EXAMPLE SYLLABUS

BIOLOGY 30403, SECTION 010, ECOLOGY
Fall 2004

Dr. Ray W. Drenner, Biology Department
Office — 401 Winton Scott Hall    817-257-6180    
Office Hours — Anytime you need to see me
     
DATE LECTURE TOPIC LECTURER
8/25 COURSE INTRODUCTION KROH
     
  CONCEPTS AND PRICIPLES OF COMMUNITY/ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY
8/27 Applied, Basic, and Evolutionary Approaches to Ecology HORNER
8/30 Acquisition and Utilization of Resources HORNER
9/1 Species Interactions: Competition and Exploitation HORNER
9/3 Species Interactions: Mutualism and Commensalism HORNER
9/6 LABOR DAY  
9/8 Community Structure and Food Webs HORNER
9/10 Processes Shaping Communities HORNER
9/13 Primary Productivity and Energy Flow HORNER
9/15 Nutrient Cycling HORNER
9/17 Landscape and Global Ecology HORNER
9/20 EXAM I  
     
  POPULATION BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY
9/22 What is a Population? Life Tables FERGUSON
9/24 Survivorship and Population Growth FERGUSON
9/27 Intra-specific Competition, Density, Distribution, and Social Structure FERGUSON
9/29 Evolution of Social Behavior FERGUSON
10/1 Evolution of Social Behavior FERGUSON
10/4 Review FERGUSON
10/6 EXAM II  
     
  TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEMS/ABIOTIC FACTORS AND BIOMES
10/8 MID SEMESTER BREAK  
10/11 Abiotic Factors: An Introduction KROH
10/13 Abiotic Factors: The Global Placement of Biomes KROH
10/15 Tundra and Boreal Forest KROH
10/18 Temperate Deciduous Forest KROH
10/20 Desert and ChaparraL KROH
10/22 Montane / Northwest Temperate Rain Forest KROH
10/25 Tropical Forests and Savanna KROH
10/27 Human Activities and the Future of Planet KROH
10/29 EXAM III  
     
  MARINE ECOLOGY
11/1 Marine Ecosystems and the Rest of the World BRITTON
11/3 Marine Environments: Physical Dynamics BRITTON
11/5 Marine Communities: A Brief Survey, I BRITTON
11/8 Marine Communities: A Brief Survey, II BRITTON
11/10 Complex Interactions: Plankton and the Carbon Cycle BRITTON
11/12 Complex Interactions: Coral Reefs BRITTON
11/15 Minimizing Competition from Whales to Snails BRITTON
11/17 Human Impacts on Marine Ecosystem BRITTON
11/19 EXAM IV  
     
  FRESH WATER ECOLOGY
11/22 Lake Food Chains, Water Quality, and Eutrophication DRENNER
11/24 Can We Use Biomanipulation to Improve Water Quality? DRENNER
11/26 THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY  
11/29 Fisheries Biologists and Controversies about Largemouth Bass DRENNER
12/1 Riverine Systems and Pacific Salmon DRENNER
12/3 Acid Rain and Fishless Lakes DRENNER
12/6 Agriculture, Pesticides and the Fate of the National Bird DRENNER
12/8 EXAM V  
     
12/9, 12/10 Study Days  
12/17 Comprehensive Final Exam (8:00-10:30)  

 

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