Seminars in Ecology and Evolution

1 unit

At least once a week, there are seminars on the WashU campus from researchers in ecology or evolution. These seminars are given by local people, by visitors, and sometimes by job candidates. The point of these seminars is to learn about exciting research. What questions are they asking? What are they discovering? What new scientific stories can we hear about ecology or evolution? What makes up these fields anyway? These seminars are often followed by receptions, which offer opportunities to get to know each other better and to ask questions. This course invites undergraduates to listen to these presentations and write about them. After all, this is a major part of the ideas climate at WashU. It would be a great idea for students to get in the habit of going to these seminars, whether they are taking this course or not. In addition to attending these seminars, students in this course will meet three times during the semester; times will be determined based on the availability of enrolled students. Most seminars are at 4:00 pm on Thursdays, although some take place on other days.