| Eastern Nazarene College Biology Department BI-104: Introduction to Ecology and Diversity Course Syllabus: Tentative Class Schedule Fall 2006 |
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| Eastern Nazarene College Biology Department BI-104: Introduction to Ecology and Diversity Course Syllabus: Tentative Class Schedule Fall 2006 |
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| Week |
Topic |
Chapters |
Assignments |
| 1 |
Introduction to
Ecology and Ecosystems |
50 |
Quiz #1 on Thursday |
| 2 |
Population Ecology |
52 |
Quiz #2 on Thursday |
| 3 |
Population Ecology (continued) |
52 |
Exam #1 on Thursday |
| 4 |
Community Ecology: Species
Interactions |
53 |
Quiz #3 on Thursday |
| 5 |
Community Interactions: What
happens after a disturbance? Ecosystems and Energetics |
53 54 |
|
| 6 |
Ecosystems and Energetics |
54 |
Exam #2 on Thursday |
| 7 |
Conservation Biology |
55 |
|
| 8 |
Conservation Biology (discussion
of writing assignment) Evolution and the Theory of Natural Selection |
23 |
Writing Assignment #1 due on
Tuesday |
| 9 |
Evolution and Theory of Natural
Selection |
23 |
Exam #3 on Thursday |
| 10 |
Evolutionary Processes |
24 |
|
| 11 |
Speciation |
25 |
|
| 12 |
Geologic History and the Fossil
Record |
26 |
Exam #4 on Thursday |
| 13 |
Class Presentations of Project |
Writing Assignment #2 due on
Tuesday |
| Course Description |
Course Requirements | Assignments |
| Tentative
Schedule |
Grading |
Project Information |
| Lab Syllabus |
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