Course Description

This course acquaints students with Earth's rich species diversity. Topics include scientific developments in the classification of diversity, major groups of organisms, patterns of change in diversity over time including extinction, modern threats to biodiversity, and responses to such threats. NCR: any student who has passed or is taking SC/BIOL 1000 3.00, SC/BIOL 1001 3.00 or SC/BIOL 1010 6.00.