DARWIN AND THE EVOLUTION-CREATION CONTROVERSY.

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Pre-requisites: ENGL 201 or permission of instructor. Satisfies: a university graduation requirement–diversity. Where did we (humans) come from? How do we distinguish between science and pseudoscience? What does being part of a racial group really mean? Who determines what a religious text really means? This course answers those questions and introduces students to the Evolution-Creation controversy. The course begins with precursors to evolution and ends with current understandings of human origins. Particular emphasis will be placed on changing scientific understandings of speciation.