Honors Seminar on History of Life
Honors 301T - Prof. Eernisse
California State University, Fullerton
Schedule
Fall 2007
Schedule Number 18427
Tues/Thurs 2:30-3:45 UH245
Provisional Lecture and Readings Outline
All chapter references are to either
An Introduction to Biological Evolution (BE; provided as handouts),
Evolution: The Triumph of an Idea (EV; provided as handouts),
or the 4th Edition of History of Life (HOL; see below)

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WEEK DATE LECTURE TOPIC ASSIGNMENT
1 Aug 21
Aug 23		 Introduction to Evolution and the History of Life
Evolution of Evolution (Handout: BE Ch. 1, pp. 3-14)
BE Ch. 1: 1-10
2 Aug 28
Aug 30 		Time (Handouts: BE Ch. 2, pp. 17-30; and EV Ch. 3, pp. 57-71)
Heredity (BE Ch. 3, pp. 33-47; and EV Ch. 4, pp. 73-86) 		BE Ch. 2: 1-13 and EV Ch. 3:1-5
BE Ch. 3: 1-14 and EV Ch. 4:1-7
3 Sep 4
Sep 6 		Emergence of Life (EV Ch. 4, pp. 86-94) (Essay Assignment 1 Available)
The Origin of Life		 EV Ch. 4:8-11
HOL Ch. 1
4 Sep 11
Sep 13 		Earth’s Earliest Life (Cladogram Assignm 1 Available Here)
Life's Diversity and Phylogeny (Essay Assignment 1 Due)
 HOL Ch. 2
Hand-outs (no quiz)
5 Sep 18
Sep 20 		Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes (Cladogram Assignm 1 Due)
The Evolution of Animals		 HOL Ch. 3
HOL Ch. 4
6 Sep 25
Sep 27

Phylogenetic Analysis
Review

 TBA
Review above Review Questions
7 Oct 2
Oct 4 		Midterm 1
Cambrian Explosion		 Handouts, HOL 1-4
HOL Ch. 5
8 Oct 9
Oct 11 		Life in a Changing World and Extinction
The Early Vertebrates (Essay Assignment 1 Revisions Due)		 HOL Ch. 6
HOL Ch. 6 (cont.)
9 Oct 16
Oct 18 		The Early Vertebrates (Cladogram Assignm. 2 Available)
Leaving the Water; Tetrapods & Amniotes		 HOL Ch. 7 and select an animal
HOL Ch. 8 - Ch. 9
10 Oct 23
Oct 25 		Reptiles and Thermoregulation; Triassic Takeover
Dinosaurs (Cladogram Assignm. 2 Due)		 HOL Ch. 10 - Ch. 11
HOL Ch. 12
11 Oct 30
Nov 1

Evolution of Flight
Midterm 2 (LaBrea Tarpits Field Trip Assignment Distributed)

HOL Ch. 13
HOL Chs. 5-13
12 Nov 6
Nov 8 		The Modernization of Land and Sea
The Origin of Mammals & The End of (Non-Avian) Dinosaurs 		HOL Ch. 14
HOL Ch. 15 - Ch. 16
13 Nov 13
Nov 15 		Cenozoic Mammals: Origins, Guilds, and Trends (Student-led Discussion)
Geography and Evolution (Student-led Discussion) 		HOL Ch. 17
HOL Ch. 18
  Nov 19-23 Fall Break - No Classes  
14 Nov 27
Nov 29

Primates (Student-led Discussion)
Evolving Toward Humans (Student-led Discussion)

HOL Ch. 19
HOL Ch. 20
15 Dec 4
Dec 6 		Life in the Ice Age (Assignment TBA)
Review		 HOL Ch. 21
HOL Chs. 14-21
Finals Dec 13 Final Exam (Approx. 1/2 Units 1&2; 1/2 Unit 3)  2:30-4:20 UH245
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