| Course Title: Darwin |
| Start Date: 01/21/2020 End Date: 05/05/2020 |
| Term: Spring Semester 2020 |
| Description: This course looks at the scientific content and intellectual context of Darwin's theory of evolution - his facts, metaphors, hypotheses, and philosophical assumptions. Readings from Darwin and his sources, and examination of the organisms he studied. A background in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history or whole organism biology is recommended. |
| Distribution(s): I - Humanities , WI - Writing-Intensive |
| Academic Level Of Course: Undergraduate | Credits:4.00 |
| Faculty | Phone | Email address |
| Stan Rachootin | srachoot@mtholyoke.edu |
| Meeting Dates | Method | Meeting days | Meeting times | Building name | Room | Frequency |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Lecture | Tuesday and Thursday | 10:00AM - 11:15AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 126 | Weekly |
| 01/21/2020 - 05/05/2020 | Fourth Hour of Class | Monday | 08:30AM - 09:20AM | CLAP - Clapp Laboratory | 126 | Weekly |
| Permission of the Instructor is required of all students who wish to register. | ||
| Requisite Courses | ||
| Prereq: BIOL-226 or HIST-248. | Take previously | Required |
| Comments |
| Additional Comments |
| Course Tags | ||
| CFS-CRSE | CFS: Conceptual Foundations of Science minor | This course has been approved to count towards the Conceptual Foundations of Science minor. |
| ENVST-HUM | ENVST-HUM: Env Studies pre-2024 Minor - Humanities | This course has been approved to count towards the Environmental Studies minor Humanities area. |
| ENVST-CRSE | ENVST-EL: Env Studies Electives | This course is an approved elective for the Environmental Studies major and minor. |
| Cross-listed Sections |
| BIOL-308-01 Darwin |
| HIST-301DW-01 Darwin |
| Course Availability | ||||
| Section status: Open | Capacity: 12 | Enrollment: 9 | Available: 3 | Waitlist: 0 |
BOOK INFORMATION
| Book List | Required | Publisher Full Price |
| Title: On the Origin of Species a facsimile of the First Edition Author: Darwin, Charles Copyright: 2001 Edition: 1st Volume: ISBN: 9780674637528 Publisher: Harvard |
Required | 21.92 |
| Title: Voyage of the Beagle Author: Darwin, Charles Copyright: 2001 Edition: 2nd Volume: ISBN: Publisher: Modern Library |
Required | 17.00 |
| 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: You must get the Harvard version of Origin--the pagination will matter, and unless the one you brought from home is this version, you will be lost in class. Any version of the 2nd ed. of Voyage of the Beagle (not its real title, by the way) works. Voyage ISBN:0375756809 If you prefer to read Voyage online, you can get it for free... |