EARTH 336Evolution 2: Fossil Record
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Science
- Subject
- Earth Sciences
- Cross-listed
- BIOL 360
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 0 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
An overview of the origin of life, how it evolved and diversified, modern principles of paleontology with particular emphasis on analytical tools to interpret ancient life forms. Patterns, processes of evolution, and paleoecology of key groups of microfossils, invertebrates, plants, vertebrates, and their trace fossils.
Prerequisites
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
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Reviewed on UW Flow
83% liked it100% easy33% useful
From 6 ratings and 2 comments on UW Flow. The most helpful comments, quoted as written, without names. Read them all on UW Flow.
Taught by a good prof so it made it interesting. Not very applicable until the last lecture where he spoke about applications and career aspects of paleobiology.
Apr 2016 · liked itOn UW FlowRemove this
Assignments are stupid, and have nothing to do with course material. First assignment was a 400 word essay on a news article about fossils. Second assignment is a group project: "Pick a fossil or group of fossils in the Earth Sciences Museum. Produce an education product that might be professional quality and suitable for use and disseminated to the general public." Seriously...
Mar 2016 · didn’t like itOn UW FlowRemove this
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3 posts and comments in 3 threads mention EARTH 336, May 2016 to December 2024. Quoted word for word, newest first; each reply sits under the post and the comment that started its branch. Search r/uwaterloo for newer posts.
Winter 2023
easiest science credit for CS student 15 points, 19 comments
“title”
u/cs-shitposter: “BIOL 360/EARTH 336”
Fall 2016
Is there a course on dinosaurs 11 points, 4 comments
“No more bullshit like CS 452. I walked through museum today and was fascinated. Any cool courses that talk about the dinos?”
u/Frozen-Placenta: “from 1 min search, closest thing i found was EARTH 336”
Spring 2016
Bird courses that you can get 90+ in? 1 point, 18 comments
“Are there any bird courses you can get a 90+ in? Nothing subjective like English where it's based off essays, but calculation based so you answer is either right or wrong.”
u/SantiJP3: “BIO 360/ EARTH 336 : Fossil Record 2. One of the best classes I have taken in Waterloo by far.”
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