Darwin for Doctors: FS 101 Section 27

Darwin for Doctors
An exploration of the emerging discipline of Darwinian medicine; how evolutionary thinking and the principle of natural selection can provide insight into human health and the treatment of disease.

FS 101 (Section 27)
Allegheny College
Fall 2001

Course Syllabus
Chapter Presentation Schedule

Instructor:
Ron Mumme
Department of Biology
Allegheny College
Meadville, Pennsylvania 16335 USA
e-mail: rmumme@allegheny.edu

Research papers: reviews of recent research in Darwinian Medicine

Short writing assignments

SWA #1: Summary of Chapters 1 and 2 (due Monday, 10 September 2001)
SWA #2: Chapters 3 and 4: Defenses, Host Manipulation, and Evolution of Virulence (due Monday, 17 September 2001)
SWA #3: Chapters 5 and 6: Injury and Toxins (due Monday, 24 September 2001)
SWA #4: Chapters 7 and 8: Genetics and Aging (due Monday, 1 October 2001)
SWA #5: Chapters 9 and 10: Diseases of Civilization (due Monday, 8 October 2001)
SWA #6: Chapters 11 and 12: Cancer (due Wednesday, 17 October 2001)
SWA #7: Chapters 13 - 15: Human Mating Preferences (due Wednesday, 24 October 2001)

Academic planning portfolio (APP) assignments

APP Assignment #1: Long-term Career Goals (due 9:00 a.m. on Monday, 29 October 2001)
APP Assignment #2: Exploring a Potential Major and Minor (due Wednesday, 28 November 2001)

Resources for research paper

Chapter summary presentations (PowerPoint files)

Chapter 1: The Mystery of Disease (Ron Mumme)
Chapter 2: Evolution by Natural Selection (Rachel Bayer)
Chapter 3: Signs and Symptoms of Infectious Disease (Derek Caplan)
Chapter 4: An Arms Race Without End (Clarissa Donnell)
Chapter 5: Injury (Seth Walbridge)
Chapter 6: Toxins: New, Old, and Everywhere (Arlee Fafalios)
Chapter 7: Genes and Disease: Defects, Quirks, and Compromises (Susan Streble)
Chapter 8: Aging as the Fountain of Youth (Victor Pilewski)
Chapter 9: Legacies of Evolutionary History (Adam Whitlinger)
Chapter 10: Diseases of Civilization (Stephanie Peske)
Chapter 11: Allergy (Andrew Rielly)
Chapter 12: Cancer (Jackie Tubo)
Chapter 13: Sex and Reproduction (Meghan Fox)

Research paper presentations (PowerPoint files)

Tuberculosis (Seth Walbridge, 5 Nov 2001)
Darwinian gastronomy: spices as antimicrobial agents (Victor Pilewski, 7 Nov 2001)
Pregnancy sickness (Derek Caplan, 9 Nov 2001)
Vegetarianism (Stephanie Peske, 14 Nov 2001)
Depression (Meghan Fox, 14 Nov 2001)
SIDS: Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (Arlee Fafalios)
Gastrointestinal disorders (Adam Whitlinger)
Dreaming (Jackie Tubo)
Penicillin: no longer the "wonder drug" (Susan Streble)
Congestive heart failure (Clarissa Donnell)

Last updated 29 December 2001