All first year EBIO graduate students are required to attend the EBIO Colloquia Series. Speakers from around the world and within the department cover topics in all areas of biology. May be repeated up to 2 total credit hours.
Algae are a non-monophyletic group of organisms that play critical roles in ecosystem structure and function. They have a long history of being used in a variety of ways by the human species, but are increasingly being applied to modern issues of understanding water quality and climate change, engineering at the nano scale and in the production of renewable biofuels. Same as EBIO 4080. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Covers special areas of ethology such as sociobiology, animal communication, cognitive ethology, human ethology, moral and ethical issues. Recommended prereq., EBIO 3240.
Reviews the principles and methodology of phylogenetic inference using molecular data. The course emphasizes the application of comparative approaches to hypothesis testing in evolution, ecology and medicine and provides a broad foundation in both theory and practice of phylogenetics. Recommended prereq., EBIO 3080 (min. grade C-) or instructor consent required. Same as EBIO 4290. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Examines six major themes on contemporary evolutionary research: population genetics, natural selection and adaptation, molecular evolution, evolution and development, phylogenetic systematics, and macroevolution. Emphasizes recent primary literature and sophisticated mastery. Prereq., graduate standing in EBIO.
Field Studies. Examines the application of conservation principles in the Atlantic Forest of Brazil, a 'biodiversity-in-crisis' setting. Explores successful conservation strategies integrated with efforts to alleviate socioeconomic issues. Three-week Maymester, Study Abroad Global Seminar. Recommended prereqs., EBIO 2040, ENVS 2000 or 2000/higher-level course in ANTH, EBIO, ENVS, EVEN, GEOG, IAFS or other discipline related to ecology or sustainability. Same as EBIO 4340, ENVS 4340 and ENVS 5340.
Lect. and lab. Offers a demanding, problems-oriented methods course in statistical inference procedures, assumptions, limitations, and applications emphasizing techniques appropriate to realistic biological problems. Includes data file management using interactive computing techniques. Same as EBIO 4410. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Surveys development in a range of vertebrate and invertebrate systems to reconstruct the common bilatorian ancestor, and elucidate the developmental genetic changes underlying animal diversification. Lab focuses on vertebrate embryos and explores key methods in evolutionary developmental biology including in situ hybridization, embryo microinjection, and transgenesis. Recommended prereqs., MCDB 1150 or EBIO 1210 and MCDB 2150 or EBIO 2070 (minimum grade C-). EBIO 4440, EBIO 5440, MCDB 4441, and MCDB 5441 are all the same course. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Familiarizes students with specialized areas of biology. May be repeated up to 9 total credit hours. Same as EBIO 4460. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Explores principles and techniques in modern plant systematics from lichens and non-vascular plants to lycophytes, ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms. Framework is evolutionary and ecological, with emphasis on taxonomy of major lineages and families of plants. No prerequisites, but coursework in evolutionary biology, genetics, phylogenetics and/or other botany classes is strongly encouraged. Same as EBIO 4520. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
Enhances writing proficiency, using graduate writing projects to implement the course concepts. Offers understanding of conventions and strategies used in scientific writing to prepare students for academic and professional communication. Department enforced requisite, basic proficiency in English as a written language. Requisites: Restricted to graduate students only.
