Lecture Schedule Summer Session 2022


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

Office Hours: Professor Shabel will generally hold office hours during the designated lecture time. See bCourses for specific days and time for each week.

E-mail: shabel@berkeley.edu

Lecture Outlines and other course related materials will be available on bCourses and/or TopHat.


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


Biology 1B HomeEcologyEvolutionOrganismal Diversity


DateLectureLecture TopicReading Assignment
Campbell (10th-12th editions)
M / Jun 20Juneteenth holiday
T / Jun 21IntroductionThe evolution of ecosystems1.1-1.3
W / Jun 22Ecology 1Biosphere52.1
Th / Jun 23Ecology 2Biomes and habitats52.2-52.3
F / Jun 24Ecology 3Ecology of species52.4, 53.1
M / Jun 27Ecology 4Population dynamics53.2-53.3, 53.5
T / Jun 28Ecology 5Life history and competition53.4, 54.1
W / Jun 29Ecology 6Predation and mutualism54.2
Th / Jun 30Ecology 7Community ecology54.3-54.5
F / Jul 1Ecology 8Ecosystems55.1-55.3
M / Jul 4Independence Day holiday
T / Jul 5Ecology 9Biogeochemistry55.4
W / Jul 6Ecology 10Human ecology53.6, 56.1-56.4, 55.5
Th / Jul 7Exam #1
M / Jul 11Evolution 1In the light of evolution22.1
T / Jul 12Evolution 2Explanatory power of evol. theory 22.2-22.3
W / Jul 13Evolution 3Molecular basis of evolution23.1-23.2
Th / Jul 14Evolution 4Natural selection23.3-23.4
F / Jul 15Evolution 5Speciation24.1-24.4
M / Jul 18Evolution 6Phylogenetic systematics26.1-26.6
T / Jul 19Evolution 7Deep time and the fossil record25.1-25.
W / Jul 20Evolution 8Macroevolution, ecology, development25.5-25.6, 32.1, 34.1
Th / Jul 21Evolution 9Planet of the apes34.7
M / Jul 25Exam #2
T / Jul 26Diversity 1Prokaryotes27.4-27.6
W / Jul 27Diversity 2Endosymbiosis and Eukarya28.1-28.3, 6.5
Th /Jul 28Diversity 3An algal garden28.4-28.6
F / Jul 29Diversity 4From water to land29.1-29.3
M / Aug 1Diversity 5Evolution of seeds30.1-30.2
T / Aug 2Diversity 6Flower power30.3-30.4, 38.1-38.2
W / Aug 3Diversity 7Dispersal and symbioses39.5
Th / Aug 4Diversity 8Plant morphology35.1-36.6
M / Aug 8Diversity 9A fungus among us31.1-31.5
T / Aug 9Diversity 10Animals and microbiomes19.1-19.3, 32.2-32.4, 34.6
W / Aug 10Exam #3