Courses commonly included in Graduate Program of Study in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology that are offered by the Division of Biology

Note: many students take additional courses in other departments (e.g. Civil Engineering, Biological and Agriculatural Engineering, Agronomy,  Entomology, Geography (offers GIS certification), Geology, Statistics).  Please see course catalog for these courses.

Undergraduate and graduate credit (6 credit hours of these can be included in a program of study).

• BIOL 604. Biology of the Fungi.(3) I. An introduction to fungal structure, function, physiology, ecology, and genetics. Importance of fungi as disease organisms, as saprotrophs, and in industry. Techniques of isolation, cultivation, and as experimental organisms. Two hours lec. and two hours lab a week. Pr.: BIOL 198 or 210.  Jumpponen

• BIOL 612. Limnology.(4) I, in even years. Basic ecological principles of aquatic environments. Plants and animals of local streams, rivers, ponds, and reservoirs are used to demonstrate the interaction of biological processes with the chemical and physical features of natural aquatic environments. Three hours lec., three hours lab a week; two optional weekend field trips. Pr.: BIOL 201 and CHEM 110 or 210. Dodds

• BIOL 620. Evolution. (3) II. A study of the theory of evolution including its historical and social implications. Three hours lec. a week. Pr.: BIOL 450 or a course in genetics. Tomb

• BIOL 625. Animal Parasitology.(4) I, in odd years. Biology and pathology of the principal protozoan, helminth, and arthropod parasites of domestic animals and wildlife. Three hours lec. and two hours lab a week. Pr.: BIOL 198 and junior standing.  Upton

• BIOL 632. Ecology Laboratory.(1) II. Laboratory and field experiences with ecological problems. Pr.: STAT 340 or equiv.  Joern

• BIOL 682. Fish Ecology. (3) I, in odd years. The interaction between fish and their environment. Exploring fundamental ecological processes in aquatic systems at individual, population, community and ecosystem scales. Two hours lecture and three hours lab per week. Pr.: BIOL 529. Gido

• BIOL 684. Wildlife Management. (3) II. Concepts of managing wildlife with emphasis on North American game species. Applied population dynamics as they relate to management, historical, and recent developments in wildlife management, habitat improvement, and related material. Three hours lec. a week. Pr.: BIOL 433 and 450. Kaufman

• BIOL 685. Wildlife Management Techniques. (3) I. Ecology and management techniques. Two hours lec. and three hours lab a week. Pr.: BIOL 433 and 450. Wisely

• BIOL 687. Microbial Ecology.(3) II, in odd years. The ecology of aquatic and terrestrial microorganisms in their natural environment. Pr.: BIOL 455. Dodds

• BIOL 696. Fisheries Management.(4) I, in even years. Historical and contemporary issues in the management and conservation of exploited fish. Methods for managing fisheries resources in streams, lakes and ponds including estimating abundances, quantifying age and growth, manipulating populations, modeling population dynamics, culturing fishes and improving aquatic habitat. Three hours lecture and three hours lab a week. Pr.: BIOL 430. Gido/ Paukert

Graduate credit

• BIOL 800. Advanced Plant Physiology I.(3) II, in even years. Modern concepts and research in plant physiology. Respiration, photosynthesis, and water relations of plants. Pr.: An introductory plant physiology course or general biochemistry.

• BIOL 801. Advanced Plant Physiology II.(3) II, in odd years. Modern concepts and research in plant physiology. Mineral nutrition, translocation, growth, and development of plants. Pr.: An introductory plant physiology course or general biochemistry. Previous enrollment in BIOL 800 is not required.

• BIOL 805. Advanced Mycology.(3) II, in even years. Study of fungi, with emphasis on structure, identification, classification, phylogeny, and economic importance. One hour lec. and six hours lab a week. Pr.: BIOL 704. Jumpponen

• BIOL 815 Advanced Fisheries Management.(3) II, in odd years. Advanced study of theory and techniques related to managing freshwater fisheries. Emphasis will be placed on current research needed to support management practices such as sampling, indices, harvest regulations, predator-prey interactions, community structure, ecosystem management. Pr.: BIOL 542 and BIOL 696. Paukert

• BIOL 822. Landscape Ecology.(3) I, in odd years. Effect of spatial pattern on ecological processes. Course will emphasize how spatial complexity emerges and is maintained in ecological systems, the analysis of spatial pattern, scaling issues, the ecological consequences of spatial pattern and applications for conservation and ecosystem management in both aquatic and terrestrial systems. Two lecture hours and three laboratory hours per week. Pr.: BIOL 529 or equivalent. With

• BIOL 823. Demographic Methods. (3) I, in even years. Theory and methods of quantitative approaches for the study of population dynamics. Advances in matrix methods and mark-recapture statistics will be emphasized. Two hours lec. and one hour studio per week. Pr.: BIOL 684 or BIOL 696. Sandercock

• BIOL 826. Nutrient Dynamics.(3) II, in odd years. The cycling of elements in ecosystems with emphasis on macronutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorous, and major cations, and the influence of variables such as acid rain on nutrient dynamics. Two hours lec. and two hours lab a week. Pr.: BIOL 529 and CHM 210. Blair

• BIOL 828. Conservation Biology. (3) II, in even years. Study of factors that threaten biodiversity and strategies/techniques to minimize or reverse those threats. Considers how spatial and temporal scale issues affect management decisions, how molecular techniques have been used to elucidate problems of scale and the social and economic factors that affect implementation of conservation techniques. Pr.: BIOL 450 and BIOL 529. Cully

• BIOL 862. Presentations in Ecology.(1) II. A course on presentation of professional seminars which includes instructional information, preparation and delivery of a formal seminar, and critique of seminars. Dodds

• BIOL 865. Advanced Plant Ecology. (4) I, in even years. Advanced study of theory in population and community ecology as applied to higher plants. Emphasis on current research in plant population ecology, species interactions, community structure, and succession. Four hours lecture/rec. per week. Pr. BIOL 529 or a plant ecology course. Hartnett

• BIOL 870. Advanced Plant Systematics.(4) II, in even years. Taxonomy, phylogenetic inference and major themes in the evolution of vascular plants. Two hours lec., one hour discussion, and three hours lab per week. Lab format will include individual or small group research projects. Pr.: BIOL 551 and consent of instructor. Ferguson

• BIOL 875. Evolutionary Ecology.(3) I, in even years. A study of the evolution of population, community, and ecosystem structure. Two hours lec. and one hour rec. a week. Pr.: BIOL 529. Cully

• BIOL 890.  Topics in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. (1-6 I, II, S. Pr: Consent of instructor)

• BIOL 890. Advanced Topics in Biology.(1-6) I, II, S. Pr.: Consent of instructor.

• BIOL 891. Advanced Problems in Biology.(1-8) I, II, S. Pr.: Consent of instructor.

• BIOL 895. Graduate Seminar in Biology.(1) I, II. Pr.: Consent of instructor.

• BIOL 898. Master's Research in Biology.(1-9) I, II, S.

• BIOL 998. PhD Research in Biology.(Var.) I, II, S.