COURSE SCHEDULE
WEEK—TOPICS—READINGS

ONE—Introduction: Who was Charles Darwin? Why is he still important today?

TWO—Darwin on Darwin:The Autobiography of Darwin; Howard 1-12, Tort, 12-25

THREE—The state of Biology and Geology in 1830: Howard, 13-24, Darwin for Beginners, 3-45

FOUR—The Voyage of HMS Beagle, 1831-1836:
Tort, 27-59

FIVE—Five facts & three inferences (Chaps. 1—4 of the Origin: Howard, 25-60, Tort, 61-75, Darwin for Beginners, 75-115

SIX—Answering criticisms (Chaps. 5-9 of the Origin): Howard, 61-74

SEVEN—"Consilience" (Chaps. 10-14 of the Origin):
Tort, 75-111

EIGHT—Mendel, genetics, and the evolutionary synthesis: Darwin for Beginners, 146-173

NINE—"Descent of Man": Howard, 75-116

TEN—Social Darwinism, Creationism/ID: see readings by A. Alland and R. Frye under Articles in menu bar at top.