Course Details
Country:
Australia
Institution:
University of Technology Sydney
Course Title:
Nature and Evolution
Course Number:
91123
Course Description:
This subject explores the diversity of life and the various strategies that organisms have evolved to survive across a wide range of habitats on Earth. It examines how different organisms, including humans, vary biologically and interact with their environments. The course covers the challenges organisms face in diverse habitats and discusses the adaptive strategies of plants, animals, fungi, protists, bacteria, and archaea. The curriculum is structured to reflect the evolutionary progression of life, moving from aquatic to terrestrial environments, and sometimes back again. This approach allows for a comparative examination of all major taxa, highlighting the diversity of evolutionary responses to environmental challenges. The subject concludes by addressing the sustainable utilization of plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria as resources for humans, underlining the importance of conservation and sustainability in human interactions with these organisms.
Language:
English
Approved Equivalent:
GEOL 134
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