IMPORTANT - you will need to get a copy of a handout on non-dinosaur vertebrates of the Mesozoic. A copy of this handout will be avaliable in the geology department office (876 NSC) on the table next to the mailboxes and on-line at ublib library website in scanned form. Make yourself a copy of this handout as we will be using this information during this half of the course.

The FINAL will be given on Tuesday the 7th from 7 until 10 in room KNOX 104 !!

Here is the class Syllabus

The following are PowerPoint files from the lectures so far...
WARNING these are really large files !

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
  After the midterm !
• For class on March 12th we watched the first three episodes of Walking with Dinosaurs and did an associated homework. If you missed class you will need to either sign-up with me for a time to watch the video or find a place to rent the video. Watching the first three episodes takes about 1 and a half hours.
• Lecture 7 - the origin of birds
• See below for pdf files of the last few lectures.

If you can't use the powerpoint files, here are Acrobat pdf files of the presentations. They are handouts with 6 greyscale slides on each page.

• Lecture 1
• Lecture 2
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
  After the midterm
• Lecture 7
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10
• Lecture 11 word document

I have created a handout to go with Lecture 3 - A Brief History of Life on Earth.
The handout is a pdf file 13 pages long.

Here are the homeworks so far ...
These are Adobe Acrobat pdf files.

• Homework 1
• Homework 2
• Homework 3
• Homework 4
• Homework 5
  After the midterm
• Homework 6 To do this homework you will need to watch the first three episodes of Walking with Dinosaurs (see above).
• Homework 7 Origin of Birds
• Homework 8 needs to be picked up in person
• Homework 9 - plus we watched a video in class if you missed this class you will need to arrange to watch the video on your own time and do the associated homework.
• Homework 10 - we watched the second half of walking with dinosaurs, if you missed class you will need to arrange to watch the video on your own time.
• Homework 11