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Date	Topic	Chapter or pages
Jan 20	Course business and introduction.
Jan 22	History of evolutionary thought	24-32,270
Jan 27	Evidence for evolution (in above lecture)	296-300
Jan 29	Population genetics	306-315
Feb 3	How species evolve	295; 316-321
Feb 5	Classification and phylogeny	Ch. 18
Feb 10	Earth’s history	Notes
Feb 12	EXAM I  REVIEW KEY
Feb 17	Origin of life, prokaryotes and viruses	Ch. 19
Feb 19	Eukaryotes and protists	Ch. 20
Feb 24	Fungi and plants	Ch. 21 and 22
Feb 26	Animal phyla	Ch 25
Mar 3	History of the vertebrates	Ch. 26
Mar 5	Human evolution	Ch. 27
Mar 10	EXAM II REVIEW KEY
Mar 12	Behavior	Ch. 39
Mar 16-20	Spring Break!!!
Mar 24	Population ecology	Ch. 38
Mar 26	Community ecology	Ch. 38
Mar 31	Ecosystem ecology	Ch. 37
Apr 2	Climate and aquatic ecosystems	Ch. 37
Apr 7	Terrestrial ecosystems	Ch. 37
Apr 9	EXAM III  REVIEW KEY
Apr 14	Biodiversity	Ch. 40 + notes
Apr 16	Endangered Species	Ch. 40 + notes
Apr 21	Pollution: Causes and Cures	Ch. 40 + notes
Apr 23	Overharvesting	Ch. 40 + notes
Apr 28	Habitat destruction	Ch. 40 + notes
Apr 30	Exotic species	Ch. 40 + notes
May 5	Curbing population growth	Ch. 40 + notes
May 7	EXAM IV  REVIEW
May 16	FINAL EXAM Saturday, 2-4 pm