Professor: Dr. Tim Mousseau, CLS 706, 777-8047; Email: mousseau@sc.edu

TA: Clifton Ramsdell, SAI 1, 777-6805; email: rugbydawg13@yahoo.com

Textbooks: Evolutionary Analysis, 2nd edition, Freeman and Herron; Darwin. Origin of Species; Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches, Grant.

Grades will be based on class participation (65%) and a term paper (35%). Attendance is required. Students who miss a class will be docked one grade point per class missed. The laboratory portion of the course is still evolving, but will be a mix of molecular genetic and population genetic laboratory and computer  activities  and laboratory assignments to be scheduled at various times during the semester. Grades and supplemental assignments will be posted on my website from time-to-time: http://cricket.biol.sc.edu/htdocs2/htdocs2/biol652/

Lecture                                              Subject

 1.         Aug 25                                 Introduction, and Historical overview

                                                          Reading Assignments for week 2:

• Read Chapter 1, F&H - The Evolution of HIV - be prepared to discuss.
• Read Chapter 1, Darwin, write a one page summary of the key points made in Chapter 1.
• Read Evolution, Science and Society - be prepared to discuss.

                                                      Reading Assignments for week 3:

                                                          - Read Chapters 4 and 18, Freeman & Heron

• Read Chapt 2, Darwin, one page summary of key points.

                                                        Reading Assignments for week 4:
                                                        - Read Chapters 5 & 6, Freeman & Heron
                                                       -  Read Chapt 3, Darwin, one page summary of key points.