3 credits
Fall 2023 Lecture Upper Division
This course will examine the development of life sciences from 1750 to the present, introducing students to critical problems related to biology and society through the study of primary and secondary sources. The "life sciences" include all the sciences that deal with life as an organic entity. A prominent theme in this historical treatment is the impact of social and political ideas on the life sciences. Topics will include theories of life, the origin of life, taxonomy and classification, theories of development, natural selection, genetics, eugenics, science and religion, the evolutionary synthesis, biodiversity, ecology and environmentalism, sociobiology, the discovery of DNA, cognition and the brain, and gender in science. Students will develop crucial skills in the interpretation of primary and secondary sources, research, analysis, and presentation.
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