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[[Image:sarcop small.jpg|thumb|right|'']] [[Image:steve small.jpg|thumb|right|'']][[Image:tobias small.jpg|thumb|right|'']][[Image:kathy small.jpg|thumb|right|'']]<span style="font-size: larger">'''Biology of the Vertebrates'''</span><br>
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'''EEB 2214'''<br>
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'''Fall 2008'''
  
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For more information, you can also contact the instructor [mailto:smithcf@hotmail.com Dr. Chuck Smith] at:
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This course will cover the diversity of vertebrates and the evolution of form and function within this group.
  
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Chuck Smith (smithcf@hotmail.com)
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Meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 in BSP130<br>
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Assistant Professor-In-Residence
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Textbook: Linzey, D. 2001. ''Vertebrate Biology''. McGraw-Hill<br>
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Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
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U-3043, Torrey Life Science Building
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  The University of Connecticut
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  Storrs, CT 06268
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  486-4158
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Here's a tentative lecture schedule. We'll be meeting for three hours Tuesdays and Thursdays, so each meeting will be divided into 60-75 minute lectures with a break in between. We'll also occasionally be venturing out on field trips to observe vertebrates in their natural habitat. I'll post a list of items you'll need to bring well in advance of a field trip (rain coat, boots, etc.).
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''Instructors:'''</span>
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Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch<br>
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Office: Biology/Pharmacy 305B<br>
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Phone: 486-4452<br>
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E-mail: elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu<br>
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Office hours: Tuesdays, 2-3 pm, and by appointment
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Dr. Margaret Rubega<br>
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Office: Biology/Pharmacy 500<br>
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Phone: 486-4502<br>
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E-mail: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu<br>
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Office hours: by appointment<br>
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Maria Pickering (teaching assistant)<br>
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Office: Torrey Life Sciences 480<br>
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Phone: 486-1882<br>
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E-mail: maria.pickering@uconn.edu<br>
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Office hours: Thursdays, 3-4 pm, and by appointment
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''Grading:'''</span>
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Exam 1          30% (100 points)<br>
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Exam 2          30% (100 points)<br>
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Final Exam      40% (133 points)<br>
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There will be two one-hour, non-cumulative, exams scheduled during the lecture hour.  The two-hour final will be split into two parts:  the first part will cover all material since the second exam, and the second part will be a comprehensive (cumulative) exam covering the entire course.
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''Missed exams'''</span><br>
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Any student who does not attend an exam and fails to receive permission in advance will receive a 0 for the exam.  Approval of any request to miss an exam requires, but is not guaranteed by, verifiable written documentation of the reason.  A student who receives approval to miss an exam will, at the discretion of the instructor, either take a make-up exam or have his or her course grade prorated based on performance in the remainder of the course.
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''Academic integrity'''</span><br>
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Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University.  For more information, see Section IV of the Student Conduct Code available at the web site of the Dean of Students.
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<span style="font-size: larger">'''Disabilities'''</span><br>
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If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and one of the following offices within the first two weeks of the semester:
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Center for Students with Disabilities, Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201
  
  
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Revision as of 00:27, 26 August 2008

Biology of the Vertebrates

EEB 2214
Fall 2008

This course will cover the diversity of vertebrates and the evolution of form and function within this group.

Meetings: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 in BSP130
Textbook: Linzey, D. 2001. Vertebrate Biology. McGraw-Hill


Instructors:

Dr. Elizabeth Jockusch
Office: Biology/Pharmacy 305B
Phone: 486-4452
E-mail: elizabeth.jockusch@uconn.edu
Office hours: Tuesdays, 2-3 pm, and by appointment

Dr. Margaret Rubega
Office: Biology/Pharmacy 500
Phone: 486-4502
E-mail: margaret.rubega@uconn.edu
Office hours: by appointment

Maria Pickering (teaching assistant)
Office: Torrey Life Sciences 480
Phone: 486-1882
E-mail: maria.pickering@uconn.edu
Office hours: Thursdays, 3-4 pm, and by appointment


Grading: 

Exam 1          30% (100 points)

Exam 2          30% (100 points)

Final Exam      40% (133 points)

There will be two one-hour, non-cumulative, exams scheduled during the lecture hour. The two-hour final will be split into two parts: the first part will cover all material since the second exam, and the second part will be a comprehensive (cumulative) exam covering the entire course.


Missed exams
Any student who does not attend an exam and fails to receive permission in advance will receive a 0 for the exam. Approval of any request to miss an exam requires, but is not guaranteed by, verifiable written documentation of the reason. A student who receives approval to miss an exam will, at the discretion of the instructor, either take a make-up exam or have his or her course grade prorated based on performance in the remainder of the course.


Academic integrity
Plagiarism and cheating are violations of the student conduct code, and may be punished by failure in the course or, in severe cases, dismissal from the University. For more information, see Section IV of the Student Conduct Code available at the web site of the Dean of Students.


Disabilities
If you have a disability for which you may be requesting an accommodation, you should contact a course instructor and one of the following offices within the first two weeks of the semester: Center for Students with Disabilities, Wilbur Cross Building, Room 201



Class Schedule:

lecture topic
1 Diversity, classification, and origin of vertebrates
1 Vertebrate body plans and organ systems I
2 Vertebrate organ systems II
2 Evolution of early vertebrates
3 Evolution of jaws and Chondrichthyes
3 Evolution of primitive bony fishes
4 Respiration, locomotion and schooling in fish
4 Feeding adaptations of fishes
5 Reproductive behavior of fishes
5 Origin of tetrapods
6 Diversity, morphology and feeding of living amphibians
6 Amphibian reproductive behavior
7 EXAM 1
7 Tuataras, lizards and snakes
8 Reptile reproductive behavior
8 Physiological adaptations of ectotherms
9 Dinosaurs and other Mesozoic diapsids
9 Evolution and structure of birds
10 Bird mating systems
10 Evolution of mammals
11 Mammalian feeding adaptations
11 Physiological adaptations of endothermic vertebrates
12 Mammalian mating systems
12 EXAM 2
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