PSY415

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PSY415 - The Design of the Mind: Genes, Adaptation, and Behavior

PsychologyUndergraduateUA - UA General

Course ID

028558

Course Description

Part I: Basic mechanisms of behavioral evolution, genetics, and natural selection, as well as other factors impinging on the evolutionary process. Part II: Historical approaches that converge upon the broadly defined research program of behavioral evolution, theoretical perspectives, and empirical contributions made by each of these approaches, and current controversies in the field, framed as a single integrated area of study in which multiple approaches and perspectives can contribute to a comprehensive understanding.

Min Units

3

Max Units

3

Repeatable for Credit

No

Grading Basis

GRD - Regular Grades A, B, C, D, E

Career

Undergraduate

Course Attributes

WE - WEC (Writing Emphasis Course)

Course Requisites

PSY 230 or SOC 274, PSY 290A or SOC 275.

May be convened with

PSY515

Component

Lecture

Optional Component

No