09/11/2007 **** Sample exam questions are now posted on the course's exam web page for your review and exercise. The first mid-term exam is scheduled for October 2, 2007. ****

09/10/2007 **** Due to technical difficulties, my main email address (frank@jochem.net) experiences mail delivery problems. Any mail sent to this address might occasionally bounce back to the sender. To ensure proper email delivery, please use alternative email addresses frank@jochemnet.de or jochemf@fiu.edu for your communication until further notice. Please remember to add "BSC 1011" in the subject line of all your emails. ****

08/31/2007 **** An updated syllabus has been posted, now reflecting the correct time for the final exam on Thursday, December 13, 2007, 12:45 - 14:30. Please note the changed time for the final exam (which is determined by the university) and download the updated syllabus for your files. ****

08/17/2007 **** The new course syllabus for fall 2007 is now posted online. ****

08/16/2007 **** For students with the special FIU version of the textbook, missing chapter 57 (Conservation Biology and Diversity) is now posted on the course web site. Access this chapter at
Chapter 57 (Conservation Biology) -- File size 2.6 MB. ****

08/15/2007 **** For students with the special FIU version of the textbook, missing chapters 52 (Behavioral Biology) and 53 (Population Ecology) are now posted on the course web site. Students with the regular textbook version will have chapters 52 and 53 in their book. To access the posted chapters, you may click on the below links to open the chapters as PDF files within your browser window (you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer). You may read or print the chapters from the browser window. To download the files directly onto your computer, right-click on the below links and choose "Save as". ****
Chapter 52 (Behavioral Biology) -- File size 3.1 MB
Chapter 53 (Population Ecology) -- File size 2.2 MB