ISP 265 Evolution and Its Impact

3 hours 

Evolution is one of mankind’s greatest discoveries; also, one of the most influential and controversial.  This interdisciplinary course will examine the scientific principles on which evolution is founded and impact it has had on the world in which we live.  It will consider evolution as a scientific theory, an intellectual idea and a social movement.  Drawing on texts from across the sciences, social sciences and the arts and humanities, this course will explore evolution’s complex and contentious history and the influence it has had on various aspects of the human thought, action and experience.  It will analyze and consider how a single scientific idea can change an entire species