Earth and Ocean Sciences
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EOS330: Paleobiology
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300-level
Course level
5
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3
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Description
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Processes and patterns in the evolution of microscopic and macroscopic life through time: extinction, evolution and diversification as recognized from the fossil record. Major events in the history of life. The relationship of biotas to depositional systems: paleoecology, biostratigraphy and paleobiogeography. The use of statistical approaches to describe, and test hypotheses about, the fossil record. Laboratories and field trips provide illustrative fossil examples.
Supplemental Notes
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- Credit will be granted for only one of EOS 330, EOS 360.
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Additional course requirements
- Anatomy and Physiology 12
- Biology 12
- Completed Academic Writing Requirement
- Minimum third year standing
- or permission of the school
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