GEOL 102 - Ancient Life

3 Credit(s)

Gen Ed: SP credit.
This is a survey course designed to describe the countless forms of organisms that have lived on the Earth since it formed 4.6 billion years ago. We will explore how and why those organisms evolved and why many went extinct, and also the ecological interactions between organisms with the physical environment. Other major topics are: understanding evolution, tracing evolutionary relationships, and interpreting the behavior of extinct organisms. Fall.