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Class number:
3388
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Title: Glb Change & Evolution |
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Department: Biology |
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Career: Undergraduate |
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Component: Lecture |
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Session: Regular |
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Instructor's Permission Required: No |
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Grading Basis: Regular |
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Units: 1.00 |
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Current enrollment: 15 |
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Available seats: 4 |
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Start date: Tuesday, September 6, 2022 |
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End date: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 |
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Mode of Instruction: In Person |
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Schedule: MW: 11:30AM-12:45PM, LIB - 181 |
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Instructor(s): Patel, Nikisha |
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Prerequisite(s): Prerequisite: C- or better in Biology 182L and Biology 183L or Permission of Instructor. |
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Distribution Requirement: Meets Natural Science and Global Requirements |
Course Description:
This course combines lecture, discussion, and problem-solving activities with a focus on global biodiversity, its evolution and loss, and the ways in which human activities and global change have impacted the evolution of life on earth. Course topics will include species concepts and speciation, approaches to defining and quantifying biodiversity, genetic diversity as it relates to population size and gene flow, introduced and invasive species, extinction, human impacts on speciation and extinction, global cultural differences in valuing diversity, and the impacts and efficacy of conservation biology efforts. |