Senior Capstone Seminar: Topics in Evolutionary Biology

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Evolution is the theme that unites all fields of biology. The broad objective of this course is to encourage students to integrate all the knowledge they have acquired as a biology major to critically interpret and analyze questions from an evolutionary perspective. In this seminar, we will read and discuss the current literature on major evolutionary topics, which have revolutionized the way in which we think about genomics, sex and reproduction, and our own human beginnings. We will also address important contemporary but controversial topics such as evolutionary medicine and evolutionary psychology. The course centers on student led discussions, presentations and literature critiques.