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