Undergraduate Courses
- 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
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
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
- Key Courses
Evolution for Everyone (EvoS 105/BIOL 105/ ANTH 241) - 4 credits
Satisfies requirements for the EvoS minor and Anthropology major and minor and carries an 鈥楴鈥 Social Science General Education designation. Recommended introduction for those new to evolution. Offered each fall semester.This is the introductory course for the EvoS minor. The course teaches the basic principles of evolution and why evolution provides a unifying framework for the study of biology and humans. Students from all majors are welcome and a background in science or evolution is not necessary. This course is appropriate for first year students.
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 commentary to the article(s), attending the seminar and asking questions, and the possibility to meet with each speaker for an extended discussion. This is a great way to engage in interdisciplinary interactions with other members of EvoS and with some of the most distinguished scientists and scholars of our day.
- More Suggested Courses
Neuroanthropology (PSYC 380A/Anth 330)
Neuroanthropology is a multidisciplinary field concerned with the interaction of culture and the human brain. It studies the origin and development of the human brain as a result of our evolutionary history and the life cycle of modern humans. This course will introduce students to the current state of knowledge regarding the intersection of the human brain with human culture. The subject matter includes a diverse array of social, biological, psychological and political topics, including the function of genetics, addiction research, religion, intelligence and the centrality of culture and development to human biology. Prerequisites: Any lower level course in Anthropology or Psychology. Offered regularly in summer. 4 credits.
Human Origins (EVOS 335/ANTH 335)
Fossil evidence for human evolution. Evolutionary mechanisms and systematics. The earliest hominids from Africa, the emergence of genus Homo and the evolution of humans in the Pleistocene.
Survey of the Primates (EVOS 338/ANTH 338)
This course covers major aspects of the taxonomy, anatomy, evolution and behavior of the primate order. Topics include, but are not limited to: evolutionary history of primates, the taxonomy and evolutionary relationships among living primates, the anatomy and behavior of the major primate subgroups, communicative and cognitive abilities as well as the question of whether primates have 鈥渃ulture鈥. In addition, a mandatory field trip to the Bronx Zoo has been arranged to allow students to observe and study living primates in a naturalistic habitat. There is a mandatory fee for the Bronx Zoo trip. 4 credits.
Evolution and Human Behavior (EVOS 456/PSYC 380D)
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. Offered regularly in summer.
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 113 and 114 or equivalent.
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.
Please send suggestions for additions or revisions to this list to evos@binghamton.edu.