Currently not teaching courses

Courses I have taught are listed below. *indicates courses taught on a  a regular basis up until 2016. For additional information about IB offerings, go to http://www.berkeley.edu/catalog/index.html.

Undergraduate-Lower Division

• IB 24 Freshman Seminars (1 unit) *
• IB 34 Topics in Paleontology: the Age of Mammals (2 units)
• BIO 11 Introduction to the Science of Living Organisms (4 units)

Undergraduate-Upper Division

• IB 166 Evolutionary Biogeography (4 units) *
• IB 183L Evolution of the Vertebrates (4 units) [with Padian and Clemens]
• IB 184L Morphology of the Vertebrate Skeleton (4 units) *
• IB 196A Thesis Course (3 units) *
• IB 196B Thesis Course (3 units) *
• IB 198 Supervised Group Study and Research (1-4 units) *
• IB 199 Supervised Independent Study and Research (1-4 units) *

Graduate

• IB 259 Advanced Paleoecology (2 units) *
• IB 286 Seminars in Paleontology (2 units) *
• IB 297 Directed Field Studies (1-8 units)
• IB 298 Special Study in Integrative Biology (1-12 units) *
• IB 299 Graduate Research (1-12 units) *

Course Descriptions

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 24*

Freshman Seminars   (1 unit)

Freshman Seminar topics have included:

• Extinctions
• Fossils in a Modern World
• Great Feuds in Science
• Global Climate Change
• Communicating Science

Course Format: One hour of seminar per week.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit as topic varies.

Grading option: Sections 1-4 to be graded on a letter-grade basis. Sections 5-8 to be graded on a 'passed/not passed' basis.

The Berkeley Seminar Program has been designed to provide new students with the opportunity to explore an intellectual topic with a faculty member in a small-seminar setting. Berkeley Seminars are offered in all campus departments, and topics vary from department to department and semester to semester. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 34

Topics in Paleontology: the Age of Mammals   (2 units)

Course Format: Two hours of lecture per week.

Credit option: Both 33 and 34 may be taken for credit with consent of instructor.

Open without prerequisite to all students and designed for those not specializing in paleontology. An introductory survey course on mammaliaevolution. Will emphasize evolutionary theory, adaptation, mammalian diversity through time, and current issues in mammalian paleontology.

Biology (BIOLOGY) 11

Introduction to the Science of Living Organisms [4 units]

Course Format: Three hours of lecture and three hours of laboratory per week.

Prerequisites: For students not majoring in a biological science and for non-science majors.

Credit option: Students will receive no credit for 11 after receiving credit for both Integrative Biology 15 and 30.

Principles of biological organization and function using examples from plant and animal kingdoms. Similar in scope to Biology 1 except that knowledge of physical sciences is neither required nor assumed. Sponsored by Plant and Microbial Biology.

Integrative Biology (INTEGBI) 166*

Evolutionary Biogeography [4 units]

Course Format: Three hours of lecture and one hour of discussion per week.

Prerequisites: Biology 1B, 11, Geography 148 or Earth and Planetary Science 50.

The goals of the course are to (a) examine how geographically-linked characteristics of species influence their potential for evolution and extinction; and (b) provide an overview of the analytical techniques and applications for studying the interplay between geographic ranges, environment, evolution, and extinction. Accordingly, the course begins by examining what geographic ranges of species are and what controls them. We then will explore how geographic-range characteristics influence and interact with speciation and extinction processes. With that foundation, we will examine how species assemble into communities and how ecological processes govern distributions at the community and landscape levels, touching on such topics as community energetics, scaling issues, and the influences of humans on "natural" ecosystems. The last third of the course will be devoted to an overview of quantitative analytical techniques that commonly are used to study interactions between biogeogeogeographic ranges, evolutionary processes, extinction, and environmental change. (SP) Barnosky

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 183L

Evolution of the Vertebrates (4 units)

Course Format: Three hours of lecture per week.

Prerequisites: Biology 1B; introductory courses in earth history and zoology are recommended.

Credit option: Must be taken concurrently with the lab.

An introduction to vertebrate paleontology, focusing on the history and phylogeny of vertebrates ranging from fishes to humans. Emphasis on evolution, taxonomy, functional morphology, faunas through time, and problems in vertebrate history, including diversity through time and extinction. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 184L*

Morphology of the Vertebrate Skeleton (1 units)

Course Format: One hour of lecture per week.

Prerequisites: 30, 33, or 34, Biology 1B or Anthropology 1.

Credit option: Must be taken concurrently with the lab.

Lectures on comparative osteology of vertebrates, with emphasis on selected groups of terrestrial vertebrates. Development and function of the skeleton are also considered. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) H196A

Thesis Course (3 units)

Course Format: Individually arranged.

Prerequisites: Open only to students in Honors Program.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Individual study and research for at least one academic year on a special problem to be chosen in consultation with a member of the staff; preparation of the thesis on broader aspects of this work. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) H196B

Thesis Course (3 units)

Course Format: Individually arranged.

Prerequisites: Open only to students in Honors Program.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Individual study and research for at least one academic year on a special problem to be chosen in consultation with a member of the staff; preparation of the thesis on broader aspects of this work. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 198

Supervised Group Study and Research By Upper Division Students (1-4 units)

Course Format: Arranged.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Grading option: Must be taken on a 'passed/not passed' basis.

Undergraduate research by small groups. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 199

Supervised Independent Study and Research (1-4 units)

Course Format: Hours to be arranged.

Prerequisites: Background courses in chosen subjects.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Grading option: Must be taken on a 'passed/not passed' basis.

Enrollment restrictions apply; see department. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 259

Advanced Paleoecology (2 units)

Course Format: Two hours of seminar per week.

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Topics vary from year to year but will include paleoecology of major groups of organisms or major environments from population, community evolutionary, or taxonomic persepectives. 

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 286

Seminars in Paleontology (2 units)

Topics in past seminars have included:

• Dating the Origin of Vertebrate Taxa
• Writing an NSF Grant
• Evolutionary Pattern and Process at the Quaternary Time Scale
• Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems (with Nan Arens and Carla D'Antonio)
• Species Diversity in Space and Time
• Ecology and Paleoecology
• Extinctions
• Anthropocene
• Conservation Paleobiology

Course Format: Two hours of seminar per week.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Grading option: Must be taken on a 'satisfactory/unsatisfactory' basis.

Advanced study and current literature in various fields of paleontology. Topics vary from year to year.

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 297

Directed Field Studies (1-8 units)

Course Format: Field work.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Grading option: Must be taken on a 'satisfactory/unsatisfactory' basis.

Open to qualified students directly engaged in field studies.

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 298

Special Study in Integrative Biology (1-12 units)

Course Format: Hours to be arranged.

Prerequisites: Consent of instructor.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Graduate research by small groups.

Integrative Biology ( INTEGBI ) 299

Graduate Research (1-12 units)

Course Format: Individual study.

Credit option: Course may be repeated for credit.

Grading option: Must be taken on a 'satisfactory/unsatisfactory' basis.

Credit awarded according to work planned and accomplished.