Class Schedule
Bio 211: Marine Invertebrates
Date
Lecture
Reading
Week 1
5 Sept. Orientation/Generalities Chs 1 & 2
Week 2
10 Sept. Protozoans Ch 3 (p.25-51)
12 Sept. Proifera Ch 4
Week 3
17 Sept. Cnidaria Ch 5
19 Sept. Ctenophora Ch 6
Week 4
24 Sept. Platyhelmeinthes Ch 7
26 Sept. Hydrostatic Skeleton & Nemertea Chs 9 & 10
Week 5
1 Oct. Pseudocoelemates:
Nemotoda, Rotifera, Gastrotircha
Kinorhyncha, Priapulida
Chs 11, 12 &13
3 Oct.
Molluscs:
Polyplacophora, Aplacophora, Monoplacophora,
Gastropoda
Ch 14
Week 6
8 Oct. Molluscs: Bivalvia, Scaphopoda, Cephalopoda Ch 14
10 Oct. EXAM
Week 7
15 Oct. Annelids Ch 15
16 Oct. BREAK
Week 8
22 Oct. Sipuncula, Echiura, Pogonophora Chs 16 & 17
24 Oct. Arthropods: General Characteristics Ch 18
Week 9
29 Oct. Arthropods: Chelicerata Ch 18
31 Oct. Arthropods: Crustaceans
Week 10
5 Nov. Lophohorates Ch 20
7 Nov. Echinoderms Ch 21
Week 11
12 Nov. Echinoderms Ch 21
14 Nov. Hemichordata Ch 23
Week 12
19 Nov. Non-vertebrate Chordates Ch 24
21 Nov. Larval Biology/Ecology Ch 25
Week 13
25-29 Nov. THANKSGIVING BREAK
Week 14
Reading Period -- Classes as necessary to be announced
Week 15
Tuesday, December 10, 0800 Comprehensive Final Exam