Undergraduate Catalog

EPSS 416 Astrobiology

This course introduces students to the general layout of the emergence of life and its coevolution with environmental conditions on Earth, with a particular emphasis on significant events in Earth’s history, such as mass extinctions. Students are further introduced to how this coevolution of life and environ-ments on Earth can be used as an important analog in space and planetary exploration programs.

Credits

3

Prerequisite

EPSS222

Offered

Fall