Course Information

Course Name	Turkish	Evrim
	English	Evolution
Course Code	YSB 581E	Credit	Lecture (hour/week)	Recitation (hour/week)	Laboratory (hour/week)
Semester	-	3	-	-	-
Course Language		English
Course Coordinator		Bülent Arıkan
Course Objectives		1. Introduction to the history of life on earth; 2. Basic understanding of genetic foundations of natural selection; 3. Microevolution and speciation; 4. Macroevolutionary patterns; 5. Explanation of biodiversity’s evolution
Course Description		can only be explained through an understanding of evolution processes. This course aims at introducing students with basic biology and earth science backgrounds to the history and processes of evolution.
Course Outcomes		Graduate students who take this course gain knowledge, skills and proficiency in the following subjects 1. History of life on Earth through an understanding of fossil record and comparative anatomy; 2. Genetic foundations of natural selection processes; 3. Species concept and speciation processes; 4. Macroevolution
Pre-requisite(s)		None
Required Facilities		Students will be using R based scripts to conduct simple data analysis and visualization tasks.
Other
Textbook		Evolution, D. Futuyma, 2013, 3rd edition, Sinauer Associates.
Other References		Macroevolution: Explanation, Interpretation and Evidence. E. Serrelli and N. Gontier (eds), 2015, Springer.