Creation and Evolution: Differing World Views
Winter Quarter 2002.
| Week 1 | Lecture 1 Overview of the Course; Creation Myths | Lecture 2 Philosophical Overture: What is Science? | |
| Week 2 | Lecture 3 History of Biology I. Setting the stage for Evolution; Natural Philosphers & Naturalists | Lecture 4 History of Biology II. Setting the stage for the Argument for Design: John Locke, William Paley | |
| Week 3 | Lecture 5 History of Biology III. Charles Darwin and Company | Lecture 6 History of Biology IV. More about Chuck | |
| Week 4 | Lecture 7 The Origin of Species. Variation under domestication and nature | Lecture 8 The Origin of Species. Struggle for existence; survival of the fittest; laws of variation; instinct; hybridism | |
| Week 5 | Lecture 9 The Origin of Species. Geographical distribution; mutual affinities of organic beings | Lecture 10 The Origin of Species. The geological record | |
| Week 6 | Lecture 11 The Origin of Species. Recapitulation and conclusions | Lecture 12 Biology after Darwin | |
| Week 7 | Lecture 13 History of the Fundamentalist movement in America (I) | Lecture 14 History of the Fundamentalist movement in America (I) | |
| Week 8 | Lecture 15 Darwinism comes to America -- responses and trajectories | Lecture 16 Young Earth Creationisms | |
| Week 9 | Lecture 17 Theistic evolution | Lecture 18 Intelligent Design I -- morphological complexity | |
| Week 10 | Lecture 19 Intelligent Design II -- biochemical complexity | Lecture 20 Science and Religion | |
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The Nature Conservancy
The Worldwide Museum of Natural History
US Geological Survey
CSU Bioweb (everything you wanted to find out about biology)
B-Eye (Bee's eye view of the world)
Wayne's Word (A fun site to visit to learn about the bizarre facts of nature.)
Plant Advisor: Links (for the garden enthusiasts that want to find out about plants).
Sites about space or spaceflight:
NASA Shuttle Web
Galileo Homepage at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sites popularizing science and history:
Discovery online
Ask Dr. Science
Science Now
New Scientist Online Magazine
Bill Nye the Science Guy
News of the Weird
Online News:
Other Fun Sites:
The Illustrated Guide to Breaking your Computer
The Dilbert Zone
Cartalk
Kiss Me You Fool!
Those were the days. . .
Jelly Belly Homepage
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Wolfe Homepage