Course Description

Zoology 453b Political Biology

The biological consequences of human activities for the biotic world and particularly human beings and their institutions. Direct physical and chemical effects upon metabolism, development, adaptation, genes, and population structure. Indirect effects through climatic change, population density, social conditions and changed patterns of survival. Predictions and mechanisms for influencing the future.

Prerequisites: Biochemistry 280a or the former Biology 280a; Biology 282b, Biology 283a and either Biology 284a or 285b. Open only to fourth-year students.

2 lecture hours, 3 tutorial hours, half course.

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