| Date | Topic | Work Due |
| 1-Sep | Course Introduction | |
| 3-Sep | What is an invertebrate | Quiz 1 |
| 6-Sep | Labor Day | |
| 8-Sep | Origins of Life | |
| 10-Sep | Origins of Cellularity | Quiz 2 |
| 13-Sep | ||
| 15-Sep | Multicellularity | |
| 17-Sep | Quiz 3 | |
| 20-Sep | ||
| 22-Sep | ||
| 24-Sep |
Quiz 4 |
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| 27-Sep | NO CLASS | |
| 29-Sep | ||
| 1-Oct |
Quiz 5 |
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| 4-Oct | ||
| 6-Oct | ||
| 8-Oct |
Quiz 6 |
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| 11-Oct | Columbus Day | |
| 13-Oct |
First in class examination |
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| 15-Oct |
Quiz 7 |
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| 18-Oct | ||
| 20-Oct | ||
| 22-Oct |
The Physics of Movement--Sponges |
Quiz 8 |
| 25-Oct |
Cnidaria |
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| 27-Oct |
Flatworms and Annelids |
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| 29-Oct |
Molluscs--part one |
Quiz 9 |
| 1-Nov | ||
| 3-Nov | ||
| 5-Nov |
NO CLASS |
Quiz 10 |
| 8-Nov | ||
| 10-Nov | Origin of flight; miscellaneous asects of arthropod locomotion | |
| 12-Nov | ||
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| 24-Nov | Thanksgiving Vacation | |
| 26-Nov | Thanksgiving Vacation | |
| 29-Nov | ||
| 1-Dec | ||
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| 10-Dec | ||
| 13--17 Dec | Final Exam Week |