Schedule of class topics and readings: Spring 2009

Week

Date

Topics

Readings

1.

T  1/13

Introduction

 

 

Th 1/15

Phylogeny and biodiversity

Brusca 1, 2 and Wilson handout

2.

T   1/20

Protista

Brusca 5

 

Th  1/22

Protista

Brusca 5

3.

T   1/27

Porifera;  GCRL staff visit

Brusca 6, 7

 

Th  2/29

Cnidaria & Ctenophora

Brusca 8, 9

4.

T   2/3

Cnidaria & Ctenophora

Brusca 8, 9

 

Th  2/5

Platyhelminthes

Brusca 10

5.

T   2/10

Platyhelminthes

Brusca 10

 

Th  2/12

Pseudocoelomates

Brusca 12

6.

T  2/17

Pseudocoelomates

Brusca 12

 

Th  2/19

EXAM #1

 

7.

T    2/24

Molluscs

Brusca 20

 

Th  2/26

Molluscs

Brusca 20

8.

T    3/3

Molluscs

Brusca 20

 

Th  3/5

Annelids

Brusca 13

9.

T   3/10 

Annelids

Brusca 13, 14

 

Th 3/12

Arthropods

Brusca 15

 

T   3/17

Trilobites & Chelicerates

Brusca 15

 10.

Th  3/19

Chelicerates

Brusca 19

11.

T   3/24

Spring Break- no class

 

 

Th  3/26

Spring Break- no class

 

12.

T   3/31

Crustaceans

Brusca 16

 

Th  4/2

Crustaceans

Brusca 16

13.

T   4/7

Crustaceans; EXAM #2

Brusca 16

 

Th  4/9

Spring Holiday- no class

 

14.

T  4/14

Myriapods

Brusca 18

 

Th 4/16

Insects

Brusca 17 

15.

T  4/21

Barnhart gone to FMCS meeting

Brusca 17 

 

Th 4/23

Lophophorates

Brusca 21

16.

T  4/28

Echinoderms

Brusca 22

 

Th  4/30

Echinoderms

Brusca 22

17.

T   5/5

Invert Chordates

Brusca 23

 

Th  5/7

Invert Chordates

Brusca 23

18.

Th 5/12

FINAL EXAM  8:45-10:45