BIOL-015 Evolution and the Diversity of Life

BIOL-015 Evolution and the Diversity of Life

Faculty:

Hahn, William

This course will help students to understand evolutionary biology as a simple idea and as a unifying concept for all of biology. The principles of evolutionary biology and the scientific argument for evolution as the source of diversity of life forms will be discussed. The course begins with an overview of the origins of evolutionary theory. We will then proceed through a series of discussions on the processes involved in the creation and maintenance of diversity, including human diversity. The course will consider societal impacts of evolution throughout the semester. Each class period will include lecture, discussion and computer simulations of evolution.

Credits: 3 credit

Prerequisites: None

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