BIOL-6C Schedule — Summer 2025 

BIOLOGY–006C.02y: CRN 13587

 Synchronous Labs/Exams/Presentations:
  5 hrs x twice/week:    Mon & Wed; 9:30–2:20

SC-2108
& field sites

 Asynchronous Labs:
   1 hr x twice/week

ONLINE

 Asynchronous Lectures:
   2 hrs x four times/week

VIA CANVAS

Instructor: Bruce Heyer

 Email: heyerbruce @ deanza.edu

 Online Office Hours: By arrangement

BIOL 6C class homepage: http: // www.deanza.edu/faculty/heyerbruce/bio6c.html
BIOL 6C course syllabus:  http: // www.deanza.edu/faculty/heyerbruce/bio6csyllabusSummer.html

BIOL-6C: Ecology & Evolution Summer 2025 Schedule (pdf version for printing)

Week Date Day Lab / Field Topic Asynchronous Lecture Topic Text
1 June 30 Mon

 Ex. 1A & 1B: Scientific investigation

 Ex. 1C: Statistical Analysis, part A

  Introduction to ecology  Ch. 52
Asynchronous Lab

EcoBeaker®:  Experimental Design

  Biogeography "
July 02 Wed

 Ex. 2A & 2B: Vegetation transects

 Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part B

  Guest Lectures: Climate zones & terrestrial biomes "
Asynchronous Lab EcoBeaker®: Patchy Prairies (+ workbook)   Population dynamics & life history strategies  Ch. 53
2 July 07 Mon

 Ex. 3A, 3B & 3C: Population size & dispersal

 Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part C

  Community ecology  Ch. 54
Asynchronous Lab EcoBeaker®: Population Growth Models   Biodiversity dynamics
 "
July 09 Wed  EXAM 1
 Ex. 1C: Statistical analysis, part D
Form project teams

  Ecosystems — energy & water

 Ch. 55
Asynchronous Lab EcoBeaker®:Top-Down Control

  Ecosystem resource cycles

 "
3 July 14 Mon Field Day: De Anza campus birds
 Ex. 4A & 4B: Bird diversity
  California ecological provinces Atlas of the
Biodiversity
of California
 
Asynchronous Lab EcoBeaker®: Limiting Nutrients (+ workbook)   Watershed & stream ecology
July 16 Wed

Field Day: Stevens Creek Watershed
 Riparian & stream ecology

  Guest Lectures:  Apex predators &  keystone species  
Asynchronous Lab  EcoBeaker®: Isle Royale
  Case  Study: Wolves and moose of Isle Royale  
4 July 21 Mon

Field Day: SF Bay Refuge / Baylands
 Ex. 4B: Bird diversity-Site 2
 Salt marsh ecology

  Guest Lectures: Niche partitioning and biodiversity
 
Asynchronous Lab EcoBeaker®: Keystone Predator
  Pollution and ecotoxicology Ch. 56
July 23 Wed  EXAM 2
Ex. 4B: Bird diversity - habitats 1 & 2
 / Statistical analysis of diversity
  Conservation & restoration
   "
Asynchronous Lab EcoBeaker®: Nutrient Pollution
  Behavioral biology Ch. 51
5 July 28 Mon

Ex. 5A & 5B: Behavioral ecology

  Origins & paradigms   Ch. 22
Asynchronous Lab EvoBeaker®: Sickle-Cell Alleles
  Mechanisms of evolution   Ch. 23
July 30 Wed

 Ex. 5B & 5C: Behavioral ecology
 / Nominal data statistics

  Case  Studies: Microevolution examples and mechanisms  "
Asynchronous Lab EvoBeaker®: Genetic Drift
  Reproductive ecology & sexual selection  "
6 Aug 04 Mon Final research reports
     / class presentations
  Speciation & diversity  Ch. 24
Asynchronous Lab EvoBeaker®: How the Guppy Got Its Spots (+ workbook)   Guest Lecture: Connecting Genes to Ecosystems
 
Aug 06 Wed  EXAM 3    
Asynchronous Lab EvoBeaker®: Flowers and Trees (+ workbook)
   

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