BIOL 4500 CLASS SCHEDULE

 

The schedule on this page will be updated to reflect changes throughout the semester. You should check it often to check for changes in the dates of exams and class assignments.

Please note that the schedule is tentative and the dates of the exams and the chapters that each exam will cover are tentative and subject to change. Exam dates are not set until they are announced in class. The exam date will be announced at least one week in advance. Due dates for assignments may be changed at the instructor's discretion. You are responsible for keeping track of due dates and turning in your work when it is required.

Week Week of: Speaker & Title Handouts & Articles Hosts
1 Aug. 18 Introduction: No Speaker
2 Aug. 25 Preparation for Ms. Joy Baker's Presentation

www.cdc.gov/std 

 Dr. Boudell
3 Sept. 1

(LABOR DAY BREAK NO CLASS Sept. 1-2)

  

 
4 Sept. 8 Ms. Joy Baker's Presentation: "Sex, Drugs, and Rock n Roll: What every young adult should know." PowerPoint

 

Dr. Fran Norflus
5 Sept. 15 Experimental design and critical analysis of scientific publications, part 1
6 Sept. 22 Critical analysis of scientific publications, part 2
7 Sept. 29 Preparation for Dr. Jared Taglilatela's Presentation Current Biology 
Cerebral Cortex		 Group 1
8 Oct. 6

Dr. Jared Taglialatela's Presentation

 Group 1
Last Day to Drop w/o Academic Penalty: Friday October 10th 
 9 Oct. 13 Preparation for Nikki Sawyer's Presentation Migraine Genetics  
Migraine Genetics II 		Group 2
10 Oct. 20 Nikki Sawyer's Presentation: "Finding Genes Linked to Migraines" Group 2
11 Oct. 27 Preparation for Dr. Noelle Barkley's Presentation BMC Plant Biology 
Current Genomics* you can only read it on a computer -no hard copies 		Group 4
12 Nov. 3 Preparation for Dr. Alan Covich's Presentation BioScience 
Tropical Stream Ecology 		Group 3
13 Nov. 10 Dr. Alan Covich's Presentation: "Effects of Extreme Events on Biodiversity and Freshwater Ecosystem Services" Group 3
14 Nov. 17 Dr. Noelle Barkley's Presentation: "TILLING: A reverse genetics approach for functional genomics" 

 

Group 4
15 Nov. 24 (THANKSGIVING BREAK NO CLASS Nov. 26-28)

Research Presentations: CSU SEEDS Evaluation of Jesters Creek Restoration Project:

J. Jacobo. "An Evaluation of the Jesters Creek Restoration Project: soil nutrients and compaction."

A. Stahley. "Applying Georgia's Adopt-A-Stream Protocol to Assess the Water Quality at Jesters Creek in Clayton County, Georgia."

  

 

Jacobo: 
BioScience

Stahley: 
Proceedings of the GA Water Resouces Council 

 Dr. Boudell
16 Dec. 1 Research Presentations: CSU SEEDS Evaluation of Jesters Creek Restoration Project:

S. Farinas: "An Evaluation of the Jesters Creek Restoration Project: vegetation." 

J. Webb et al.: TBA

C. Glenn: TBA

  

Farinas:
BioScience

Webb:
The American Naturalist
Restoration Ecology

 Dr. Boudell