Week |
Date |
Lecture Topic |
Readings |
1 |
28-Jan |
Course introduction |
|
30 |
Classification |
Anderson, pages shown below* |
2 |
4-Feb |
Arthropod features |
p. 178-181, 202-213 |
|
6 |
Arthropod and insect evolution |
Ch. 2, pp. 21-41 |
3 |
11 |
External anatomy I (Quiz 1) |
Ch. 2, pp. 41-48 |
|
13 |
External anatomy II |
Ch. 3, pp. 65-84 |
4 |
18 |
PRESIDENTS' DAY |
|
20 |
Legs, wings, abdomen |
Ch. 3, pp. 50-65 |
5 |
25 |
EXAM 1 |
|
|
27 |
Physiology I |
Ch. 4, pp. 86-112 |
6 |
3-Mar |
Physiology II (Lab quiz 1) |
Ch. 4, pp. 86-112 |
|
5 |
Aquatic Insects |
Ch. 10, pp. 240-261 |
7 |
10 |
Trip to Fairfield Osborn Preserve |
|
12 |
Mating & courtship (Insect collection 1) |
Ch. 5, pp. 113-123 |
8 |
17 |
Trip to Laguna de Santa Rosa |
|
19 |
EXAM 2 |
|
9 |
24 |
SPRING BREAK |
|
26 |
SPRING BREAK |
10 |
31 |
CESAR CHAVEZ DAY |
|
2-Apr |
Sexual Selection |
Ch. 5, pp.123-140 |
11 |
7 |
Reproduction |
Ch. 6, pp. 142-153 |
|
9 |
Life cycles |
Ch. 6, pp. 153-176 |
12 |
14 |
Evolution of dispersal (Lab quiz 2) |
Ch. 11, pp. 264-278 |
|
16 |
Herbivory |
Ch. 11, pp. 278-298 |
13 |
21 |
EXAM 3 |
|
|
23 |
Coevolution |
TBA |
14 |
28 |
Pollination and predation |
Ch. 13, pp. 328 - 353 |
|
30 |
Insect predators and parasites |
Ch. 14, pp. 355-374 |
15 |
5-May |
Defense against predators (Quiz 4) |
Ch. 12, pp. 299- 326 |
|
7 |
Parasitoids and intro to social insects |
Ch. 12, pp. 299- 326 |
16 |
12 |
Subsocial to eusocial (Lab quiz 3, Field journal due) |
Ch. 15, pp. 375-393 |
|
14 |
Bees ants and termites (Insect collection 2) |
Ch. 16, pp. 396-407 |
|
19-May |
FINAL EXAM (8:00-9:50 p.m.) |