Lecture and Exam schedule: 2011 schedule -- 2012 will be similar but there will be changes due to the change in the fall schedule at IU.

 

Month	Date	Lecture #	Lecture Title	Reading	Discussion Group
August     September	30	1	An Introduction to Evolution and Diversity	Ch. 1	BIOL L111 introductions
	1	2	Evolution by Natural Selection	Ch 23
	6	3	Genetic Variation / Meiosis	Ch 15, pp. 310-321	Evolution
	8	4	Patterns of Inheritance	Ch. 16, pp. 327-337
	13	5	Patterns of Inheritance: Beyond Mendel	Ch. 16, pp. 337-349;   Ch. 17, pp. 351-358, 362-363	Meiosis
	15	6	Population Genetics: Types of selection	Ch. 24, pp. 490-502
	20	7	Populations Genetics: Evolutionary forces	Ch. 24, pp. 502-506	Natural Selection
	22	8	Species Concepts	Ch. 25, pp. 508-513
October	27		“Spillover lecture”	finish outlines 1-8	REVIEW   (no graded activity)
	29		EXAM 1	covers outlines 1-8
	4	9	Macroevolution  / Taxonomy	Ch. 15, pp. 323-325; Ch. 25, pp. 513-526; Ch. 26, pp. 528-534	Evolutionary factors
	6	10	Taxonomy & Phylogenies	Ch. 26, pp. 534-544
	11	11	History of Life - Prokaryotes: Bacteria & Archea	Ch 22, pp. 459-463; Ch. 27	Video: Episode of “Life”
	13	12	Origin of Eukaryotic Diversity & Protists	Ch. 22; 463-465; Ch. 28
	18	13	Plant diversification: mosses & ferns	Ch. 29	Plant diversity
	20	14	Plant diversification: seed plants	Ch. 30
	25	15			REVIEW   (no graded activity)
	27	----	EXAM 2	covers outlines 9-14
November	1	15	Fungi	Ch. 31	Video: Episode of “Life”
	3	16	Overview of Animal Diversity	Ch. 32
	8	17	Animal Diversity: invertebrates	Ch. 33, pp. 666-693	Population dynamics
	10	18	Animal Diversity: vertebrates	Ch. 33, pp. 693-696 Ch. 34, pp. 699-724
	15	20 & 19	Population Ecology & Biodiversity	Ch. 56 & Ch. 54 pp. 1133-1150	Species Interactions
	17	19 & 21	Biodiversity Species interactions	Ch. 54 & Ch. 57
	22	22	Biochemical Cycles (TAKE-HOME ACTIVITY)	Ch. 59 pp. 1252-1261	NO discussion groups
	24	------	HAPPY THANKSGIVING!	-------
December	29	23	VIDEO: Cane Toads: An Unnatural History	-------	REVIEW   (no graded activity)
	1		EXAM 3	covers outlines15-21
	6	24	Ecosystems Ecology Biodiversity	Ch. 59, pp. 1243-1252; Ch. 60, pp. 1263-1273	Review for Final Exam (no graded activity)
	8	25	Conservation efforts	Ch. 60, pp. 1273-1281
	15	------	FINAL EXAM 12:30-2:30pm  – JH 124	covers all material	-------