SCI1200 Schedule 2024

1

Natural Selection: Themes and variation

AE/ND

No Workshop

2

Let's talk about sex

ND

Workshop 1: Eat, Prey, Live – Selection in action

Research Project Outline

3

Growing pains

ND

No Workshop

4

Cooperation and conflict

ND

Workshop 2: The world around us - An evolutionary perspective

Research Proposal Due

5

Walk like a hominin

AE

No Workshop

Research Proposal Peer Review due

6

Brain food

AE

Workshop 3: What makes us human?
Quiz 1 (ND, Weeks 1-4)

Research Proposal Reflection due

7

The human body: Recent evolution, health and disease

AE

No Workshop

8

Why we get sick:
Darwinian Medicine I

AE

Workshop 4: Sickle cell anaemia - Selection's epic fail?
Quiz 2 (AE, Weeks 5-6)

9

Why we get sick:
Darwinian Medicine II

AE

No Workshop

Infographics due

10

Witness the fitness? Energy budgets and food intake

CW

Workshop 5: Should we hunt whales for food?
Quiz 3 (AE, Weeks 7-9)

11

From berries to burgers

CW

No Workshop

News Article Due

12

Who wants to live forever?

CW

Workshop 6: News Article - Editorial Board
Quiz 4 (CW, Weeks 10-12)

Lecturers: AE - Prof Alistair Evans, ND - Dr Nick Deal, CW - Prof Craig White

All assessment items are in bold. Due dates for assignments are available in Moodle, quizzes take place during workshops. Please see Allocate+ for your scheduled lecture and workshop times.