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Evolution: One Long Argument
Goals
This course traces the history of evolutionary ideas, using the development of Darwin's theory and The Origin of Species as the scaffolding for our current understanding, examining the vast amount of evidence that has accumulated in support of evolution. The course strives to provide an understanding and appreciation of evolution theory on a deeper level, while teaching students, through high-level, authentic and active learning, how to apply scientific methods and theories to their everyday lives. The course will emphasize how evolution has continued to contribute to ongoing research today in diverse areas from potentially to molecular biology to human behavior to medicine. In doing so the course will explore the frontiers and controversies of working evolutionary biologists.
Objectives
- Document the tremendous evidence in support of the theory of evolution and show that within the scientific community, it is not under attack. However, like any good scientific theory, it continually evolves and is always being reevaluated.
- Explore some areas of controversy that are of concern to working evolutionary biologists.
- Examine the Argument from Design that was so prominent in Darwin's time, and address the arguments that are brought by the proponents of Intelligent Design without presenting this as a current competing theory.
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