| Course Title: Evolution |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: The mechanisms of evolutionary change within populations and between species; patterns of change in space, time and form; and the origin of adaptations. These approaches make sense of the diversity of life. Then we turn to the evolution of developmental pathways, as a way of approaching the unity of life. |
| Distribution(s): II - Math & Sciences |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Stan Rachootin | srachoot@mtholyoke.edu | |
| Patricia Brennan | pbrennan@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Monday and Wednesday | 09:30AM - 10:45AM | CLEV - Cleveland | 001L | Weekly |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Fourth Hour of Class | Friday | 09:30AM - 10:20AM | CLEV - Cleveland | 001L | Weekly |
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: BIOL-200 or BIOL-223 or BIOL-230. | Take previously | Required |
| Coreq: BIOL-226L. | Take concurrently | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| ENVST-NS | ENVST-NS: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Natural Science | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Natural Science area. |
| ENVST-CRSE | ENVST-EL: Env Studies Electives | This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| None |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 56 | Enrollment: 48 | Available: 8 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: Evolution: Making Sense of Life Author: Zimmer & Emlen, Carl / Douglas Copyright: 2015 Edition: any Volume: ISBN: Publisher: W H Freeman |
Optional | 133.00 |
| Additional Book Comments |
| This is the complete book list for this class. |
| Copies are on order at Amazon |
| Instructor's comments about the book list: Any edition will do. You will have to use the index to find relevant pages. Order from Amazon--$78 cheaper than list. ISBN: 1936221551 Do not get the Kindle edition--very incomplete! Any edition of Zimmer/Emlen works... |