Judgement Day (PBS NOVA Account of Kitzmiller vs. Dover)

 

Judgement Day (PBS NOVA Account of Kitzmiller vs. Dover) - 01:51:25

Week 3 Slides - Religion, Creationism, and the Courts

 

Week 2 Slides - History of Understandings Influencing Evolutionary Theory

Galapagos Scene from the Movie, Master and Commander (2003)

Slides remaining from Week 1

 

Genesis 1:20 (Living Things)

 from:  https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Genesis-1-20/ 

Genesis 1:20 Context

17And God set them in the firmament of the heaven to give light upon the earth, 18And to rule over the day and over the night, and to divide the light from the darkness: and God saw that it was good. 19And the evening and the morning were the fourth day. 20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven. 21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good. 22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth. 23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

Slides from Week 1. Foundations of Evolution

 

Syllabus

 Encore Learning

Foundations of Evolution, and the Controversy - Spring 2021

Syllabus:                                         Blog:    www.encore-evolution.blogspot.com/

Dr. Jim Egenrieder 

JimEgenrieder@gmail.com or JimE@vt.edu  

571-482-8298 (Voice/Text) 

Course Goals/Outcomes:

This course reviews the foundations of evolutionary biology to develop a comfortable understanding of Evolution suitable for a "sophisticated layperson" who is well-read and curious but may or may not have studied the subject before.  

The scope of the course will include the following:  

1. The foundations of evolutionary biology (genetics and mutation, reproduction and reproductive isolation, and natural and artificial selection); 

2. The history of evolutionary biology and theory; 

3. Challenges to teaching evolutionary biology; and

4. The relevant intersections of science and religion.

Course Outline:

Module (Date)	Topic
Module 1 (April 13 )	Introductions, Defining Evolution, Course overview, Foundations of Evolution
Module 2 (April 20 )	History of Evolutionary Theory and Controversy
Module 3 (April 27 )	Evolution in the Courts, 1st Amendment
Module 4 (May 4)	Examples and Evidence of Evolution, Big Questions