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Love for cats lures students into this course, which uses feline research to teach science

  • Written by Jonathan Losos, William H. Danforth Distinguished University Professor, Arts & Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis
Love for cats lures students into this course, which uses feline research to teach scienceCats are on the syllabus, not in the classroom, for this course.Stephanie_Zieber/iStock via Getty Images PlusText saying: Uncommon Courses, from The Conversation

Uncommon Courses is an occasional series from The Conversation U.S. highlighting unconventional approaches to teaching.

Title of course:

“The Science of Cats”

What prompted the idea for the course?

I’m an evolutionary biologist...

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