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[http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-evolutionary.html '''Peppered moths vindicated!'''] - 28 February 2012<br>
 
[http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-evolutionary.html '''Peppered moths vindicated!'''] - 28 February 2012<br>
 
[http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/darwins-long-forgetten-fossils-unearthed.html '''Darwin's long-lost fossils'''] - 17 January 2012<br>
 
[http://blogs.nature.com/news/2012/01/darwins-long-forgetten-fossils-unearthed.html '''Darwin's long-lost fossils'''] - 17 January 2012<br>
[http://phys.org/news/2011-09-symbiotic-species-reconnect-distances.html '''Symbiotic Species Reconnect''']<br>
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Revision as of 19:09, 25 August 2012

EEB 2245: Evolutionary Biology


Meeting Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 12:30-1:45 in BRAUN 124

Instructor: Chris Simon, Professor EEB, Office: Biopharm 305D, phone 6-4640, Lab: Biopharm 323 & 325, phone 6-3947;
e-mail: chris.simon@uconn.edu [e-mail is the best place to leave messages.]

Office hours: Flexible except in the morning before our class. See me after class or send me an e-mail to arrange a meeting. I encourage quick questions by electronic mail. With longer questions or many questions, please come to see me or your TA, Colin Carlson. Don’t wait until the day before an exam!

Teaching Assistant: Colin Carlson, e-mail: colin.carlson@uconn.edu

Class Website: http://hydrodictyon.eeb.uconn.edu/eebedia/index.php/Category:EEB_Courses

Grade: The goal of this class is to teach you the basic principles of evolution and to give you an appreciation for the science. It is important to me that you learn the material. I hate to assign grades but they are required. Therefore I am trying an experiment this semester to try to lessen the pressure on the midterm and enhance your learning experience. Each Friday I will post a Study Guide and ask you a few questions from that study guide as a quiz at the end of class on the following Thursday. Each Wednesday, TA Colin Carlson will run a study guide review session. We’ll grade the quizzes and return them to you by the following Thursday. Hopefully these quizzes will serve to prepare you for the first midterm and to ensure that your grade is not based on your performance on only the midterm and the final.

EEB 245: There will be a series of ten quizzes (as described above) and two one-hour exams covering each half of the course (listed on the syllabus) and a comprehensive one-hour synthetic final exam. The second one-hour exam will be given in the same two-hour time block as the synthetic final. The quizzes will count 15% of your total grade, the first exam 35% and the second hour exam plus the final will count 25% each.

EEB 245W: If you are registered for EEB 245W, 75% of the final course grade will be determined by your lecture exams (as above) and 25% by your term paper. As required by University regulations, an F in the W part of the course will result in an F for the entire course. At least two drafts of your writing assignment must be successfully completed to pass the course. A detailed set of instructions will be provided and W students will be assigned a W instructor during the first week of class.

Text: Futuyma, D. J. 2009. Evolution. Second Edition. Sinauer Publications, Sunderland, Mass. http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=2238. The UCONN coop should have lots of used copies. Please read assigned chapters prior to the class for which they are scheduled. Additional supplementary readings may be assigned during the semester. See also new value options from Sinauer: http://www.sinauer.com/detail.php?id=2238#tions

Syllabus: Download the PDF. The syllabus always evolves. I will periodically send updated versions which track our true progress and introduce late breaking topics.


Evolution in the News

Peppered moths vindicated! - 28 February 2012
Darwin's long-lost fossils - 17 January 2012
Symbiotic Species Reconnect - 8 September 2011