VPAS 7380.001 (87906)

Charles Darwin and the Evolution of Beauty

M-W 4-6:45

 

Fall 2020

Dr. Charissa N. Terranova

University of Texas at Dallas 

Arts & Humanities
 

Office Hours: Online by appointment

Contact: terranova@utdallas.edu

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Course Syllabus

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1.) Course Introduction 08/19/20

2.) Fabrications of Art and Science: Darwinian Beauty between Bioart and Biotic Art 08/19/20

3.) Charles Darwin and Natural Selection 08/31/20

4.) Laissez-faire Capitalism and the Economic Fabrications of Natural Selection 

5.) Charles Darwin and Sexual Selection 09/22/20

6.) Race, Gender, and the Cultural Fabrications of Sexual Selection 09/30/20

7.) The Evolution of Beauty 10/12/20

8.) Darwin, Animals, and Emotions 10/21/20

9.) Darwin's Camera 11/02/20