BIO-108: Honors: Natural History

Department
Credits 3.00
Academic Level
Undergraduate
Instructional Method
Lecture
Examines the contributions made by natural historians over the past 200 years, including Charles Darwin, Konrad Lorenz and Stephen Jay Gould. Readings and discussions will focus on topics including mechanisms of evolution, the fossil record and animal domestication. Students will consider how natural history has contributed extensively to theories of biological evolution. Prerequisite: Morrissy scholar or permission. [3 credits]