Winter Session:  "From the Big Bang Theory to Jurassic Park" - History of life on Earth 

By Nancy Pierce, November 7, 2023

course description

Online course (ICC-Natural Science)

Jan 2 - Jan 19

  •  Have you wondered how life originated on Earth? 
  • What is the Big Bang Theory?
  • How did the different mass extinctions shape 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, the evolution of viruses and bacteria.

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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