12 |
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Oct. 1-14 |
Cancer |
19.3, 231-232 |
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Meiosis |
Chap 13 |
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Genetics: Mendel 1 |
14.1-14.2 |
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Mendel 2 |
14.3 |
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Exam 4 |
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Module 5 |
Chromosomes |
15.1-15.4 |
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Oct. 15-28 |
Human Genetics |
14.4 |
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Evolution: Evol 1a: Dev of ideas |
22.1-22.2 |
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Evol 1b: Evidence |
448-451, 517 |
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Evol 2a: Mechanisms |
23.1-23.2 |
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Exam 5 |
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Module 6 |
Evol 2b: Microevolution |
23.3 |
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Oct. 29-Nov. 11 |
Evol 2c: Variation |
462-464 |
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Evol 2d: Types of selection |
465-466 |
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Evol 2e: Adaptation |
468-470,484-485 |
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Evol 3a,b: Speciation |
472-481 |
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Evol 3c: Macroevolution |
481-482, 486-488, 518-520 |
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Phylogeny |
Chap 25 |
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Exam 6 |
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Module 7 |
Human Evolution |
697-707 |
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Nov. 12-20 |
Populations: Growth |
50.1, 52.3-52.5 |
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Demography |
1139-1141 |
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Life History |
1141-1143 |
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Thanksgiving Break |
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Nov. 19-25 |
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Module 7 cont. |
Human Population |
52.6 |
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Nov 26-Dec. 2 |
Communities |
Chap 53 |
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Ecosystems: Trophic levels |
54.1-54.3 |
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Exam 7 |
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Module 8 |
Chemical Cycles |
54.4 |
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Dec. 3-14 |
Human Impact |
54.5 |
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Climate |
1087-1092 |
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Biomes |
50.4 |
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Aquatic systems |
50.3 |
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Exam 8, and Optional Final Exam |
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