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Course name
BIOL 3700 Astrobiology
Institution
University of Minnesota
Instructor
Jeff Havig
Wikipedia Expert
Ian (Wiki Ed)
Subject
Science Communication
Course dates
2025-01-21 00:00:00 UTC – 2025-05-09 23:59:59 UTC
Approximate number of student editors
12


This is a survey course that touches on topics related to Astrobiology, including: origins of life, defining what is alive, biosignatures, exploration for life in our solar system, search for exoplanets, looking for life on exoplanets, the search for extra terrestrial life, and human habitation beyond Earth.

Students will work in groups, with each group working to build or significantly expand on a Astrobiology-related topic Wikipedia page as a term project.