Lecture Schedule Summer Session 2018


Dr. Alan Shabel
is the instructor for the Summer Session of Biology 1B.

Office Hours: To be announced.

E-mail: shabel@berkeley.edu

Lecture Outlines:

Outlines of each lecture and other course related materials will be available on bCourses.


Related Evolution Links:
UC Museum of PaleontologyUnderstanding Evolution (UCMP)Defending Teaching of Evolution in Public Schools


Biology 1B HomeOrganismal BiologyEcologyEvolution


DateLectureLecture TopicReading Assignment
Campbell (10th/11th editions)
Mon.
June 18
Organismal Biology 1Evolution of Ecological Systems1.1-1.4, 10.1
Tues.
June 19
Organismal Biology 2Prokaryotes & Origin of Eukaryotes 27.3-27.6, 28.1-28.6
Wed.
June 20
Organismal Biology 3Colonization of Land29.1-29.3
Thurs.
June 21
Organismal Biology 4Evolution of Seeds30.1-30.2
Mon.
June 25
Organismal Biology 5Flowering Plants30.3-30.4, 38.1-38.2
Tues.
June 26
Organismal Biology 6Morphology: Roots, Stems, & Leaves35.1-35.5
Wed.
June 27
Organismal Biology 7Plant Roots & Resources36.1-36.6, 37.1-37.3
Thurs.
June 28
Organismal Biology 8Biology of Fungi31.1-31.5
Mon.
July 2
Organismal Biology 9Organismal Biology Review
Tues.
July 3
No lecture today
Wed.
July 4
No lecture today
Thurs.
July 5
Midterm #1
(held during lecture)
Mon.
July 9
Evolution 1Evolutionary Biology22.1-22.3
Tues.
July 10
Evolution 2Genetics & Natural Selection 23.1-23.4
Wed.
July 11
Evolution 3Speciation24.1-24.4
Thurs.
July 12
Evolution 4Phylogenetic Systematics26.1-26.6
Mon.
July 16
Evolution 5Deep Time & The Fossil Record25.1-25.4
Tues.
July 17
Evolution 6Macroevolution & Evo-Devo25.5-25.6
Wed.
July 18
Evolution 7Evolution of the Vertebrates34.2, 34.6
Thurs.
July 19
Evolution 8Rise of the Hominins34.7
Mon.
July 23
Evolution 9Evolution Conclusion & Review
Tues.
July 24
Midterm #2
(held during lecture)
Wed.
July 25
Ecology 1The Biosphere52.1-52.3
Thurs.
July 26
Ecology 2Ecology at the Species Level52.4-53.1
Mon.
July 30
Ecology 3Population Dynamics53.2-53.5
Tues.
July 31
Ecology 4Interspecific Interactions54.1
Wed.
Aug. 1
Ecology 5Community Ecology54.2-54.5
Thurs.
Aug. 2
Ecology 6Ecosystem Ecology55.1-55.4
Mon.
Aug. 6
Ecology 7Human Ecology53.6
Tues.
Aug. 7
Ecology 8Coexistence on Planet Earth55.5
Wed.
Aug. 8
Ecology 9Ecology Conclusion & Review
Thurs.
Aug. 9
Midterm #3
(held during lecture)