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Academic Year 2001/2002

Evolution
BIOL 349 SP

An advanced course that stresses current areas of research in evolutionary biology. Topics include the evidence for evolution, the nature of variation, adaptive and random evolutionary processes in natural populations, mechanisms of speciation, reconstruction of the history of life through the use of DNA sequence data, coevolution of plant-animal and host-parasite interactions, and the application of evolutionary principles to conservation biology.

MAJOR READINGS

EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS

Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the Registrar's Office.

COURSE FORMAT: Lecture

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Level: UGRD    Credit: 1    Gen Ed Area Dept: NONE    Grading Mode: Graded   

Prerequisites: (MB&B205 AND MB&B206 AND BIOL207) OR (BIOL205 AND BIOL206 AND BIOL207) OR (MB&B225 AND MB&B206 AND BIOL207) OR (BIOL225 AND BIOL206 AND BIOL207)

SECTION 01

Instructor(s): Sultan,Sonia   

Times: ..T.R.. 10:30AM-11:50AM;     Location: SHAN201

Reserved Seats:    (Total Limit: UNL)

SR. major:    Jr. major:

SR. non-major:    Jr. non-major:    SO:    FR:

Special Attributes:

Curricular Renewal:    Reading Non-Verbal Texts

Last Updated on MAR-19-2002

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