The History Of Life
Duques 251 on Monday Wednesday, at 11:00am-12:25 pm
BiSc 151: Syllabus
January 18: Course Description and Student Expectations; Introduction to the History of Life
Outside Reading: Dating the Fossil Record
January 23 & 25: The Origin of Life
Outside Reading: Life on Mars?
January 30 & Feb 1: Reconstructing the History of Life
Assignment 1: Constructing Phylogenetic Trees
February 6: Evolution of Prokaryotes
February 8: Origin of Eukaryotes
February 13: Exam 1
February 15: Life as a Single Cell and Origin of Animals
February 20: George Washington's Birthday - No Class
February 22: Early evolution of Animals
February 27 and March1: Major Animal Lineages (Coeloms)
March 6: No Class
March 8: Protostomes: Lophotrochozoa
March 8 and continued on 20: Protostomes: Ecdysozoa and the Arthropods
March 13 and 15: SPRING BREAK
March 20: Protostomes: Ecdysozoa and the Arthropods
March 22: Deuterostomes
March 27: Exam 2
March 29: Origin of Vertebrates and Evolution of Fish
April 3: Invasion of land and diversity of Amphibians
April 5: Diversification of Amniotes
April 10: Dinosaurs
April 12: Birds and the Evolution of Flight
April 17 and 19: Mammal Evolution
April 24: Placental Mammals
April 26 and May 1: Evolution of Non-Vascular Plants
May 1: Vascular Plants
May 3 or 15: Exam 3 - click here for review of geologic record