In the fall quarter 2008, a course at the University of Chicago on Darwin’s Origin of Species and Descent of Man will be video-cast and audio podcast.  The course, conducted by Robert J. Richards, will meet ten times during the quarter, and the recordings will appear on this website approximately five days after each meeting.  The syllabus for the course and any power-point slides will also be made available. 

Syllabus for “Darwin’s Origin of Species and Descent of Man.”

Lecture 1: Introduction to the course:  Darwin’s Accomplishment and its Religious Impact.
            A. Audio-podcast
            B. Video
            C.. Introduction--slides

Lecture 2:  Pre-Darwinian Theories of Evolution
              A. Audio-podcast
              B. Video
              C. Pre-Darwinian Theories--slides

Lecture 3:  Darwin's Voyage of Romantic Adventure
               A. Audio-podcast
               B. Video
               C. Darwin's Voyage--slides

Lecture 4:  The Development of Darwin's Early Views
                A. Audio-podcast
                B. Video
                C. Darwin's Early Theories

Lecture 5: The Origin of Species, Chapters 1 and 2
               A. Audio-podcast
               B. Video
               C. Darwin's Origin, Chaps. 1 and 2-slides

Lecture 6: The Origin of Species, Chapters 3 and 4
               A. Audio-podcast
               B. Video
               C. Darwin's Origin, Chaps. 3 and 4--slides

Lecture 7: The Origin of Species, chapters 6 and 7
               A.  Audio-podcast
               B. Video
               C. Darwin's Origin, chapters 6 and 7--slides

Lecture 8: The Origin of Species, chapters 13 and 14
               A. Audio-podcast
               B. Video
               C. Darwin's Origin, chapters 13 and 14--slides

Lecture 9: The Descent of Man
               A. Audio-podcast
               B. Video
               C. Descent of Man--slides

Lecture 10: Intelligent Design
                A.  Audio-podcast
                B. Video
                C. Intelligent Design--slides