BIOLOGY Summer Session I: "From the Big Bang Theory to Jurassic Park" - Origins of life on Earth

By Nancy Pierce, May 5, 2022

course description

Summer Session I:  May 31 - July 1,  2022  On-line course (ICC-Natural Science)

BIOL-11010 - History of Life on Earth
On-line course (ICC-Natural Science)

Summer Session I:  May 31 - July 1,  2022

  • Have you wondered how life originated on Earth? 
  • What is the Big Bang Theory?
  • How did the different mass extinctions shaped Earth as we see it today? 
  • How are dinosaurs and birds related in their evolutionary history?

This course will answer these and MORE questions!!

Topics include: DINOSAUR origin and diversity, the fossil record, biodiversity, mass extinctions, human evolution, evolution of viruses and bacteria

Instructor: Nandadevi Cortes mcortes@ithaca.edu

Course Attributes: GE 2a: Science, Liberal Arts (LA)

(ICC) - Natural Sciences

Theme: (III) Inquiry, Imagine, Innovation

Theme: (TWOS) World of Systems