EXAMPLE LECTURE SYLLABUS

EVOLUTION

BIOLOGY 50303, Fall
9:30 — 10:45  TR

Coordinator: Dr. John Horner
Office — WSH 435   (817) 257-6181
   

 
MEETING
LECTURE TOPIC
CHAPTER
1
Introduction
2
Evolutionary Thinking
1
3
Evidence for Evolution Recitation
2
4
Natural Selection
3
5
Natural Selection (cont.)
3
6
Genetic Variation
4
7
Mendelian Genetics I
5
8
Mendelian Genetics II
6
9
Mendelian Genetics II (cont.)
6
10
EXAM I
11
Multiple Loci: Linkage and Sex
7
12
Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics
8
13
Multiple Loci: Quantitative Genetics (cont.)
8
14
Studying Adaptation
9
15
Studying Adaptation (cont.)
9
16
Sexual Selection
10
17
Sexual Selection (cont.)
10
18
Kin Selection and Social Behavior
11
19
Kin Selection and Social Behavior (cont.)
11
20
EXAM II
21
Life History Characters
12
22
Evolution and Human Health
13
23
Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees
14
24
Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees (cont.)
14
25
Mechanisms of Speciation
15
26
Development and Evolution
18
27
Thanksgiving Recess
28
Origins of Life, a Brief History of Life, and Mass Extinctions
16 and 17
29
Origins, a Brief History, and Mass Extinctions (cont.)
16 and 17
30
So Here We Are
31
COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAM