History 361DA - Darwin

Spring
2017
01
4.00
Stan Rachootin
TTH 10:00AM-11:15AM;F 10:00AM-10:50AM
Mount Holyoke College
98783
Clapp Laboratory 126;Clapp Laboratory 126
srachoot@mtholyoke.edu
99067,98783
This course looks at the scientific content and intellectual context of Darwin's theory of evolution - his facts, metaphors, hypotheses, and philosophical assumptions. Readings from Darwin and his sources, and examination of the organisms he studied. A background in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century history or whole organism biology is recommended.
Prereq: BIOL-226 or HIST-248.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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