BIOL271-09S1 (C) Semester One 2009

Evolution

11 points

Details:
Start Date: Monday, 23 February 2009
End Date: Sunday, 28 June 2009
Withdrawal Dates
Last Day to withdraw from this course:
  • Without financial penalty (full fee refund): Sunday, 8 March 2009
  • Without academic penalty (including no fee refund): Sunday, 24 May 2009

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.  All tutorials will be held in Room 456 von Haast building.
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 12pm - 1pm, and Thursdays 1pm - 2pm (if needed).

Course Coordinator / Lecturer

Marie Hale

Lecturers

Hazel Chapman and Dave MacKinnon

Assessment

Assessment Due Date Percentage 
Attendance and Participation 5%
Final Exam 65%
Essay 03 Apr 2009 20%
Tutorial Assignment 11 May 2009 10%

Textbooks / Resources

Required Texts

Freeman, Scott , Herron, Jon C; Evolutionary analysis ; 4th ed; Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007.

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.

Indicative Fees

Domestic fee $456.00

International fee $2,072.00

* 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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