Evolution and Extinction. 3 credits

Catalog description

Evolution and Extinction is a science class for non-science majors that explores how diversity of animals and plants has changed through geologic time, when mass extinctions occurred, when major diversifications of life occurred, and how the position of continents on the surface of the earth influenced the evolution, extinction, and distribution of life, landforms and the atmosphere. Designated a Green Leaf Course. Note: For students desiring a four-credit sequence with a lab, GEOL 104 should be taken concurrently. Offered by Atmospheric/Oceanic/Earth Sci . Limited to three attempts.