Biology 280 - Evolution
Fall
2026
02
3.00
Christiane Healey
TU TH 4:00PM 5:15PM
UMass Amherst
20102
Integ. Learning Center S211
christiane.healey@umass.edu
We will investigate the process of biological evolution and the evolutionary history of life on Earth. Topics to be covered include natural selection, speciation (the formation of new species), and other causes of evolutionary change; the methods that evolutionary biologists use to investigate evolutionary processes and history; and an overview of life's history, focusing on major evolutionary innovations and transitions.
This course is open to BIOLOGY majors only. Biology 151/161H & 152/162H wC