{"id":14,"date":"2009-11-11T18:12:59","date_gmt":"2009-11-12T02:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2009-12-20T17:52:44","modified_gmt":"2009-12-21T01:52:44","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Interdisciplinary Applications of Evolutionary Theory! The course is a 3 credit student directed seminar hosted by UBC Biology (BIOL 490) in Term 2 of\u00a0 the &#8217;09-10 Winter session.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-41\" title=\"SDS Poster\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/files\/2009\/11\/SDS-Poster1.jpg\" alt=\"SDS Poster\" width=\"411\" height=\"546\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br \/>\nApplying evolutionary thinking outside its traditional boundaries has a great potential to enhance the understanding of the world around us. This seminar will examine evolutionary theory and a successful example of its application in the humanities, evolutionary linguistics, culminating in a critical discussion of memetics and non-biological evolution. Participants will engage in an emulation of the full research process, from critical reading and analysis of academic literature, integration thereof into a research writing piece, climaxing in a presentation and peer review.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: <\/strong>Tue, Thu 3.30-5.00pm, Term 2.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location:<\/strong> SWING 406<\/p>\n<p><strong>Course Syllabus<\/strong> (as of Nov 6):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/files\/2009\/11\/SDS-outline-v12-abridged.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Syllabus icon\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/files\/2009\/11\/Capture.PNG\" alt=\"Syllabus icon\" width=\"94\" height=\"92\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"SSC page\" href=\"https:\/\/courses.students.ubc.ca\/cs\/main?pname=subjarea&amp;tname=subjareas&amp;req=5&amp;dept=BIOL&amp;course=490A&amp;section=201\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SSC Link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Application forms <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zoology.ubc.ca\/bpg\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">now available<\/a>,<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\"> <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">DUE 14 DEC 2009! <\/span>Can be handed in by the first day of class, 05 Jan 2010<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Watch this space for further updates.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to Interdisciplinary Applications of Evolutionary Theory! The course is a 3 credit student directed seminar hosted by UBC Biology (BIOL 490) in Term 2 of\u00a0 the &#8217;09-10 Winter session. Abstract Applying evolutionary thinking outside its traditional boundaries has a great potential to enhance the understanding of the world around us. This seminar will examine [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1187,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14\/revisions\/18"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/evolsds\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}