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2020-2021 Catalogue 
    
2020-2021 Catalogue [ARCHIVED CATALOGUE]

GEO 317 - Quantitative Paleobiology (1)

GEO 317 explores the union of life science and Earth science in the study of fossils. Topics include ecological structure and succession; habitats and niches; trophic relationships; environmental gradients; form and function; growth and development; morphometrics; macroevolution; phylogenetics and cladistics; biodiversity and taxonomic turnover; time series analysis; time binning methods; and field sampling and data collection. This course counts as an intensive quantitative reasoning experience. Students learn to collect information on fossils and then analyze numerical data using univariate and multivariate statistical methods with common programming languages like R (but no prior experience with statistics or computer science is required). Students must fulfill one of the following four prerequisites: (1) GEO 130   and sophomore standing; (2) BIO 141  , BIO 142  , and sophomore standing; (3) GEO 326  ; or (4) Permission of Instructor. Alternate years.
(Laboratory Science) (Quantitative Reasoning Intensive)