Instructor: Sanjay P Sane, Deepa Agashe, Axel Brockmann, Tina Mukherjee, Shannon B Olsson
Time: 12.00 PM - 1.00 PM
Duration of the course:
1st Sep 2017 to 17th Dec 2017
Days: Monday/Wednesday/Friday
Credits: 3
Class Room: Safeda
Course Outline:

MECHANISMS OF EVOLUTION: Darwinian evolution, evolution of populations, origin of species, phylogeny and systematics, study of biological diversity ; EVOLUTIONARY HISTORY OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY: Prokaryotes, origins of eukaryotic diversity, plant diversity, fungi, invertebrate and vertebrate evolution;

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY: Animal form and function, nutrition, circulation, gas exchange, immune system, homeostasis, chemical signaling ; reproduction, development, neurobiology; ECOLOGY: Ecology and the Biosphere, Behavioral Ecology, Population Ecology, Community Ecology, Ecosystems, Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology

Course Term: Aug Term - 2017
Course Year: 2017/2018