BIOL 231 - Introduction to Biological Evolution

3 lecture hours, no lab hours, 3 credit hours
Concepts of evolutionary biology. Topics include development of the modern theory of evolution, heredity and genetics, natural selection, sexual selection, speciation, coevolution, extinction, life histories, population genetics, and human evolution. Prerequisite(s): “C” or higher in BIOL 141 and BIOL 143. Corequisite(s): BIOL 142 and BIOL 144 or permission of instructor and department chair.