MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/related; boundary="----=_NextPart_01C550B3.409AEBF0" This document is a Single File Web Page, also known as a Web Archive file. If you are seeing this message, your browser or editor doesn't support Web Archive files. Please download a browser that supports Web Archive, such as Microsoft Internet Explorer. ------=_NextPart_01C550B3.409AEBF0 Content-Location: file:///C:/2869C635/EvolutionaryBiologySyllabus2005.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Evolutionary Biology

Evolutio= nary Biology

Spring 2= 005

Zoology 4360-50

3 credits

&nb= sp;

Instructor: Dr. R. Scott Seville, Associate Professor of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyomi= ng.

Office:  LS 202B

Office phone:= 268-2543

Home phone: 265-5428 (call before 9:00 p= .m.)

E-mail: SSEVILLE@UWYO.EDU

URL: www.uwyo.edu/sevillelab

Office hours:= MWF 10:00 to 12:00 am and T,Th 1:30-3:00 pm or by appt.

Lecture: LS 117

Lecture: MWF 9-9:50am.

 

Course des= cription: This course is designed to introduce students to the modern theory of evolu= tion and to help them learn to think like evolutionary biologists.  Major concepts covered include Dar= winian natural selection and the evidence, mechanisms of evolutionary change, adaptation, and the history of life.  Discussions will also integrate numerous examples of current research that highlight the dynamic and interdisciplinary nature of research in evolutionary biology.  The cou= rse is designed for advanced undergraduate biology students.

 

Specific c= ourse objectives: On completion of the course, the student will:

1= .    understand current scientific thinking on life’s origin.

2= .    understand why are there so many different kinds of organisms on earth.

3= .    explain how they came to be so apparently well-designed to live where they live and= do what they do.

4= .    understand current analytical and experimental methods to investigate evolutionary questions.

 

Required t= ext: Freeman, S. and J.C. Herron.  2004. Evolutionary Analy= sis, 3rd Edition.  Pearson Prentice= Hall Publishers, Upper Saddle River= , New Jersey.  802 pages. ISBN 0-13-101859-0

 

Website for additional materials: Student Companion Website to Evolutionary Analysis, 3rd edition.  www.prenhall.com/freeman= /evolution.

 

tentative Lecture Schedule and important administrative dates:

Date

Topic

Readings

January 10<= o:p>
  • Course introduction, syllabus

 

January 12<= o:p>
  • Understanding HIV

Chapt. 1

January 14<= o:p>
  • Con’t

 =

January 17<= o:p>
  • Martin Luther King Day- class exc= used.

 =

January 19<= o:p>
  • The Evidence for Evolution

Chapt. 2

January 20<= o:p>
  • Last day to drop a course

 =

January 21<= o:p>
  • Con’t

 =

January 24<= o:p>
  • Darwinian Natural Selection
  • Last day to add or late register

Chapt. 3

January 26<= o:p>
  • Con’t

 =

January 28<= o:p>
  • EXAM I

 =

January 31<= o:p>
  • Mutation and Genetic Variation

Chapt. 4

February 2<= o:p>
  • Con’t

 =

February 4<= o:p>

·     &nbs= p;  Mendelian Genetics I: Selection and Mutation as Mechanisms of Evolu= tion

Chapt. 5

February 7<= o:p>
  • Con’t

 =

February 9<= o:p>

·     &nbs= p;  Mendelian Genetics II: Migration, Genetic Drift, and Nonrandom Mati= ng

Chapt. 6

February 11=

  • Con’t

 =

February 14=

  • Evolution at Multiple Loci

Chapt. 7 and 8

February 16=

  • Con’t

 =

February 18=

  • EXAM II

 =

February 21=

  • President’s Day- class excused.

 =

February 23=

  • Studying Adaptation: Evolutionary Analysis of Form and Function

Chapt. 9

February 25=

  • Con’t

 =

February 28=

  • Sexual Selection

Chapt. 10

March 2
  • Con’t

 =

March 4
  • Kin Selection and Social Behavior

Chapt. 11

March 7
  • Spring Break- class excused.

 =

March 9

·        S= pring Break- class excused.

 =

March 11
  • Spring Break- class excused.

 =

March 14
  • Con’t

 =

March 16
  • Aging and Other Life History Characters

Chapt. 12

March 18
  • Con’t

 =

March 21
  • Exam III

 =

March 23
  • Evolution and Human Health

Chapt. 13

March 25
  • Easter Holiday- class excused=

 =

March 28
  • Reconstructing Evolutionary Trees

Chapt. 14

March 30
  • Con’t

 

 =

 =

  • Mechanisms of Speciation

Chapt. 15

April 1
  • Con’t
  • Last day to withdraw from individual classes

 =

April 4
  • Origins of Life and Precambrian Evolution
  • Summer/fall registration begins

Chapt. 16

April 6
  • Con’t

 =

April 8
  • Con’t

 =

April 11
  • The Cambrian Explosion and Beyond

Chapt. 17

April 13
  • Exam IV

 =

April 15
  • Con’t

 =

April 18
  • Development and Evolution

Chapt. 18

April 20
  • Con’t

 =

April 22
  • Human Evolution
  • Last day for special withdrawal from school

Chapt. 19

April 25
  • Con’t

 =

April 27
  • Con’t
  • Last day for all-school withdrawal

 =

April 29
  • Exam V

 

 =

May 2<= /o:p>
  • Unfinished business

 =

May 4<= /o:p>
  • Con’t

 =

May 6<= /o:p>
  • Con’t

 =

May 9-12

·        F= inal examinations

 =

 

Course requirements (in discussion with students this is subject to change):

1.    Please read the “Syllabus Attachment”.

= 2.    You are expected to read the assigned chapters prior to class and be prepared t= o engage in discussion on the day's topic (or even take a “pop” quiz). 

= 3.    Open to discussion, there will be five exams (100 points) and a final (100 pts.)= .

4.&n= bsp;   Subject to discussion there will be either a term p= aper or 2-3 major writing assignments (100 pts.).

5.&n= bsp;   There will be a series of short homework assignments and/or quizzes each worth 20 pts.

 

Breakdown of points possible:

Exams            =             &nb= sp;            =              500 pts.

Final Exam            =             &nb= sp;            =       100 pts

Course Assignments, quizzes, etc…      ~100 pts.

Term paper or writing assignments     &n= bsp;  100 pts.

Total  &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;           ~800 pts.

 

Attendance/participation policy:  All students = are expected to attend and participate in each class meeting. Excessive absences and lack of participation will negatively affect your grade. =

 

Late assignments: Late assignments will have the points earned reduced b= y 5 points per day late.

 

Make-up exams: If you absolutely cannot attend class the day of an exam you must discuss before the test an alternate time for taking the text.  Failure to do so will result in a 0 score for that exam.

 


Grading: Final grades will be based on total points earned. 

Following is the grade scale:

   &nbs= p;        A >      <= /span>90% total points

   &nbs= p;        B >      <= /span>80%

   &nbs= p;        C>       70%

   &nbs= p;        D>       60%

   &nbs= p;        F<        60%

 


It is the policy of the University of Wyoming and Casper College to provide appropriate accommodations to any student with a documented disability. If you have a need for accommodation in this course, please mak= e an appointment to see me at your earliest convenience.

 

 

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