Dec 04, 2024  
2015-2016 Traditional Undergraduate Academic Catalog 
    
2015-2016 Traditional Undergraduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIO 420 - Evolution

Semester Hours: 3
A lecture/seminar course designed to provide an overview of the major processes of biological evolution. The major concepts and misconceptions of evolution will be presented from historical and modern perspectives with readings from Darwin, Dawkins, Gould, Flannery, and their contemporaries. Students will be expected to contribute to intelligent and informed discussions on evolution’s role in biodiversity, mass extinctions, modern diseases, and other modern life sciences.

Pre-requisites: BIO 262 - Genetics (4 semester hours)  or consent.

Offered: fall, even years.



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