Ecology Program Requirements
Ecology is the scientific discipline that is concerned with the relationships between organisms and their past, present, and future environments. These relationships include physiological responses of individuals, structure and dynamics of populations, interactions among species, organization of biological communities, and processing of energy and matter in ecosystems.
____BI 1011 Field Ecology Experience
____BI 1014 Biology I
____BI 1024 Biology II
____BI 2004 Population and Comm Ecology
____BI 3184 Freshwater Eco/Limnology
____BI 3243 General Genetics
____BI 3464 Ecosystem & Evol Ecology
____CH 1104 General Chemistry I
____CH 1114 General Chemistry II
____CH 2324 Organic Chemistry
____MA 1223 Algebra and Trig.
____MA 2243 Statistics I
____MA 3263 Biometry
____1 Geology (GL) course
Either
____BI 3133 Envir. Plant Physio. or
____BI 3254 Comp. Animal Physiology
One of the following:
____BI 2033 Marine Biology
____BI 2053 Systematic Botany
____BI 3233 Ichthyology
____BI 3263 Ecol of Natural Comm
____BI 3273 Mammalogy
____BI 3283 Ornithology
____BI 4013 Marine Ecology
Typical eight-semester map:
Fall1 Spring 1
Biology 1 Biology II
Algebra and Trig Stats 1
Field Ecology Experience
Fall 2 Spring 2
Population and Comm Eco Genetics
Gen Chem I Gen Chem II
Biometry
Fall 3 Spring 3
Ecology Seminar Plant/Animal Physiology
Freshwater Ecology Ecosystem and Evolutionary Eco
Organic Chemistry
Fall 4 Spring 4
Geology Ecology of Natural Communities
The following are some supplemental courses we recommend to students interested in attending graduate school in Ecology:
MA 2333 Calculus I
MA 3443 Calculus II
PS 2303 Physics I
BI 2053 Systematic Botany
BI 2303 Cell Biology
BI 3173 Animal Behavior
BI 3254 Comparative Animal Physiology
BI 3273 Mammalogy
BI 3283 Ornithology
BI 3654 Microbiology
EH 3213 Topics in Professional and Technical Writing