BIOL 208 Biodiversity
This course will introduce students already familiar with ecology and the basic mechanisms of micro and macroevolution to the concepts of biodiversity, speciation, and phylogeny. Students will learn methods for constructing and interpreting phylogenies. The course will survey organisms in three major domains of life (Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya) as well as nonliving infectious agents such as viruses. Within the domain Eukarya, the course will expand on diversity, adaptation, and phylogeny within the Kingdoms Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. Organismal form and function (as well as animal development) will be examined through the lens of evolution and natural selection.
Prerequisite
BIOL 102 (Must be taken no earlier than the Fall 2016 semester)
Hours Weekly
3 hours lecture, 3 hours lab weekly