BIOL271-07S1 (C) Semester One 2007

Evolution

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 26 February 2007
End Date: Sunday, 1 July 2007
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 11 March 2007
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 27 May 2007

Description

An introduction to evolution: patterns and processes of evolution; mechanisms of evolution, adaptation, speciation and extinction.

Prerequisites

BIOL112. This prerequisite may be replaced by a high level of achievement in an equivalent course as determined by the Head of the School of Biological Sciences.

Restrictions

PAMS205

Timetable Note

Tutorials:
tutorials are in the second term only
There will be either three or four tutorial streams, depending on student numbers.
They are on one of either: Mondays 12PM -1PM, Tuesdays 12PM -1PM, Wednesdays 1PM -2PM, and Thursdays 12PM -1PM.
The first two tutorials (during week 7 & 8) will be held in The Dock, ground floor Law Building (beside the café). The remaining Mon, Tue, and Wed tutorials will be held in BIOLOGY456 and the Thu tutorials will be held in ZOOLOGY703.

Course Coordinator / Lecturers

Tammy Steeves and Marie Hale

Lecturers

Hazel Chapman and Dave MacKinnon

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Essay 20%
Final Examination 60%
Behaviour tutorial assignment 5%
Population genetic tutorial assignment 10%
Tutorial attendance and participation 5%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Freeman, Scott , Herron, Jon C; Evolutionary analysis ; 3rd ed; Pearson Education, 2004.

Recommended Reading

Futuyma, Douglas J; Evolutionary biology ; 3rd ed; Sinauer Associates, 1998.

Price, Peter W; Biological evolution ; Saunders College Publishing, 1996.

Ridley, Mark; Evolution ; Blackwell Scientific, 1993.

Course links

Library portal

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $420.00

International fee $1,862.00

* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.

For further information see School of Biological Sciences .

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