The first exam will be Thursday, May 28, from 10:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m. in 206 Brown Lab (the usual lecture room). Those students who will be absent that day can take the exam on Friday, May 22, from 8-10 a.m. in 318 Wolf.
You may not use your notes or textbook during the exam. You will not need a calculator.
The exam will be worth 35 percent of your grade and will consist of 16 questions worth two points each, and one question worth three points.
The exam is cumulative, so you are responsible for all of the material covered in first study guide, and the second study guide, plus everything covered in all of the lectures. Be sure you understand what the correct answer was for each question on the first exam and second exams.
There are only four lectures' worth of new material between the second exam and the final. You should be familiar with the biological species concept, and how to do experiments to determine whether you have one species or two; allopatric and sympatric speciation, and the puzzles surrounding them; the different forms of creationism and the main points on which they conflict with the scientific evidence; and some of the practical applications of evolutionary biology.
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