Undergraduate Courses
- Key Courses
Evolution for Everyone (EvoS 105/BIOL 105/ ANTH 280F) - 4 credits
Satisfies requirements for the EvoS minor and Anthropology major and minor and carries an ‘N’ Social Science General Education designation. Recommended introduction for those new to evolution. Offered each fall semester and as an online course in summer.This course explains the basic principles of evolution and why they are important for the study of humans in addition to the rest of life. Students from all majors are welcome and a background in science is not necessary. Those who have already learned about evolution will still learn much in this course about the relevance of evolution to human affairs. This course can be taken by itself and also serves as the best introduction to EvoS as a multi-course integrated curriculum.
Current Topics in EvoS (EVOS 451/BIOL 451/BIOL 680S) - 2 credits
Satisfies requirements for the EvoS minor and Anthropology, Biology, Psychology and Integrative Neuroscience majors. Offered each spring semester in association with the EvoS seminar series and as an online course during winter and summer sessions. Students are required to take this course twice for the EvoS minor.This course is built on the EvoS seminar series, which brings distinguished speakers to campus on a weekly basis. The course consists of reading one or more articles in preparation for each speaker, writing a short response to the article(s), attending the seminar, and the possibility to meet with each speaker after the seminar for an extended discussion. This is a superb way to engage in interdisciplinary interactions with other members of EvoS and with some of the most distinguished scientists and scholars of our day. The course can be taken multiple times.
- More Suggested Courses
Mechanisms of Evolution (BIOL 351)
Fundamental principles of synthetic theory of evolution and its development. Sources of variability; organization of genetic variability in populations; differentiation of populations; reproductive isolation and origin of species; role of hybridization in evolution; major trends of evolution; processes of evolution in man. Prerequisites: BIOL 117 and 118 or equivalent.Evolution & Human Behavior (EvoS 456)
Implications of evolutionary theory for understanding human nature, including the relationship between human behavior and biological fitness in modern and pre-modern societies, evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics and theories of culture as an evolutionary process. Prerequisites: junior or senior standing and an introductory course in BIOL, PSYC, ANTH or SOC. 4 credits.Evolution and Sustainability (EVOS 450/ENVI 426)
This course provides an introduction to evolutionary concepts relevant to biological and human social sustainability. Evolutionary training is essential because: a) the genetic evolution of nonhuman species takes place on ecological time scales; and b) human cultural change is also an evolutionary process. A single set of evolutionary principles can therefore be applied to both the natural and human components of coupled natural and human systems. This is a highly interdisciplinary course in the style of a graduate seminar. Undergrads must be prepared to work hard but no specialized knowledge is required at the beginning. 4 credits.Biogeography (EvoS 422/BIOL 459)
Ecological principles applied to the study of past, present and future distribution patterns of living organisms. Effects of Earth history, spatial pattern, plate tectonics, climate and climate change, and human impacts on biota. Prerequisite: BIOL 355 or 373. 4 credits. - All Courses
Course numbers may change from year to year. Important Note: Not all courses are offered every year or even on a repeating basis.
Courses Counting for the EvoS Minor
ANTHROPOLOGY
168 Intro to Biological Anthro
236 Taming Nature: Farming through Time
240-249 Any Course in this Range
330-339 Any Course in this Range
426 Ancient DNA and Forensics Lab
480N Evo Dynamics of Human Pathogens
XXX Other ANTH course at EvoS director's discretion
BIOLOGY
105 Evolution for Everyone
113 Intro to Cellular and Molecular Biol
114 Intro to Organisms & Pops Biol
225 FRI Biofilms Research
241 FRI Ecological Genetics
251 Anatomy and Physiology 1
3XX Any 300-level BIOL course
4XX Any 400-level BIOL course
ECONOMICS
181A Economics and Evolution 1
461 Game Theory
ENGLISH
410M Animal Studies
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
101 Humans and the Ecological Environment
170 Environmental Geology
234 FRI Biogeochemistry 1
236 Taming Nature: Farming through Time
322 Plants and People
325 Ecological Agriculture
334 FRI Biogeochemistry 2
357 Biology and Conservation of Birds
3XX Other 300-level ENVI course at EvoS director's discretion
426 Evolution and Sustainability
427 Evolution and Ecology
430 Plant Ecology
4XX Other 400-level ENVI course at EvoS director's discretion
EVOLUTIONARY STUDIES
105 Evolution for Everyone
335 Human Origins
338 Survey of the Primates
422 Biogeography
450 Evolution and Sustainability
451 Current Topics in EvoS
456 Evolution and Human Behavior
481E Evolution and Ecology
483A Evolution and Intentionality
GEOGRAPHY
352 Population Geograpy
422 Biogeography
482S/582S Food/Agriculture & Sustainability
GEOLOGY
111 Planet Earth
112 Oceanography
115 Global Change: Geological Perspectives
166 Mass Extinctions through Time
170 Environmental Geology
213 Historical Geology
234 FRI Biogeochemistry 1
301 Rock Record and Earth History
334 FRI Biogeochemistry 2
366 Paleobiology
3XX Other 300-level GEOL course at EvoS director's discretion
414 Climate and Paleoclimate
460 Geomicrobiology
4XX Other 400-level GEOL course at EvoS director's discretion
HISTORY
229 Premodern Medicine & Disease
231 Animals and Society
ISE
419 Applied Soft Computing
PHILOSOPHY
436 Philosophy of Mind
480A Evolution and Intentionality
PSYCHOLOGY
111 General Psychology
327 Evolution and Behavior
358 Experimental Psychology-Cognition
362 Experimental Psychology-Behavioral Neuroscience
380A Neuroanthropology
380D Evolution and Human Behavior
380E Evolution and Intentionality
3XX Other 300-level PSYC course at EvoS director's discretion
4XX Other 400-level PSYC course at EvoS director's discretion
SCHOLARS PROGRAM
280R Evolution and Free Will
Please send suggestions for additions or revisions to this list to evos@binghamton.edu.