Invertebrate Zoology
(Z374), Fall 2011 SYLLABUS v 1.0 Back to Course
Webpage
Instructor: Spencer Hall, sprhall at
indiana.edu, 5-6009, JH 015 PDF version
Updated: 7 December 2011
EXAM days in
yellow 30 Sept. (Exam #1), 28 Oct. (Exam #2), 12 Dec.
(final)
QUIZ days in green 9, 14 Sept.; 5, 14, 19 Oct.; 2, 16 Nov.
Assignment
in pink 11 Nov.
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Topic |
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Lecture
notes |
Graphics |
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29 Aug |
M |
Intro and Invert Phylogeny |
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31 Sept |
W |
Invert Phylogeny |
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2 Sept. |
F |
Phylogeny |
Ch 1 |
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5 Sept. |
M |
No class -- Labor Day |
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7 Sept. |
W |
Geologic Time |
Ch 1 |
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9 Sept. |
F |
Eukaryote? Metazoan?
(Quiz 1 – Invert Phylogeny) |
Ch 2, 4 |
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12 Sept. |
M |
Eukaryote? Metazoan? |
Ch 2, 4 |
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14 Sept. |
W |
Protozoa (Quiz 2 – Invert Phylogeny) |
Ch 3 |
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16 Sept. |
F |
Protozoa |
Ch 3 |
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19 Sept. |
M |
Size matters – extra
handout (PDF) |
Ch 4, 102-3 |
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21 Sept. |
W |
Size matters |
Ch 4, 102-3 |
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23 Sept. |
F |
Porifera (sponges) |
Ch 5 |
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26 Sept. |
M |
Porifera (sponges) |
Ch 5 |
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28 Sept. |
W |
Environments |
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30 Sept. |
F |
EXAM #1 (Intro-sponges) (Study
guide/essay questions) (review: Thurs, 29 Sept,
9-11p, JHA106) |
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3 Oct. |
M |
Cnidaria (jellyfish) |
Ch 7 |
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5 Oct. |
W |
Cnidaria (jellyfish) and Ctenophores (combjellies) (Quiz 3, Environment) |
Ch 7, 8 |
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7 Oct. |
F |
Innovations in the Bilateralians |
Ch 9 |
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10 Oct. |
M |
Innovations in the Bilateralians |
Ch 9 |
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12 Oct. |
W |
Innovations in the Bilateralians |
Ch 9 |
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14 Oct. |
F |
Platyhelminthes (Flatworms) (Quiz 4, Bilats Intro) |
Ch 10 |
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17 Oct. |
M |
Platyhelminthes (Flatworms)
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Ch 10 |
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19 Oct. |
W |
Nemertea (ribbon worms) & Sipuncula
(peanut worms) (Quiz 5, Bilats Intro) |
Ch 11, 14 |
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21 Oct. |
F |
Annelids (segmented worms) |
Ch 13 |
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24 Oct. |
M |
Annelids (segmented
worms) |
Ch 13 |
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26 Oct. |
W |
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28 Oct. |
F |
EXAM #2 (Environments – Annelids) (Study
guide) |
Ch 12 |
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31 Oct. |
M |
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2 Nov. |
W |
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4 Nov. |
F |
Molluscs: Intro |
Ch 12 |
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7 Nov. |
M |
Molluscs: Gastropods |
Ch 12 |
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9 Nov. |
W |
Molluscs: Cephalopoda (Quiz 6, Molluscs
Intro) |
Ch 12 |
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11 Nov. |
F |
Molluscs: Bivalves |
Ch 12 |
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14 Nov. |
M |
Nematoda (roundworms)
Assignment
#1 |
Ch 22 |
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16 Nov. |
W |
Nematoda (roundworms)
(Parasite
slides) |
Ch 22 |
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18 Nov. |
F |
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21 Nov. |
M |
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23 Nov. |
W |
No class – Thanksgiving
break |
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25 Nov. |
F |
No class – Thanksgiving
break |
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28 Nov. |
M |
Arthropoda: Introduction
(Assignment 1 due) |
Ch 16, 17 |
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30 Nov. |
W |
Arthropoda: Introduction |
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2 Dec. |
F |
Arthropoda: Chelicerata and Myriopoda |
Ch 18, 20 |
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5 Dec. |
M |
Arthropoda: Crustacea (whole
lecture ppt) |
Ch 19 |
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7 Dec. |
W |
Arthropoda: Hexapoda (Insects,
springtails) (whole
lecture) |
Ch 21 |
none |
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9 Dec. |
F |
In class review day |
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Final Exam: 10:15
a.m.-12:15 p.m., Mon., December 12 (Study guide)
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