Prerequisites: BIOL 005C with a grade of C- or better; BIOL 102; BCH 100 or BCH 100H or BCH 110A or BCH 110HA; MATH 007B or MATH 009B or MATH 09HB; PHYS 002C, PHYS 02LC or PHYS 02HC, PHYS 02HLC; STAT 010
Description: Covers the causal interpretation of organic diversity and adaptation. Topics include inference of evolutionary change from the fossil record and from genomic and molecular patterns; microevolution and macroevolution; systematics and the species problem; and natural selection, drift, and other forces of evolution.