C 73 - 76 D+ 67 - 69 D- 60 - 62 C- 70 - 72 D 63 - 66 grades will be determined by the instructor after consideration of the class’s overall average. Grade adjustment will ONLY be upwards; an assigned grade will never be lower than your raw point score. XII. Lecture Schedule for Spring 2014 *** SUBJECT TO REVISION**** Week Lecture Chapter Topic 7 January Introduction, What is a vertebrate? 1 1, 2 Tues Classification and phylogeny of vertebrates. 9 January 1, 2 Phylogenetic systematics: how to read a tree Thurs 14 January Jawless vs. jawed fishes; appearance of the 2 3 Tues gnathostomes 16 January Jawless vs. fishes; appearance of the 3 Thurs gnathostomes 21 January 3 No Class Tues 4 23 January Exam I Ch 1-4; take-home Living in water Thurs Due 30 Jan 11:55 p.m. 28 January Chondrichthyes: diversity, reproduction, human 4 5 Tues impacts and conservation 30 January Chondrichthyes: diversity, reproduction, human 5 Thurs impacts and conservation 4 February Osteichthyes: diversity, locomotion, reproduction, 5 6 Tues human impacts and conservation 6 February Osteichthyes: diversity, locomotion, reproduction, 6 Thurs human impacts and conservation 11 February 6 9 Tetrapoda: living on land Tues 13 February 10 Amphibians: diversity and taxonomy Thurs 18 February Amphibians: Gas exchange, metamorphosis, 7 10 Tues defense, conservation 20 February Sauropsids vs. synapsids: key differences in 11 Thurs anatomy, reproduction and thermoregulation 25 February Exam II 8 In class Tues (chapters 5, 6, 9, 10)
C 73 - 76 C- 70 - 72 D+ 67 - 69 D 63 - 66 D- 60 - 62 grades will be determined by the instructor after consideration of the class’s overall average. Grade adjustment will ONLY be upwards; an assigned grade will never be lower than your raw point score. XII. Lecture Schedule for Spring 2014 *** SUBJECT TO REVISION**** Week Lecture Chapter Topic 1 7 January Tues 1, 2 Introduction, What is a vertebrate? Classification and phylogeny of vertebrates. 9 January Thurs 1, 2 Phylogenetic systematics: how to read a tree 2 14 January Tues 3 Jawless vs. jawed fishes; appearance of the gnathostomes 16 January Thurs 3 Jawless vs. fishes; appearance of the gnathostomes 3 21 January Tues No Class 23 January Thurs 4 Exam I Ch 1-4; take-home Due 30 Jan 11:55 p.m. Living in water 4 28 January Tues 5 Chondrichthyes: diversity, reproduction, human impacts and conservation 30 January Thurs 5 Chondrichthyes: diversity, reproduction, human impacts and conservation 5 4 February Tues 6 Osteichthyes: diversity, locomotion, reproduction, human impacts and conservation 6 February Thurs 6 Osteichthyes: diversity, locomotion, reproduction, human impacts and conservation 6 11 February Tues 9 Tetrapoda: living on land 13 February Thurs 10 Amphibians: diversity and taxonomy 7 18 February Tues 10 Amphibians: Gas exchange, metamorphosis, defense, conservation 20 February Thurs 11 Sauropsids vs. synapsids: key differences in anatomy, reproduction and thermoregulation 8 25 February Tues Exam II (chapters 5, 6, 9, 10) In class
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