Biology 204
Principles of Organismal Biology
Spring 2012

Simpson, Hentschel, and Berta

NOTICES AND MATERIALS FOR THE CLASS WILL BE PLACED ON BLACKBOARD: https://blackboard.sdsu.edu
HOWEVER, FOR THE FIRST TWO WEEKS OF CLASS, SOME MATERIALS WILL BE PLACED ON THIS WEB PAGE.
AFTER THAT, ALL STUDENTS SHOULD BE REGISTERD AND ON BLACKBOARD.

Questions or concerns: Dr. Krystal Rypien, krypien@mail.sdsu.edu, LS-236

Labs begin the week of Jan 23
Lab manual is available at KB Bookstore
Students must attend the lab section they are enrolled in. No-shows the week of Jan 23 will be dropped from the lecture & lab.
Switching lab sections will only be permitted if there is space after Jan 30

All students wishing to crash Bio204L (including Open University students) must sign the crash list in LS-219 at one of the following times:
Jan 18 10:00 – 11:45AM, 1:00 - 3:00PM
Jan 19 8:00 – 9:00AM
Jan 20 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Crashers and O.U. students must attend one lab section the week of Jan 23
A list of successful crashers will be posted outside LS-219 on Jan 30 9AM


Other enrollment problems: go to bioadvising office, LS 135: http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/bioadvise/index.html 

Syllabus-2012
   
Course Syllabus (pdf)  

Study Questions
   Lecture 1
   Lecture 2
   Lecture 3
   Lecture 4
   Lecture 5
   Lecture 6

iQuizzes (to be posted; but be sure to take those on Blackboard when registered, as these won't count).
   Lecture 1
   Lecture 2
   Lecture 3
   Lecture 4
   Lecture 5
   Lecture 6

Lectures
   Lecture 1: Chs. 1, 22 - Evolution
   Lecture 2: Ch. 23 - Evolution of Populations
   Lecture 3: Ch. 24, 25 - Origin of Species
   Lecture 4: Ch. 26 - Phylogeny
   Lecture 5: Ch. 27 - Bacteria & Archaea
   Lecture 6: Eukaryotes