Middlesex Community College Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 2022-23 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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ENV 103 - The Age of Dinosaurs3
Course Description: This course will introduce the student to the dominant life forms of the Mesozoic Era which extended from about 240 million years to 65 million years before the present. The unifying themes used throughout the course are concerned with the evolution, diversification, and classification of the Dinosauria, the most familiar, successful, yet least understood terrestrial vertebrates of all time. By examining the geological and ecological setting of the Mesozoic, in conjunction with the fossilized remains the student should gain insight into the nature of these enigmatic creatures. The renaissance interest in dinosaur studies, at both the professional and popular levels, will be examined through discussion of some of the controversies surrounding dinosaur classification, extinction, physiology and ancestry.
ISLOs: This course supports student development of Written and Oral Communications, Critical Thinking, and Quantitative Literacy.
Prerequisite(s): Eligible for ENG 101.
General Education Elective(s): Science
Note(s): This course has been approved to meet the Core curriculum General Education Requirement.
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