| WEEK | DATE | LAB TOPIC | ASSIGNMENT |
| 1 | Aug 27 | Understanding trees (In-lab Exercises) | In-lab  |
| 2 | Sep 3 | Phylogeny and a murder trial (Metzker et al.) and Online genomic resources (NCBI Assignment presentations) |
Exercise 1  |
| 3 | Sep 10 | Exercise 2A: Mitochondrial (mt) genes across mammals or vertebrates | Exercise 2  |
| 4 | Sep 17 | Exercise 2B: Nuclear genes across animals | Exercise 2 |
| 5 | Sep 24 | Exercise 2C: Putting it together - mitochondrial vs. nuclear gene variation (Ex2 due 10/1) | Exercise 2 |
| 6 | Oct 1 | Simulation of sequence evolution | Exercise 3 |
| 7 | Oct 8 | Multiple sequence alignment | Exercise 4  |
| 8 | Oct 15 | PCR and primer design | Exercise 5  |
| 9 | Oct 22 | PCR and primer design | Exercise 5 (cont.) |
| 10 | Oct 29 | PCR and primer design | Exercise 5 (cont.) |
| 11 | Nov 5 | Phylogenetic methods (Start Final Project) | Exercise 6  |
| 12 | Nov 12 | Assembling sequence contigs | Exercise 7  |
| 13 | Nov 19 | Work on Final Project | |
| 14 | Nov 24-28 | Fall Break | No Class |
| 15 | Dec 3 | Work on Final Project | No handouts |
| 16 | Dec 10 | Final Presentations | TBA |
| Final | Dec 15 | FINAL PROJECTS DUE (No Exam) | 5 PM - MH282 |