Dec 18, 2025  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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BIOL 430 - Principles of Evolution Credits: 3


Introduction to evolutionary principles, their applications, and the appropriate literature. Major topics include the history of evolutionary concepts, the species and speciation processes, phylogenetic patterns and their reconstruction, classification, biogeography, extinction, and biological nomenclature. Graduate students must complete additional course requirements. Three hours lecture/week. 

Prerequisite(s): BIOL 162  with minimum grade of C and BIOL 161  with minimum grade of C and BIOL 260  
Graduate Credit: This course is available for graduate credit.



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