There will be additional lab activities (e.g., videos, live animal observations, demonstration dissections) that pertain to each lab's topic but are not on the schedule.  I reserve the right to assign additional reading for lecture, but don't anticipate doing so unless something interesting comes up in the professional or popular press.

To every lab, bring your Zoology Lab Guide (by Brueske and Marks), A Guide to Biology Lab (by Rust), lab notebook (containing extra writing and drawing paper), leaded and colored pencils, and an eraser.  For labs involving dissection, bring your dissection tools, rubber gloves, and a shirt or lab coat you don't mind getting dirty.  The Zoology Lab Guide will tell you if there are additional books you need to bring for a particular lab, such as The Pictorial Anatomy of the Fetal Pig (by Gilbert) or Integrated Principles of Zoology (by Hickman et al.).

DATE

LECTURE

LAB

28 Aug

Introduction to Course; Top Ten List of Recent Zoological Discoveries

Vertebrate Skeletal System
• ZLG [2] : pp. 2-3
30 Aug

What is an Animal? Levels of Organization in the Animal Body
• IPZ [1] : Ch. 1 (pp. 2-11); Ch. 9 (pp. 180 -    182)

Fetal Pig: External Anatomy, Digestive and Respiratory Systems
• ZLG: pp. 11-12

04 Sept

 

Labor Day Holiday

*Shark: External Anatomy, Viscera, and Urogenital Systems
• ZLG: pp. 4-7
06 Sept

Digestion I
• IPZ: Ch. 34

Fetal Pig: Urinary and Reproductive Systems
• ZLG: pp. 13

11 Sept

Digestion II

CLASSES CANCELLED
13 Sept Digestion III

*Shark: Circulatory System
• ZLG: pp. 8-9 

18 Sept

Gas Exchange I ; essay # 1 assigned
• IPZ: Ch. 33 (pp. 685-686, 695-705)

Fetal Pig: Circulation
• ZLG: pp. 14-15
20 Sept Gas Exchange II

*Shark: Brain and Sensory Systems
• ZLG: pp. 10

25 Sept

Circulation I
• IPZ: Ch. 33 (pp. 685-695)

Fetal Pig: Nervous System; Sheep Brain; Cow Eye
• ZLG: pp. 15-17; IPZ: Ch. 36 (pp. 725, 731-737,
   744-747)
27 Sept Circulation II ; essay #1 draft due

*Introduction to Microscopy; Histology: Epithelial Tissues
• ZLG: pp. 20-23

02 Oct

Circulation III

LECTURE EXAM I
04 Oct

Excretion and Osmoregulation I; essay #1 draft returned to you
• IPZ: Ch. 32 (pp. 664-676)

Histology: Connective Tissues including Blood
• ZLG: pp. 24-2

09 Oct

Excretion and Osmoregulation II

*Histology: Muscle Tissues
• ZLG: pp. 26
11 Oct Excretion and Osmoregulation III; essay #1 final version due

Histology: Nervous Tissue; Color Slide Review
• ZLG: pp. 27

16 Oct

Temperature Regulation; essay #2 assigned
• IPZ: Ch. 32 (pp. 676-681)

LAB PRACTICAL EXAM I
18 Oct

Principles of Development
• IPZ: Ch. 8

Development: Echinoderm Embryology
• ZLG: pp. 31-33; IPZ: Ch. 8

23 Oct

 

Classification and Phylogeny of Animals I
• IPZ: Ch. 10

Construction and Testing of Evolutionary Hypotheses
• H: reread Ch. 10
25 Oct Classification and Phylogeny of Animals II

Protozoa; essay  #2 draft due for peer review
• ZLG: pp. 28-30; IPZ: Ch. 11

30 Oct

Nervous Coordination: Nervous Systems I
• IPZ: Ch. 35 (pp. 724-736)

*Cnidaria
• ZLG: pp. 34-36; IPZ: Ch. 13 (pp. 253-275)
01 Nov Nervous Coordination: Nervous Systems II; essay #2 final version due

Platyhelminthes
• ZLG: pp. 37-39; IPZ: Ch. 14 (pp. 281-297)

06 Nov

Nervous Coordination: Sensory Systems
• IPZ: Ch. 35 (pp. 736-748)

LECTURE EXAM II
08 Nov

Chemical Coordination: The Endocrine System I; essay #3 assigned
• IPZ: Ch. 36

Nematoda
• ZLG: pp. 40-42; IPZ: Ch. 15 (pp. 304-306, 311-317)

13 Nov

Chemical Coordination: The Endocrine System II

*Annelida
• ZLG: pp. 43-45; IPZ: Ch. 17
14 Nov Optional Field Trip - HSU Marine Lab and tidepooling (3-6 p.m.)  
15 Nov Chemical Coordination: The Endocrine System III

Mollusca
• ZLG: pp. 46-49; IPZ: Ch. 16

19-23 Nov

Thanksgiving Break -- no classes!

  

27 Nov

Reproduction I
• IPZ: Ch. 7

*Intro to Arthropoda; Crustacea
• ZLG: pp. 50-52; IPZ: Ch. 18, Ch. 19
29 Nov Reproduction II

Insect Diversity; essay #3 draft due for peer review
• ZLG: pp. 53-56; IPZ: Ch. 20

04 Dec

Immune System I
• IPZ: Ch. 37

*Echinodermata
• ZLG: pp. 57-58; IPZ: Ch. 23
06 Dec Immune System II; essay #3 final version due

Chordata; animal diversity exercise
• ZLG: pp. 59-60; IPZ: Ch. 25

11 Dec

Animal Behavior
• IPZ: Ch.38

LAB PRACTICAL EXAM II
13 Dec Final Thoughts, Loose Ends, and Evaluations

Animal Behavior Exercises
• H: Ch. 38

20 Dec

FINAL  LECTURE EXAM
(10:20 a.m. in lecture room FR107)

  
 

[1] Refers to readings in Integrated Principles of Zoology, 11th Edition.

[2] Refers to readings in the Zoology Lab Guide.

* Indicates day with lab quiz, which usually covers material from the previous two labs.