Biol 170 Animal
Diversity (Biol 171 lab)
Instructors: Ed Connor & Al Uy Offices: 760 & 741 Hensill Hall
Phone: 338-6997 & 338-6381 Office hours: by appointment
E-Mail: efc@sfsu.edu & uy@sfsu.edu
Lectures:
TTH 6:10 – 8:55, Science 210
Course Format:
Animal Diversity is a course for non-majors designed to
illustrate the basic principles of evolution, ecology, physiology, and behavior
while familiarizing students with the broad diversity of life in the Kingdom Animalia. This course will provide an overview of the
variety of ways in which animals have solved the joint problems of maintaining
growth and reproduction while coping with an otherwise harsh environment.
Animal Diversity will cover basic concepts in evolution including the inference
of relationships among species using modern techniques in genetics, the fossil
record of animal life, the physiology of adaptation, aspects of animal behavior
and communication, the ecology of organisms in relation to their habitats, the
geographical distribution of animal life, and issues in the conservation of
biodiversity.
Course Evaluation: There will be two mid-term exams and a
final. Each exam will count for one third of the class grade. All exams will
involve multiple choice and true-false questions. The instructors will provide
students with a written study guide prior to each exam. Students can obtain up to 15 pts extra
credit per field trip for participating in field trips (a maximum of 2 field trips
or 30 pts). During the final exam
period we will also administer a make-up or replacement exam in the event that
you miss an exam, or wish to try to obtain a better score that could be used to
replace your lowest grade on the other 3 exams. This make-up or replacement
exam will be in a similar format to the other exams, but will be comprehensive
covering material from the entire semester.
Animal Diversity: Course Outline
Diversity and Classification
Week 1 – Ed Connor - Diversity
what is it, how is it distributed within the Animal Kingdom, what determines
diversity
Week 2 – Ed Connor – Systematics
and Phylogeny
Evolution
Week 3 – Al Uy
– How evolution
by natural and sexual selection shape adaptations and mating systems
Week 4 – Al Uy
– Speciation:
how new species are formed
The Invertebrates
Week 5 – Ed Connor - Invertebrate
Body Plans 1 and 1st Midterm Exam
Week 6 - Ed Connor - Invertebrate
Body Plans 2 (4 slides per page)
Invertebrate
Body Plans 2 (1 slide per page)
The
sex lives of invertebrates (4 slides per page)
The
sex lives of invertebrates (1 slide
per page)
Week 7 – Ed Connor - Resource
acquisition in invertebrates (1 slide per page)
Resource
acquisition in invertebrates (4 slides per page)
Week 8 – Ed Connor - CNS
integration, sensory perception and behavior (1 slide per page)
CNS
integration, sensory perception and behavior (4 slide
per page)
Week 9 – Ed Connor - Ecology and Conservation (1 slide per page)
Ecology
and Conservation (4 slides per page)
The Vertebrates
Week 10 – Al Uy
–2nd Midterm Exam
(Use your notes
and the posted slides as your study guide: bring a #2 pencil and scantron form 882E for the exam)
Introduction to
Vertebrates (1 slide per page)
Introduction to
Vertebrates (4 slides per page)
Week 11 – Al Uy
– Morphological
adaptations of vertebrates (one slide per page)
Morphological
adaptations of vertebrates (two slides per page)
Morphological
adaptations of vertebrates (four slides per page)
Week 12 – Al Uy
– The sex lives
of vertebrates – reproduction and mating systems
The sex lives
of vertebrates – reproduction and mating systems
The sex lives
of vertebrates – reproduction and mating systems
Week 13 – Al Uy
– Vertebrate communication – (one slide per
page)
Vertebrate communication – (two slides per
page)
Vertebrate communication – (four slides per
page)
Week 14 – Al Uy
– Social Behavior
– (two slides per page)
Social
Behavior – (four slides per page)
Week
15 - May 18 - Review and Make-up/Replacement Exam
May 25 –
Exam Results
Exam 1
Grades Exam 2
Grades Make-up
1 Exam Grades Make-up
2 Grades
Exam
1 Answers Exam 2
Answers Make-up
1 Answers Make-up
2 Answers
Overall
Class Grades for Lecture