REDM 400. Science and Museums.
Credits: 3
Offered by: Redpath Museum (Faculty of Science)
Terms offered: Winter 2026
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Description
Natural history museums and their collections, how collections are created and maintained and how collections are used in scientific research. Context of natural history museums, collections-based research and curatorial methods.
- Winter: Course consists of lectures, practical labs, field trips and individual term-projects.
- Prerequisites: A 200- or 300-level course that deals with diversity of specimens or objects relevant to Museum-based research and collections. e.g. BIOL 215, BIOL 305, EPSC 210, EPSC 233, ANTH 208, ANTH 310, PLNT 358, WILD 212, WILD 313, or permission of instructor.