Ecology Minor

The Ecology minor is intended to compliment other environmental majors, and help students develop the skills to use ecological science to address a wide range of environmental issues.

Course Requirements:
BI 1011 Field Ecology Experience
BI 2004 Population and Community Ecology
BI 3464 Ecosystem and Evolutionary Ecology

Two of the following:
BI 2033 Marine Biology
BI 2053 Systematic Botany
BI 3133 Environmental Plant Physiology
BI 3173 Animal Behavior
BI 3184 Freshwater Ecology/Limnology
BI 3233 Ichthyology
BI 3263 Ecology of Natural Communities
BI 3273 Mammalogy
BI 3283 Ornithology
BI 3323 Conservation Biology
BI 4013 Marine Ecology

A minor program is a concentrated course of study in a given discipline or sub discipline, which includes 15-18 credit hours of study, comprised of at least 9 credits outside the student’s major program and other major or minor programs taken at Unity College, also comprised of at least 6 credit hours taken in residence at Unity College, and has been approved by the faculty as a minor program.