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Biology 112
First Semester 2008
Course Schedule

Week

Date

Instructor

Topic

Chapters

Exams

1

Aug 28 -

Sept 5

Fennessy

Introduction to environmental diversity and evolution

1

Assignment

2

Sept 8

Mauck

Darwinism and the Evidence for Evolution

24

Quiz Key

3

Sept 15

Mauck

Evolutionary Processes

25

Quiz Key

4

Sept 22

Mauck

Speciation and the History of Life

26, 27

Study Guide

5

Sept 29

Fennessy

Revolutions in biological diversity: metabolic diversity

Monday Sept 29: First hour-long exam

28

Exam Key

6

Oct 6

Mauck

Revolutions in biological diversity: cellular structure


October Reading Period: Oct. 9-10

29

Quiz Key

7

Oct 13

Fennessy

Revolutions in biological diversity: multicellularity


30

Quiz

8

Oct 20

Mauck

Revolutions in biological diversity: intelligence

 

32, 34

Quiz Key

9

Oct 27

Fennessy

Global change: current perspectives

TBA

Response

Study Guide

10

Nov 3

Mauck

Behavior

Monday, Nov 3 Second hour-long exam

51

Exam 2-Key

11

Nov 10

Mauck

Populations

 

52

Quiz

12

Nov 17

Fennessy

Community ecology

Thanksgiving Vacation - November 22-30

53

Quiz

13

Dec 1

Fennessy

Ecosystems

54

Quiz Key

14

Dec 8

Fennessy

Conservation Biology

Monday, Dec 8: Third hour-long exam

55

Exam 3-Key

Monday Dec 15: Final examination. 8:30-10:30 AM