General: Survey of evolutionary thought and understanding of evolutionary processes and mechanisms leading to speciation. The course focuses on basic population genetics, heritability, variation, natural selection, adaptation, and speciation.

Textbook: Freeman and Herron Evolutionary Analysis Third or Fourth Edition.

Tutorials: Tutorials are held every week and are designed to compliment the lecture component of the course.

Pre-requisites: Biology 2000 (Ecology); Biology 2200 (Genetics) OR Admission to the Post-Diploma B.Sc. in Environmental Science program