Evolution, Ecology & Population Biology
Course Requirements
The course work in the
Program is centered on the courses listed below. Students may
choose at least one Ecology course from Group 1, at least one Evolution course
from Group 2, and an additional course from Group 3:
- Population Ecology
(Bio 4170), Community Ecology (Bio 419), or Disease Ecology (Bio 4195)
- Macroevolution (Bio
4182), Population Genetics (Bio 4181), Molecular Evolution (Bio
4183) or Behavioral Ecology (472)
- Another of the six aforementioned courses,
Genomics (Bio 5488), Advanced Genetics (Bio 5491), or another approved course (approval from the
program director).
Graduate Research Fundamentals (BIO 5098) - Fall Semester of 1st year
Ethics
(Bio 5011) - Spring semester of 2nd
year
Mentored
Teaching Experience – either Fall or Spring
semester of 2nd year.
Topics in Evolution, Ecology and Pop Biology (BIO 598) - Fall Semester of 1st Year
Students are also
required to enroll in the Population
Biology Seminar (Bio 580) each semester for the first two years of the
Program.