| Date | Topic | Book Chapter | Additional Reading |
| 7-Nov | Origins of Life and the Universe | 1, 13 | Miller-Urey update, primary literature |
| 10-Nov | Evolution: Processes | 13 | |
| 12-Nov | Evolution: Adaptation & Habitat | 13 | |
| 14-Nov | Classification of Life | 13 | Origin of Larvae |
| 17-Nov | Primary Production | 14 | Phytoplankton : The Ocean's Invisible Forest |
| 19-Nov | Consumers | 15 | Lecture Handout |
| 21-Nov | Microbes | Oceanography: microbes | |
| 24-Nov | Benthic Communities | Lecture Handout | |
| 26-Nov | Whale Falls (Smith) | Whale as detritus | |
| 1-Dec | The Marine Food Web | 16 | |
| 3-Dec | Marine Community Ecology | 16 | Lecture Handout |
| 5-Dec | Fisheries | 17 | fisheries supplemental |
| 8-Dec | Global Ecology / Climate Change | 18 | global climate change supplemental |
| 10-Dec | Global Climate Change | ||
| Final |
Field Trip Forms are Due Dec 10 in the TA Office (MSB305)