W.S.U.   Bio 116
ANIMAL BIOLOGY
COURSE OUTLINE &
SYLLABUS 2016
(many details tentative and subject to change)

Class HOME PAGE:
Http://abacus.bates.edu/acad/depts/biobook/Bio116.htm


TEXT:   Hickman et al.:  INTEGRATED
PRINCIPLES OF ZOOLOGY   16th ed.
McGraw-Hill   ISBN 978-007-352421-4


  • Course expectations
  • Grading and Exams
  • What to do if you are absent
  • NEW! Revised grades!

    Dr. Minkoff's e-mail address:
    eminkoff bates.edu

    • MWF
    dates     		Text readings T O P I C S  and links to class outlines Labs(**)
      INTRODUCTION and  I N V E R T E B R A T E   A N I M A L S:
    Sept.
    7, 9     		Hickman
      ch. 1 3 5 6     		Life - Cells - Tissues - Genetics - Evolution
    1.Introduction   2.Genetics/Evolution     		(no labs)
    Sept.
    12,14,16     		Hickman
      ch. 8-13     		Animal kingdom - Sponges - Cnidaria - early embryos - Flatworms     3.Sponges/Cnidaria   4.Flatworms 1) Microscopes,
      tissues
    Sept.
    19,21,23     		Hickman
      ch. 14-17     		Coeloms and body plans - Lophotrochozoa  
    5.Lophotrochozoa     		2) Sponges, Cni-
    daria, Flatworms
    Sept.
    26,28,30     		Hickman
      ch. 18-21     		Ecdysozoa -  Review 6. Ecdysozoa
    EXAM #1     		3) Lophotrochozoa
      C H O R D A T E S and RELATED A N I M A L S:
    Oct.
    3, 5, 7     		Hickman
      ch. 22-24     		Deuterostomia:  Echinoderms - Chordate evolution - Fishes  
    7. Echinodermata   8. Chordata   9. Fishes     		4) Ecdysozoa
    Oct.12,14
    (No Mon.)     		Hickman
      ch. 25     		Amphibian evolution and embryology   10.Amphibians (no lab)
    Oct.
    17,19,21     		Hickman
      ch. 26 27 28     		Reptiles - Birds - Early Mammals   11.Reptiles   12.Mammals 5) Echinoderms, Fishes
    Oct.
    24,26,28     		Hickman
      ch. 36     		More mammals - Animal behavior -  Review   13.Anim.Behavior 6) Amphibians, Reptiles, Birds
      V E R T E B R A T E   B O D Y  S Y S T E M S:
    Oct. 31
    Nov. 2, 4     		Hickman
      ch. 29     		EXAM #2
    Skin - Skeleton - Muscles   14.Skin   15.Skeleton   16.Muscles       		7) Mammals
    Nov. 7, 9
    (No Fri.)     		Hickman
      ch. 33     		Nervous system and sense organs   17.Nervous 8) Skeletons, muscles
    Nov.
    14,16,18     		Hickman
      ch. 32, 31     		Digestion - Circulation   18.Digestion   19.Circulation 9) Sheep brains
    Nov. 21
    (Mon.only)     		  Respiration   20.Respiration 10) Digestion, heart
    Nov.
    23–27         		T H A N K S G I V I N G   B R E A K
    Nov.28,30
    Dec. 2     		Hickman
      ch. 30, 34     		Homeostasis:  Excretion; Endocrines
    21.Excretion   22.Endocrines       		11) Lungs, kidneys, etc.
    Dec.
    5, 7, 9     		Hickman
      ch. 7     		Reproduction - Gestation - Postnatal development
    23.Reproduction     Review     		12) Reproductive
      Final exam COMPREHENSIVE FINAL EXAMINATION  
    8:30 a.m. on Friday December 16
    		** Labs are subject to change.

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    rev. Aug. 2016