Winter course BIO11010: "From the Big Bang Theory to Jurassic Park" - Origins of life on Earth

By Nancy Pierce, November 19, 2024

course description

Winter Session: Online course (ICC-Natural Science)
Jan 2 - Jan 17

  • 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.

Instructor: Nandadevi Cortes mcortes@ithaca.edu

  • CourseAttributes: GE 2a: Science, Liberal Arts (LA)
  • (ICC) - Natural Sciences
  • Theme: (III) Inquiry, Imagine, Innovation
  • Theme: (TWOS) World of Systems