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Many details regarding course specifics, goals and grading are found in other documents. Below I have listed a tentative schedule of meetings. Changes will be made as needed. This syllabus does not include due dates for various assignments. All assignments and due dates will be made at the start of required meetings. Assigned readings will be made at the beginning of each meeting.

Text: Dinosaurs: The Textbook written by Spencer Lucas and published by Wm. C. Brown Publishers, 1994.

Introduction 

JAN  

  Wed  10  A. Jaslow; Introduction, Overview, Specs
  Mon  15  NO MEETING, Martin Luther King Day
  Wed  17  A. Jaslow; Introduction

Systematics:  

Lectures and discussion by students (TBA), two groups each meeting,
      readings assigned from text.
  
  Mon  22  1)  Fossil, Sedementary Environments, and Geologic Time. Chapt 3.
                2)  The Origin of Dinosaurs.  Chapt. 5
  Wed  24  1)  Predatory Dinosaurs.  Chapt 6.
                2)  Sauropdomorphs.  Chapt 7.

  Mon  29  1)  Ornithopods.  Chapt 8.
                2)  Stegosaurs and Ankylosaurs.  Chapt. 9.
  Wed  31  1)  Ceratopsians and Pachycephalosaurs.  Chapt. 10.
                2)  The Dinosaurian Word; Geography, Climate, Biology.  Chapt. 11.

FEB  

  Mon  5  1)  Dinosaur Hunters; Paleontologists.  Chapt 12.
          2)  Dinosaur Trace Fossils.  Chapt 13.
  Wed  7  1)  Dinosaur Biology and Behavior.  Chapt 14.
          2)  Hot-Blooded Dinoaurs?  Chapt 15.

  Mon  12  1)  The origin of Birds.  Chapt. 16.
           2)  Dinosaur Extinction.  Chapt 17.
  Wed  14  1)  Non-Dinosaurian Extinct Reptiles: TBA
           2)  Title and reading TBA. Presented by Dr. A. Jaslow

  Mon  19  Review material and exam questions
  Wed  21  Midterm Exam 

Topics in Dinosaur Biology

Lectures, discussion, and assigned readings by students (TBA), 
    two groups each meeting.

  Mon  26  Scheduled Individual group meetings with A. Jaslow
  Wed  28  Scheduled Individual group meetings with A. Jaslow

MAR  2-10   Spring Break

Week of Mar 11,13  Field Trip, Pink Palace  (a very few dinosaurs, but 
    good intro. to paleontolgy and fossils.) Assignment due Mar 18.

  Mon  18  1)  Hadrosaurs and Their Behavior:  Chris Chastain and 
                Kelli Sutherland
           2)  Tyrannosaurus rex:  Hansen Rada  and Theo Theofiledes.
  Wed  20  1)  Paleontologists: Kristen Oswalt and Heather Green  
           2)  Dinosaur Social Behavior:  Nikki Holzhauer and Sara Kraabel 

  Mon  25  1)  Jurrasic Ecology or Geology:  Derek Eaton and Michael Blanscet                       
           2)  Biomechanics and Dinosaur locamotion:  Corey Saba and 
                     Amy Cooper                     
  Wed  27  1)  Dinosaur Physiology:  Richard Kamm and Joe Wantauck 
           2)  Dinosaur Social Behavior:  DeeDee Isbell and Lara Fleming 

APR  

  Mon  1  1)  Extinction:  John Havercamp and Kristen Frentz 
          2)  Dromaeosuridae:  Jamie Roeling and Morris Rivera 
  Wed  3  1)  Synapsids:  Brian Mooney and Alpesh Patel
          2)  Dinosaur DNA:  Kim Vu and Janet Henderson 

  Mon  8  1)  Pterosaurs:  Heather Reynolds and Denita Weary
          2)  Dinosaur Diet and Teeth:  Jenni Juliano and Jennifer Farringer 
  Wed  10 1)  Dinosaur Eggs and Nests:  Ryan Hutchison and John Rose

  Mon  15  Review material, discuss exam questions
  Wed  17  Final Exam

Week of Mon 22  "Jurassic Park" as viewed by the experts! (that's you)