BEES, TREES, GERMS, AND GENES: A HISTORY OF BIOLOGY

HISTORY/HISTSCI/MEDHIST 132

Course Description

How did today's biology emerge out of the diverse traditions of agriculture and natural history (bees and trees), biomedicine and molecular biology (germs and genes), which stretch back into the eighteenth century? Examines classic texts and "game-changers" in the history of biology, putting them into broader scientific and social contexts to see how these different ways of knowing intertwined, competed, and yielded novel approaches to the study of life that still shape today's life sciences.

Prerequisties

None

Satisfies

This course does not satisfy any prerequisites.

Credits

Offered

Fall

Grade Point Average

3.16

0.52% from Historical

Completion Rate

98.57%

3.43% from Historical

A Rate

30%

7.71% from Historical

Class Size

-53.02% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2025 Fall)

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