Syllabus

Introduction to course (pdf slide show)

 

Office hours

    Mike Sawaya: (To be announced)

    Steven Kalinowski: M 2:10-3, W 11:00-11:50 (Lewis Hall #311)

 

Printing advice

You can print out the PowerPoint presentations that I give in class to help you study. If you do this, it is useful to print multiple slides per page (perhaps 6). This option is available on the 'Page scaling' drop-down box on the 'Print' form. This picture shows where this option is available.

 

Homework #1 (pdf)

Homework #2 (pdf)

 

Exams from past years

Exam 1: 2008, 2007

Exam 2: 2008, 2007

Exam 3: 2008, 2007

Exam 4: 2008, 2007

Exam 5: 2008, 2007

 

Material for exam 1

Lecture 2: What is science? (pdf slide show)

     Car talk, car won't start (Real Audio sound clip)

Lecture 3: Chemistry of life 1 (pdf)

Lecture 4: Chemistry of life 2 (pdf)

Lecture 5: History of the earth (pdf)

Lecture 6 & 7: Population growth (pdf); Population growth pyramids (pdf)

Exam 1 grades on 100 point scale (e.g., 83 to 86 = "B")

Exam 1 KEY

 

Material for Exam 2

Lecture 8: Evolution and natural selection

Lecture 9: Speciation

Lecture 10: Biomes

Lecuture 11: Nitrogen cycle

Lecture 12: Carbon cycle

Lecture 13: Human populations

Exam 2 KEY

 

Material for Exam 3

Lecture 14: Soils

Lecture 15: Agriculture

Lecture 16: Conservation Biology 1

Lecture 17: Conservation Biology 2

Lecture 18: Forests & Wilderness

Lecture 19: Land use (not given)

 

Material for Exam 4

Lecture 20: Environental health 1

Lecture 21: Environmental health 2

Lecture 22: Asbestosis in Libby

Lecture 23: Freshwater

Lecture 24: Oceans