News
- Video of Helen Fisher's "The Drive to Love and Who We Choose" Lecture
- Harpur Dean's Workshop on Science Studies to hold two special events commemorating the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth
- Helen Fisher to present "The Drive to Love and Who We Choose" on May 5
- Video from the Evolution Institute workshop on Early Childhood Education
- Listen to What's New in EvoS: The Evolutionary Studies Podcast
- Evolution Institute sponsors workshop on Early Childhood Education
- Introducing the Evolution Institute: The World's First Evolutionary Think Tank
- New Survey to Assess Attitudes and Knowledge About Evolution
- EvoS receives NSF grant to expand into a nationwide consortium
- New Humanities Initiative integrates the humanities and sciences from an evolutionary perspective
- More news...
Welcome
Evolution is increasingly being used to explain the pageant of human life in addition to the rest of life on earth. BU's Evolutionary Studies Program is the first of its kind to teach evolution in a truly integrated fashion, beginning with core principles and extending in all directions, from the biological sciences to all aspects of humanity, including the nature of religion.
This website enables virtually anyone to begin learning about evolution and its wide-ranging implications. For BU students, we offer introductory undergraduate and graduate courses, a menu of more advanced courses, research opportunities, and a seminar series that brings distinguished speakers to campus at approximately bi-weekly intervals. Full participation in EvoS results in a certificate in evolutionary studies, which can be earned in parallel with any major without an undue additional course load. For BU faculty, we offer opportunities in interdisciplinary research collaborations, especially in our new capacity as an Institute for Advanced Studies.
Off-campus visitors to this website can find a number of resources for learning about evolution from a distance, including a basic tutorial, links to other evolution websites, an archive of EvoS seminars, and more. A distance-learning version of the popular introductory course “Evolution for Everyone” is currently being developed.
Finally, we offer resources to faculty at other colleges and universities who wish to start their own version of EvoS. We look forward to developing an international consortium of programs that can help to transform public understanding of evolution at all educational levels.
