If you are a
graduating senior, this schedule will be slightly modified
to accommodate your graduation – I’ll
e-mail you later in this regard. The tests will be essay-short
answer except at final exam time. That test will mostly be
multiple choice with a few essay questions.
Tentative
Schedule:
Week 1 :
Introduction to Ecology & Evolution
TUESDAY morning/afternoon: lecture
THURSDAY: biometrics lab
[simple statistics, regression ananlysis, chi-square tests]
READ: Chapters
1-2 in Smith & Smith, and Chapters 1-4 in Volpe’s
text.
Week 2
:
Evolution
TUESDAY morning/afternoon:lecture
THURSDAY: Hardy-Weinberg lab
[chi-square tests]
READ: Balance
of Volpe’s text
Week 3
:
Homeostasis
& Adaptation
TUESDAY morning: lecture
TUESDAY afternoon: leaf lab [t-tests];
limiting factors;
THURSDAY: climate lab I
REVIEW: Chapter
2 in
Smith & Smith
READ: Chapters
3, 6 & 8 in Smith & Smith
Week 4
:
Physiological
Ecology
TUESDAY morning:
Test 1 –
evolution & adaptation
(Volpe & Smith & Smith’s Chs 2, 3, 6 &
8)
TUESDAY afternoon: Fish lab
[regression analysis]
THURSDAY: lecture
READ: Chapter
4 in Smith & Smith
Week 5
:
Physiological
Ecology
TUESDAY & THURSDAY: lecture
TUESDAY: photobiology lab
READ: Continue
Chapter 4 in Smith & Smith
Week 6
:
Physiological
Ecology
TUESDAY & THURSDAY: lecture
TUESDAY:
Soil lab
READ: Chapter
5 in Smith & Smith, (Soils of MS)
Week 7
:
Physiological
Ecology
TUESDAY & THURSDAY: lecture
TUESDAY:
water lab I (potable water)
Read: Pertinent
areas on water, Chapter 4 in Smith &
Smith
Week 8
:
Population
Ecology
TUESDAY & THURSDAY: lecture
TUESDAY:
mark-and-recapture lab)
READ: Chapters
9-10 in Smith & Smith
Week 9
:
Population
Ecology; Epidemiology
TUESDAY & THURSDAY: lecture
TUESDAY:
water lab II (ponds)
READ: Chapters
11-12 in Smith & Smith
Week
10 :
Community
Ecology
TUESDAY in lab time:
Test 2 –
physiological and population ecology (Smith &
Smith’s Chapters 4-5 & 9-12)
TUESDAY: lecture
TUESDAY at 3:20PM: sampling lab
THURSDAY: lab to set up plant competition I [ANOVA]
READ: Chapters
13-14 in Smith & Smith
Week
11 :
Community
Ecology
TUESDAY: lecture
THURSDAY: N cycle lab)
READ: Chapters
15-18 in Smith & Smith, (Physiography of MS,
Physiognomy of MS,
Ecological
Succession)
Week
12 :
Ecosystems
Ecology
TUESDAY & THURSDAY: lecture
TUESDAY: biome lab [climatograms]
READ: Chapter
20 in Smith & Smith
Week
13 :
Ecosystems
Ecology
TUESDAY & THURSDAY:
lecture
TUESDAY: Berlese lab [ecological indices]
REVIEW: Chapters
24-30 in Smith & Smith
READ: bio
301.marine systems.ppt; bio 301.wetlands.ppt; Bio
301.Geology.ppt
Week
14 :
Biogeochemical
Cycles
TUESDAY & THURSDAY:
lecture
TUESDAY: discuss N cycle results; rocks & minerals lab
REVIEW: rocks
and minerals ppt
READ: Chapters
21-23 in Smith & Smith
Week
15 :
Applied &
Environmental Ecology
TUESDAY:
Test 3 (Smith &
Smith’s Chs 13-18, 20-30), lecture
TUESDAY: alternate energy lab
THURSDAY: climate lab II lab
READ: Chapter
19 in Smith & Smith; bio 301.sustainability.ppt; Bio
301.last lecture.ppt
DURING
FINALS WEEK
Comprehensive Final Exam (mostly multiple
choice)