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Previously Offered general honors (GH) classes
The following is an example of a General Honors (GH) course that has been offered in the past. This course may or may not be offered again. View a list of the GH courses that will be offered next semester here.
climate and evolution
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course description
This course examines the
relationship between human evolution and climatic transitions.
A basic observation to work from in this course is that nothing
on the planet, whether it is organic or atmospheric, is static.
Students will learn the basic principles behind how to interpret
long and short term changes in the climate and in human behaviors and
biology. Traditionally,
humans are understood to interact with their environments differently
than other species. With
culture and technology to alter their environment, humans can be argued
to have stepped outside the evolutionary constraints all other species
experience. This course
questions that interpretation by placing the climate as a factor that
has been a continual shaping, if not driving, factor in the evolution of
Homo sapiens.
This tension between what has been molding human development will
serve as a recurring question we can apply to each phase of human
development. InstructorS: Dr. SHAWN PHILLIPS & dR. gREG bIERLY |