— Mass Extinctions: Past & Future

Prerequisites & course information

Course Description: Modern extinctions reviewed and compared to the “big five” mass extinctions that occurred in deep time. Timings, magnitudes, causes, victims, and survivors of each mass extinction, together with the aftermaths of and recovery from each. Climate changes and other related mechanisms at global scales. Similarities and dissimilarities between the past and modern extinctions. Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE). This course version is effective from, and including: Fall Quarter 2026. Learning Activities: Lecture 2 hour(s). Grade Mode: Letter. General Education: Science & Engineering (SE).