Sample Lecture Syllabus

Week	Date	Day	Topic	Reading
1	27-Aug	Tue	Introduction	Chap. 1
	29-Aug	Thurs.	Evolutionary concepts	Chap. 2
2	3-Sep	Tue	Protozoa	Chap. 5
	5-Sep	Thurs.	Field Trip
3	10-Sep	Tue	Invertebrate Evolution	Chap. 3 & pp. 112-120
	12-Sep	Thurs.	Porifera	Chap. 7
4	17-Sep	Tue	Field Trip
	19-Sep	Thurs.	Cnidaria	Chap. 8
5	24-Sep	Tue	Cnidaria & Ctenophores	Chap. 9
	26-Sep	Thurs.	Platyhelminthes	Chap. 10
6	1-Oct	Tue	Midterm I
	3-Oct	Thurs.	Platyhelminthes & Nermerteans	Chap. 11
7	8-Oct	Tue	Pseudocoelomates	Chap. 12
	10-Oct	Thurs.	Pseudocoelomates
8	15-Oct	Tue	No lecture
	17-Oct	Thurs.	Protostomes & Deuterostomes
9	22-Oct	Tue	Annelids	Chap. 13
	24-Oct	Thurs.	Annelids & Onychophorans	Chap. 19
10	29-Oct	Tue	Arthropods	Chap. 15
	31-Oct	Thurs.	Midterm II
11	5-Nov	Tue	Arthropods	Chap. 18
	7-Nov	Thurs.	Field Trip
12	12-Nov	Tue	Arthropods
	14-Nov	Thurs.	Molluscs	Chap. 20
13	19-Nov	Tue	Molluscs
	21-Nov	Thurs.	Echinoderms	Chap. 22
14	26-Nov	Tue	Echinoderms
	28-Nov	Thurs.	Thanksgiving Holiday
15	3-Dec	Tue	Lower Chordates/Evolution of taxa	Chap. 23 & Chap. 24
	5-Dec	Thurs.	No lecture

Lecture Text: Invertebrates by Brusca and Brusca.
Final is on Dec. 13 @ 2:00 - 3:55pm, and will be comprehensive.
Lab Text: Beck and Braithwaite's Invertebrate Zoology
by Wallace, Taylor, and Litton.
Course Grading: Two midterms (20% ea.), Lab (30%), & Final (30%)

Last Update: 2/4/07

Name: Stephen C. Weeks

Email: scweeks@uakron.edu