WEEK AND DATE  LECTURE TOPIC                          Reading: Chapters in Ridley 1 R 19 Sep  Intro, epistemology. hist. of evol. theory             Geological Time Scales & dating 2 T 24 Sep  Fossils                                         1,  appendix, p. 527   R 26 Sep  Evidence for organic evolution - preDarwin & Darwin         3                                              3 T 01 Oct  Human Evolution                                                            R 03 Oct  Human Evolution   (optional review session 5:30-6:30 in 3-113)                                   4 T 08 Oct  TEST 1 -- 25% of GRADE (50 min. testing time only!)             Review of Mendelian Genetics                             2   R 10 Oct  Variation and Natural Selection                         4, 5 5 T 15 Oct  Microevolutionary Genetics                      6, skim and read summary in 7   R 17 Oct  Quantitative traits, heritability, genome evolution       9, 10 6 T 22 Oct  Analysis of Adaptation, units of selection               11, 12        R 24 Oct  Adaptive explanation                                      13                                                                  7 T 29 Oct  Species and speciation                                   15, 16               (opt. rev. session 5:30 - 6:30 in 3-113)         R 31 Oct  TEST 2 -- 25% of GRADE (50 min. testing time only!)             Classification and Evolution                                14    8 T 05 Nov  Cladograms and their construction                      17, handout       R 07 Nov  Evolutionary biogeography                              18      9 T 12 Nov  Rates of evolution; macroevolution                   19, 20         R 14 Nov  Macroevolution  10 T 19 Nov  Coevolution and species selection                     21         R 21 Nov  Extinction  11 T 26 Nov  Extinction and mass extinction                         22 12 T 03 Dec  optional review session 12:00-1:00 in 3-113   R  05 Dec FINAL EXAM -- 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM -- 50 % OF GRADE

ADDITIONAL COURSE INFORMATION

OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this course is to give you a solid understanding of the modern study of evolution in living organisms. In addition, the course will introduce you to the fundamentals of evolutionary genetics, adaptation and natural selection, classification and phylogenetics, paleobiology and macroevolution.

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. Stephen H. Bryant Bldg. 8 - Room 9 (office); Room 16 (lab). Phone: 869-4094. Office Hours: M, T, W, Th 3-5 PM or by appointment. If I'm not in my office during office hours, check my lab (8-16). Email address is SHBRYANT@CSUPOMONA.EDU. I prefer email to voice mail. EXCEPTIONS: You will need to SIGN UP for an appointment to see me from 18 Oct - 04 Nov. This is due to the heavy demand on my time during this period of academic advising.

REQUIRED MATERIALS:

TEXT: Ridley, Mark. 1993. Evolution Boston: Blackwell Scientific Publications. This is a fairly new comprehensive text on evolution. Ridley's book is well-illustrated, straightforward to read, and gives a good general overview of the types of evolutionary research being conducted at this time (along with the standard classical examples). It is important that you read the whole book, as assigned, for I will lecture mainly on the topics that Ridley covers less thoroughly. Tests, however, will cover both the reading and lecture material in approximately equal proportions.

CALCULATOR: Bring a calculator with you to tests; any calculator with a square root key will do; you can use as fancy a calculator as you want. If your calculator has a memory, you must clear the memory before starting the test.

PREREQUISITE: Biology 100, 115/L or equivalent, and high school algebra. Your basic biology course should have given you the fundamentals of genetics, evolution, ecology and classification necessary for this course. In addition, I assume you have had the equivalent of high school algebra, and can solve simple algebraic equations and work with graphs of various sorts.

EXAMS: Two hourly exams and a final will be given. The final will consist of two parts: the first hour will be equivalent to a third hourly exam; the second hour will be comprehensive and cover all course material equally. Each hourly will count 100 points; the final will count 200 points. Exams will be closed book. Exam will consist of a mix of question types, some objective, some short answer, some problems, some essay etc. About half of the points on each exam will be for material covered by the assigned reading which is NOT covered in lecture. Bring your student ID to each test; instructor may check IDs. Students not having proper ID may have their tests invalidated. Students who miss an exam for documented, University-approved reasons may be required to take a make-up exam, which may be an oral exam. Students who miss an exam for other reasons may not get credit for the missed exam. WARNING: You MAY NOT take the final exam at any time other than the scheduled time.

GRADING: Grading will be done more or less on a curve. Instructor will supply statistics of exam scores. The grading will be no more stringent than 90% = A; 80% = B; 70% = C, 60% = D. Thus, it is possible for every student to earn an "A". NOTE: If you wish your final grade mailed to you, bring a self-addressed, stamped envelope (the bookstore has grade mailing envelopes, if you wish to buy one) to the final. Grades will probably be posted outside the instructor's office by the Wednesday following finals week. Unless arranged differently by the student, exam scores and grades will be posted by the last 4 digits of each student's identification number.

PROBLEMS: From time to time, I may provide you with practice problems on the quantitative material of the course. These problems will provide you with the practice necessary to do better on exams. I highly suggest you work any given problems — when I solve a problem in class, it may look easy, but that is because I have practiced the problem many times before. You haven't. You should: so work the practice problems. Tests from a previous class may be made available.

REVIEW SESSIONS: There will be an optional review session for each test as indicated on the front of the syllabus.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: See the statement on academic integrity starting on page 45 of the 1996-97 Cal Poly Catalog. (also available at http://www.csupomona.edu/academic/catalog96-97/ under "General Information")