Astrobiology

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Prerequisites: Graduate status or Consent of Instructor and Advisor. Offered on demand. An in–depth and interdisciplinary study of astrobiology, including interactions between living and non-living systems at multiple scales: stellar, planetary, meso, and microscopic. Addresses fundamental questions regarding the origin of life, and the possible extent and distribution of life in the universe. Combines principles of astrophysics, geosciences, planetary science, chemistry, and biology. Innovative interactive exercises and projects working in interdisciplinary groups and individually. Shares lecture with BIOL 4049, with additional expectations for graduate credit. (Same as GEOL 549.)