Syllabus for Organic Evolution EEES 5150/7150
Spring 2004
Class Time: T, TH, 12:00 1:15 pm
Room: BO 2045
Instructor: Daryl F. Dwyer
Office hours: T, TH, 11:30 12:00 noon
Office: BO 3096H; Phone: 530-2661; email: daryl.dwyer@utoledo.edu
Text: Evolution, 3rd Edition, Monroe W. Strickberger, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, International; ISBN: 0-7637-1066-0
Expectations: 3 Exams (100 Points each) = 300 Points
5 Homework Sets (20 Points each) = 100 Points
Total = 400 Points
Exams: Each exam will cover only the material immediately preceding it. Material will be taken both from the textbook and from lecture notes. Anyone that is caught cheating in an exam will receive 0 points for that exam.
Homework: Assignments will be taken from the questions at the back of the chapters in the textbook. They will be assigned prior to an exam and hopefully will serve as study aids. If a set in handed in late, 50% of the total number of points will be lost for each late day.
Grading: Letter grades will be given on a percentage basis, i.e. A > 93%, A- = 90-92%, B+ = 87-89%, B = 83-86%, B- = 80-82%, C+ = 76-79%, C = 72-75%, C- = 68-71%, D = 60-67%, F < 60%. Percentages may change depending on the outcome of the final points awarded to the students. This would result only in a curve to benefit the students. If an exam is missed, or if homework assignments are late, the only acceptable excuse is one written by a doctor or some type of unavoidable circumstance.
Graduate students will be required to present one of the lectures for the students as practice for their future careers. This will involve researching the topic from material (other than the text alone) that is provided by the instructor and doing a practice presentation to be viewed by the instructor.
Proposed Lecture Topics:
1 1, 2, 3 Historical Framework for the Development of the Theory of Evolution
Chapter 4 can be read for your own info; it is interesting, but you wont be expected to remember this stuff. Read all of Chapter 1, 2 and 3.
2 5, 6 Origin of the Universe and the Earth
Read all of Chapter 5 and 6, but skip pages 94 96.
3 7, 8 Origin of Life and the Genetic Code
Read all of Chapter 7 and 8; but skip section of life from prior life (pp. 113 - 118, however look at Figures that relate to other sections), skip pages 142 143 and 146 154.
4 9, 10 Metabolism, Development of Cells, Cell Genetics
5 10 Genetics continued
Exam #1 on 2/17/04 (Chapters 1 9)
6 11, 12 Classification of Organisms
Read all of Chapter 11; in Chapter 12, skip sections on restriction enzymes (pp 273 275) and regulatory genes (pp 286 287)
7 13, 14 Molecular Classification of Organisms, Beginnings of Evolution
8 15, 16 Evolution of Microorganisms and Invertebrates
9 17, 18 Evolution of Vertebrates; Moving from Water to Land
10 19, 20 Evolution of Mammals and Humans
11 20 Human Evolution continued; Exam #2 (Chapters 10 19)
12 21, 22 Mechanisms of Change: Gene Frequencies and Their Changes
13 23 Population Genetics
14 24 Determination of Species and Races
15 25 Culture and Human Evolution
Finals Week Exam #3 (Chapters 20 25)
Problem Set #1 Due on 2/12/04 (Answers of one paragraph should be adequate for most questions)
Chapter 1 Questions 1, 3, 4
Chapter 2 Questions 2, 3, 5
Chapter 3 Questions 1, 2, 4
Chapter 5 Question 2
Chapter 6 Questions 2, 6
Chapter 7 Questions 1, 4, 7
Chapter 8 Questions 1, 2
Chapter 9 Questions 1, 5, 6, 8
Problem Set #2 Due date: Tuesday March 23, 2004 but you may start working on it so its not all at once
Chapter 10 Questions 1, 2, 3, 4 (Please give details!), 7, 9, 12, 17, 20
Chapter 11 Questions 1, 2, 6
Chapter 12 Questions 2, 3, 6, 8
Problem Set #3 Due date: Thursday, April 15, 2004 - but you may start working on this so its not all at once
Chapter 13 Questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 6
Chapter 14 Questions 3, 4
Chapter 15 Questions 1
Chapter 16 Questions 5, 6, 8, 9, 10
Problem Set #4 Due date: Thursday, April 29, 2004 but once again, you may start working on the questions so that they dont come all at once.
Chapter 17 Questions 1, 4
Chapter 18 Questions 1, 5, 7
Chapter 19 Questions 1, 3, 5, 8
Chapter 20 Questions 1, 8, 9, 11