Week 1:  Introduction            
April 2 Wed: No Section            
April 4 Fri: Section 1 – Stephen Jay Gould Wonderful Life & Hen’s Teeth
Present research topic  

Week 2: Historicizing Life            
April 9 Wed: Section 2 – Simon Winchester            
April 11 Fri: Section 3 – Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Present status of research papers  

Week 3: Earth History and New Measures of Time            
April 16 Wed: Section 4 – Stephen Jay Gould, Ever Since Darwin            
April 18 Fri: Section 5 – Darwin, Voyage of the Beagle  

Week 4: The Origin of Species and Rise of Anthropology
April 23 Wed: Section 6 – Malthus & Paley
April 25 Fri: Section  7– In-Section Film  

Week 5: The Origin of Species and The Descent of “Man” (and Woman)            
April 30 Wed: Section 8 – Darwin, Origin of Species            
May 2 Fri: Section 9 – Darwin, Descent of Man and Gamble
Present status of research papers
Course Reflection

Week 6: Trial and Error            
May 7 Wed: Section 10 – Davis, Kitzmiller, & Coyne            
May 9 Fri: Section 11 – Proctor, Racial Hygiene, chaps 1, 3-6  

Week 7: Science and the Corporation
May 14 Wed: Section 12 – Secret Documents
May 16 Fri: Section 13 – Secret Documents

Research Paper Due  

Week 8: Sciences Great and Small
May 21 Wed: Section 14 – Research Presentations 1
May 23 Fri: Section 15 – Research Presentations 2  

Week 9: New Views of Life, Matter and the Cosmos            
May 28 Wed: Section 16 – Research Presentations 3            
May 30 Fri: Section 17 – Research Presentations 4  

Week 10: Dark Matter and the Enduring Mysteries of the Cosmos            
June 4 Wed: Section 18 – Vonnegut, Galápagos