HSCI1212

HSCI 1212 - Life on Earth: Origins, Evolution & Ecology (4 Cr.) Environment, Historical Perspectives

History of Science & Technology (11142) TIOT - College of Science and Engineering

HSCI 1212 - Life on Earth: Origins, Evolution & Ecology (4 Cr.) Environment, Historical Perspectives

Course description

How have people explained where life came from and how it has developed over time? We examine controversies over life's origins, the Holocene extinction, human population growth, the Dust Bowl and soil conservation, DDT and falcon repatriation, and disease and responses to pandemics. Evolution, natural theology. Ecosystems.

Minimum credits

4

Maximum credits

4

Is this course repeatable?

No

Grading basis

OPT - Student Option

Discussion

Lecture

Credit will not be granted if credit has been received for:

01236

This course fulfills the following Liberal Education requirement(s)

Historical Perspectives, The Environment

Typically offered term(s)

Every Spring