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EEB 1019 - Our Changing Planet
(4 cr; Student Option)
Equivalent courses: was GEO 1019 until 07-SEP-04, was GEO 1019 until 21-JAN-03, was AST 1019 until 21-JAN-03, was GEO 1019 until 07-SEP-99
Interdisciplinary study of Earth as a set of interacting, evolving systems--solid Earth, oceans, atmosphere, and biosphere--and its relationship with the sun and stars. Cycling of matter and energy in Earth systems, their equilibria, and the effect of natural and human perturbations.
EEB 3001 - Ecology and Society [ENV]
(3 cr; Prereq-[Jr or sr] recommended; biological sciences students may not apply cr toward major; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer)
Basic concepts in ecology. Organization, development, function of ecosystem. Population growth/regulation. Human effect on ecosystems.
EEB 3002 - Sex, Evolution, and Behavior: Examining Human Evolutionary Biology
(4 cr; A-F or Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: ANTH 3002 (starting 02-SEP-08)
Methods/theories to understand humans in evolutionary framework. What can be known only/primarily from evolutionary perspective. How evolutionary biology of humans might lead to better evolutionary theory. How physiology, development, behavior, and ecology coordinate/coevolve in humans.
EEB 3361 - Visions of Nature: The Natural World and Political Thought [ENVT C/PE]
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was CSCL 3322 until 17-JAN-17, was CSCL 3361 until 17-JAN-17
Theories about organization of nature, human nature, and their significance for development of ethics, religion, political/economic philosophy, civics, and environmentalism in Western/other civilizations. Lectures, discussions, film assignments.
EEB 3407 - Ecology
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Summer)
Equivalent courses: BIOL 3407 (inactive), EEB 5407, BIOL 3408W (inactive), EEB 3807 (starting 21-MAY-01, was BIOL 3807 until 22-MAY-17), EEB 3001 (ending 07-SEP-10, starting 05-SEP-00), BIOL 5407 (inactive), EEB 3408W
Principles of ecology from populations to ecosystems. Applications to human populations, disease, exotic organisms, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity and global dynamics of the earth.
EEB 3408W - Ecology [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-[One semester college biology or instr consent], [MATH 1142 or MATH 1271 or Math 1272 or Math 1241 or Math 1242 or MATH 1281 or Math 1282 or equiv]; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: BIOL 3407 (inactive), EEB 5407, BIOL 3408W (inactive), EEB 3807 (starting 21-MAY-01, was BIOL 3807 until 22-MAY-17), EEB 3001 (ending 07-SEP-10, starting 05-SEP-00), BIOL 5407 (inactive), EEB 3407
Principles of population growth/interactions, communities and ecosystem function applied to ecological issues. Regulation of populations, dynamics/impacts of disease, invasions by exotic organisms, biodiversity, global change. Lab. Scientific writing. Quantitative skill development (mathematical models, data analysis, statistics and some coding in R).
EEB 3409 - Evolution
(3 cr; Prereq-One semester college biology; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: EEB 5409, BIOL 3809 (inactive), BIOL 3409 (inactive), BIOL 5409 (inactive), BIOL 2822 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-04)
Diversity of forms in fossil record and in presently existing biology. Genetic mechanisms of evolution, including natural selection, sexual selection, genetic drift. Examples of ongoing evolution in wild/domesticated populations and in disease-causing organisms. Lab.
EEB 3411 - Introduction to Animal Behavior
(3 cr; Prereq-Undergrad biology course Credit granted for only one of the following: EEB 3411, EEB 3412W, EEB 3811W, EEB 5412; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: EEB 3412W (ending 18-JAN-22, starting 16-JAN-18), EEB 5412 (ending 18-JAN-22), EEB 3811W (ending 07-SEP-21, starting 20-MAY-19, was EEB 3811 until 20-MAY-19, was BIOL 3811 until 22-MAY-17)
This course provides a broad introduction to animal behavior. As one of the most interdisciplinary fields in all of biology, understanding animal behavior requires an understanding of cell biology, physiology, genetics, development, ecology, endocrinology, evolution, learning theory, and even physics and economics! This course will draw on questions and methods from each of these disciplines to answer what on the surface appears to be a very simple question: ?Why is that animal doing that?? The course will review such key topics as feeding behavior, reproductive behavior, perception, learning, animal conflict, social behavior, parental care, and communication. The lecture parallels a required laboratory.
EEB 3412W - Introduction to Animal Behavior, Writing Intensive [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-Undergrad biology course Credit granted for only one of the following: EEB 3411, EEB 3412W, EEB 3811W, EEB 5412; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: EEB 5412 (starting 18-JAN-22)
EEB 3412W is a lecture/lab writing-intensive course. Why do animals behave the way they do? This question is relevant to conservation, agriculture, human health, veterinary medicine, developing artificial intelligence, and understanding the origins of human behavior. This writing intensive course provides a broad introduction to animal behavior. As one of the most interdisciplinary fields in all of biology, understanding animal behavior requires an understanding of cell biology, physiology, genetics, development, ecology, endocrinology, evolution, learning theory, and even physics and economics! This course will draw on questions and methods from each of these disciplines to answer what on the surface appears to be a very simple question: Why is that animal doing that? The course will review such key topics as feeding behavior, reproductive behavior, perception, learning, animal conflict, social behavior, parental care, and communication. Throughout the course, students will be immersed in the scientific process, reading scientific literature, thinking critically, formulating their own research questions and answering them in an independent project. This is a writing intensive course that covers scientific process and how to formulate research questions.
EEB 3500 - Special Topics in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
Special Topics in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior
EEB 3534 - Biodiversity Science: The origins, maintenance, consequences, detection & assessment of biodiversity [ENV]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Spring Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: EEB 5534
Biodiversity science is a rapidly expanding field of enquiry with increasing digital resources and global monitoring capabilities precisely at the moment in history that scientists recognize as the Sixth Extinction. In other words, we are currently facing a biodiversity crisis with threats to the Earth's biota not seen since the dinosaurs perished 65 million years ago. "Biodiversity" was coined by W.G. Rosen and E.O Wilson in the 1980s to describe the variation in all of life on Earth. The term is now widely used in both the scientific and popular literature and is at the center of scientific enquiry, conservation efforts, large-scale collaborative pursuits of technological advances to allow monitoring from space, and global assessments that interface with international policy. Biodiversity requires integration across multiple disciplines from evolution, to ecology, remote sensing, conservation biology, economics and the social sciences, including the environmental policy. Biodiversity science is thus inherently interdisciplinary. As a consequence, rarely does a single course provide students the opportunity to focus on this critical topic from multiple perspectives and dimensions. This new course seeks to provide students intensive study of biodiversity from six perspectives: 1) the origins of biodiversity, including the processes of speciation and extinction over macroevolutionary timescales and those involved in generating biological variation at microevolutionary scales; 2) the ecological problem of species coexistence, given the nature of competitive interactions and biological filters with a focus on the interactions of individual species and major threats to biodiversity; 3) the consequences of biodiversity and biodiversity loss for ecosystem functions, focusing on ecosystem scale processes; 4) the services or benefits to humans attributed to biodiversity, including cultural benefits of biodiversity; here we discuss both practical and ethical arguments for
EEB 3603 - Science, Protection, and Management of Aquatic Environments
(3 cr; Prereq-One semester college biology; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Fundamentals of aquatic ecology. Case study approach to water problems faced by society (e.g., eutrophication, climate change, invasive species, acid rain, wetland protection, biodiversity preservation). Science used to diagnose/remediate or remove problems.
EEB 3701 - EEB Seminar
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Learn about recent developments in cutting-edge topics in the area of Ecology, Education and Behavior and engage with the EEB community of faculty, graduate students and post docs and observe professional norms in the field. Engage directly with practicing scientists and the primary literature from their work and learn how to give a scientific talk by observing and critically evaluating and discussing seminars.
EEB 3807 - Ecology
(4 cr; Prereq-[One semester college biology], [MATH 1142 or MATH 1271 or MATH 1281 or equiv]; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was BIOL 3807 until 22-MAY-17, BIOL 3407 (inactive), EEB 5407, BIOL 3408W (inactive), EEB 3001 (ending 07-SEP-10, starting 05-SEP-00), BIOL 5407 (inactive), EEB 3408W, EEB 3407
Population growth/interactions. Ecosystem function applied to ecological issues. Regulation of human populations, dynamics/impacts of disease, invasions by exotic organisms, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity. Lab, field work.
EEB 3811W - Animal Behavior in the Field [WI]
(4 cr; Prereq-Undergrad biology course ; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Equivalent courses: was EEB 3811 until 20-MAY-19, was BIOL 3811 until 22-MAY-17
In this course we will learn general principles governing the evolution of animal behavior. Being conducted at a field station, the approach is hands-on experiential learning through the application of the scientific method to the study of animal behavior. Thus, we will learn animal behavior by becoming animal behaviorists. Animal behaviorists communicate to one another through written reports in peer-reviewed literature and through oral talks at meetings. We will do both of these. All of these experiences culminate in the design, execution, and presentation (written and oral) of an independent research project. Therefore, it is appropriate that this course is designated as writing-intensive. Writing comprises 90 points out of the course total of 140 points, representing 64% of the course grade. This is course meets two days per week from 8AM to 12N and from 1PM to 5PM over a 5-week period in May/June at the Itasca Biological Station and Labs.
EEB 3851W - Health and Biodiversity [ENV WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-At least one year of college Biology or equivalent; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was VPM 3850W until 07-SEP-21, was VPM 2850 until 03-SEP-13
Basics of biodiversity, human/animal health, interdependence. Strategies for sustainable health.
EEB 4068 - Plant Physiological Ecology
(3 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: was EEB 5124 until 16-JAN-07, EEB 5068 (starting 20-JAN-09)
Plant function, its plasticity/diversity in an ecological context. Impact of environmental stresses on major physiological processes of plants, including photosynthesis, respiration, water uptake/transport, and nutrient uptake/assimilation. Lab, field trip to Cedar Creek.
EEB 4129 - Mammalogy
(4 cr; Prereq-Biol 1001 or Biol 2012; A-F or Audit; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was FW 4129 until 07-SEP-99, FW 4129 (inactive)
Evolutionary and biogeographic history of mammalia. Recognize, identify, and study natural history of mammals at the ordinal level, North American mammals at familial level, and mammals north of Mexico at generic level. Minnesota mammals at specific level. Includes lab.
EEB 4134 - Introduction to Ornithology
(4 cr; Prereq-Biol 1001 or Biol 2012; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Structure, evolution, classification, distribution, migration, ecology, habitats, identification of birds. Lecture, lab, weekly field walks. One weekend field trip.
EEB 4136 - Ichthyology
(4 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Equivalent courses: was FW 4136 until 20-JAN-15, was FW 4136 until 07-SEP-04, was FW 4136 until 02-SEP-03, was FW 4136 until 07-SEP-99
Fish biology, adaptations to different environments and modes of living, and environmental relationships. Lab emphasizes anatomy and identification of Minnesota fishes.
EEB 4329 - Primate Ecology and Social Behavior
(3 cr; Prereq-BIOL 1009 or BIOL 1951 or BIOL 3411 or ANTH 1001 or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Periodic Fall)
Equivalent courses: ANTH 4329
Primates as model system to explore animal/human behavior. Factors influencing sociality/group composition. Mating systems. Prevalence of altruistic, cooperative, and aggressive behavior. Strength of social bonds in different species. Evolution of intelligence/culture.
EEB 4330W - Animal Communication [WI]
(3 cr; Prereq-(Biol 1951 or Biol 1951H or Biol 1009) and (EEB 3412W or EEB 3411 or EEB 3811W); A-F or Audit; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: was EEB 4330 until 03-SEP-13
Mechanisms of signal production/perception, signal propagation. How signals can convey information. How signalers, signals, receivers are adapted for communication by natural/sexual selection.
EEB 4332W - The Biology of Politics [WI]
(3 cr; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Survey of primary literature exploring the potential biological underpinnings of individual differences in political ideology. Students will critically examine peer-reviewed studies of behavioral genetics, physiology, neuroscience, animal behavior, and evolution to evaluate evidence for and against the claims that one?s political ideology is shaped by biology and that people holding conservative and liberal views may be biologically predisposed to experience and interact with the world differently. Students will examine how biological influences on cognition, social and moral attitudes, and behaviors relate to individual differences in political ideology, with the ultimate goal of assessing whether an understanding of the biology of politics is required to fully contextualize political discourse in a democracy.
EEB 4609W - Ecosystem Ecology [ENV WI]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was EEB 4609 until 05-SEP-00
Regulation of energy and elements cycling through ecosystems. Dependence of cycles on kinds/numbers of species within ecosystems. Effects of human-induced global changes on functioning of ecosystems.
EEB 4611 - Biogeochemical Processes
(3 cr; Prereq-[BIOL 1009 or 2003] AND [CHEM 1081 or 1061 or 1071H] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: EEB 5611, EEB 4811 (inactive, starting 20-JAN-15)
Application of biochemistry, ecology, chemistry, and physics to environmental issues. Issues in biogeochemistry. Impact of humans on biogeochemical processes in soils, lakes, oceans, estuaries, forests, urban/managed ecosystems, and extreme environments (e.g., early Earth, deep sea vents, thermal springs).
EEB 4631 - Earth Systems: Geosphere / Biosphere Interactions
(3 cr [max 4]; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was ESCI 4631W until 04-SEP-12, was GEO 4631W until 06-SEP-11, was GEO 4631 until 07-SEP-99
Interdisciplinary study of global-change forcing mechanisms, feedbacks and dynamics on various time scales, using paleorecord to illustrate processes.
EEB 4793W - Directed Studies: Writing Intensive [WI]
(1 cr [max 7]; Prereq-department consent, instructor consent, no more than 7 credits of 4793W, 4794W, 4993, 4994 counts towards CBS major requirements.; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 7 credits; may be repeated 7 times)
Equivalent courses: PMB 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20, was PBIO 4794W until 05-SEP-17), BIOC 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20, was BIOC 4794 until 05-SEP-00), COP 4794W (starting 22-JAN-19), BIOC 4793W (starting 18-MAY-20, was BIOC 4793 until 05-SEP-00), MICB 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20), NSCI 4793W (starting 20-JAN-15, was NSC 4793W until 16-JAN-01), BIOL 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20), PMB 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20, was PBIO 4793W until 05-SEP-17), BIOL 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20), MICB 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20), EEB 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20), COP 4793W (starting 22-JAN-19), GCD 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20), NSCI 4794W (starting 20-JAN-15, was NSC 4794W until 16-JAN-01), GCD 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20)
Writing Intensive Directed Studies is an individual-study, literature-based investigation in which the student is mentored directly by a faculty member. One main feature of this course is that the student will receive writing instruction and the written output of the course will be revised during the semester. The project needs to be explained in a Research/Directed Studies contract and agreed on by both the student and faculty mentor. The contract must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies (DUGS) for the major before the student is allowed to register. The contract includes a description of learning objectives for the course, how writing instruction will take place, a timeline for when student writing will be handed in and how it will be assessed, methodology to be used by the student, and how assessment of learning will be conducted by the mentor. Additional oversight is established for this course near the end of the semester the written output is submitted to the DUGS for the major. The DUGS is responsible to determine that the writing meets standards set by the CBS Education Policy Committee for quality of writing, appropriate citation of literature, well-constructed figures, tables, and legends (if present), appropriate use and interpretation of statistics (if present), conclusions that are supported by evidence, and well-formatted references. This course is graded S/N and approval of the DUGS is required before a grade of S can be given by the faculty mentor.
EEB 4794W - Directed Research: Writing Intensive [WI]
(3 cr [max 5]; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 7 credits; may be repeated 7 times)
Equivalent courses: PMB 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20, was PBIO 4794W until 05-SEP-17), BIOC 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20, was BIOC 4794 until 05-SEP-00), COP 4794W (starting 22-JAN-19), BIOC 4793W (starting 18-MAY-20, was BIOC 4793 until 05-SEP-00), MICB 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20), EEB 4793W (starting 20-JAN-15), NSCI 4793W (starting 20-JAN-15, was NSC 4793W until 16-JAN-01), BIOL 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20), PMB 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20, was PBIO 4793W until 05-SEP-17), BIOL 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20), MICB 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20), COP 4793W (starting 22-JAN-19), GCD 4794W (starting 21-JAN-20), NSCI 4794W (starting 20-JAN-15, was NSC 4794W until 16-JAN-01), GCD 4793W (starting 21-JAN-20)
Writing Intensive Directed Research is an individual-study, laboratory, or field research experience in which the student is mentored directly by a faculty member. This course is not for students starting out in research, it is intended for students who already have been working in the research group of the mentor and have developed an independent research project. In this course the student will receive writing instruction through a writing support course (corresponding to 1 credit in addition to the credits of directed research time) that will meet weekly throughout the semester. The written output usually is in the form of a scientific paper describing the results of the student's project. Written output of the course must be revised during the semester and a schedule for writing, assessment, and revision needs to be in place at the beginning of the semester. The project needs to be explained in the campus Directed Research contract and the project and participation in the writing support course agreed on by both the student and faculty mentor. The contract must be approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUGS) for the major before the student is allowed to register. The contract includes a description of learning objectives for the course, agreement about how writing instruction will take place, confirmation of understanding of the timeline for when student writing will be handed in and how it will be assessed, methodology to be used by the student, and how assessment of learning will be conducted by the mentor. Additional oversight is established for this course - near the end of the semester the written output is submitted to the DUGS for the major. The DUGS is responsible to determine that the writing meets standards set by the CBS Education Policy Committee for quality of writing, appropriate citation of literature, well-constructed figures, tables, and legends (if present), appropriate use and interpretation of statistics (if present), conclusions
EEB 4814 - Plant Community Ecology
(4 cr; A-F or Audit)
Communities represented in Itasca Park and vicinity with emphasis on vegetation, patterns of distributions of communities, their interaction with environment and dynamic relationships, methods of community, and description and analysis.
EEB 4825 - Telemetry and Animal Behavior
(2 cr; A-F only; offered Every Summer)
Using latest techniques in radio telemetry to study animal behavior, especially animal movements and home ranges. Methods of attaching radio transmitters, locating radio-tagged animals, determining accuracy of positional data, calculating positions. Software for home range calculations/placement of data on a GIS base system.
EEB 4839 - Field Studies in Mammalogy
(4 cr; Prereq-College-level biology course that includes study of animals or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer)
Techniques for studying small mammals. Lectures/field projects emphasize identification, distributions, community interactions, ecophysiology, population ecology.
EEB 4844 - Field Ornithology
(3 cr; Prereq-One semester college biology or instr consent; A-F or Audit; offered Every Summer; may be repeated for 4 credits)
Equivalent courses: was EEB 4834 until 05-SEP-00
Biology of breeding birds through use of field techniques at Itasca Biological Station/Laboratories. Daily fieldwork emphasizes identification, behavioral observations, netting/censusing.
EEB 4993 - Directed Studies
(1 cr [max 7]; Prereq-department consent, instructor consent, no more than 7 credits of 4793W, 4794W, 4993, 4994 counts towards CBS major requirements.; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 7 credits; may be repeated 7 times)
Directed Studies is an individual-study, literature-based investigation in which the student is mentored directly by a faculty member. The topic for the course needs to be explained in a Research/Directed Studies contract and agreed on by both the student and faculty mentor. The contract must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies (DUGS) for the major before the student is allowed to register. The contract includes a description of learning objectives for the course, methodology to be used, and how the assessment of learning will be conducted.
EEB 4994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-department consent, instructor consent, no more than 7 credits of 4793W, 4794W, 4993, 4994 counts towards CBS major requirements.; S-N only; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 42 credits; may be repeated 7 times)
Directed Research is an individual-study, laboratory or field investigation course. The research topic needs to be agreed on by both the student and the faculty mentor and explained in a Research/Directed Studies contract. The contract must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies (DUGS) for the major before the student is allowed to register. The contract includes a description of learning objectives for the course, methodology to be used, and how the assessment of learning will be conducted.
EEB 5042 - Quantitative Genetics
(3 cr; Prereq-[BIOL 4003 or GCD 3022] or instr consent; a course in statistics is recommended; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Fundamentals of quantitative genetics. Genetic/environmental influences on expression of quantitative traits. Approaches to characterizing genetic basis of trait variation. Processes that lead to change in quantitative traits. Applied/evolutionary aspects of quantitative genetic variation.
EEB 5053 - Ecology: Theory and Concepts
(4 cr; Prereq-Biol 3407 or instr consent; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)
Classical and modern mathematical theories of population growth, interspecific interactions, ecosystem dynamics and functioning, with emphasis on underlying assumptions and on effects of added biological reality on robustness of predictions, stability, interspecific interactions, ecosystem structure and functioning.
EEB 5068 - Plant Physiological Ecology
(3 cr; Prereq-BIOL 2022 or BIOL 3002 or BIOL 3407 or BIOL 3408W or instr consent; Student Option No Audit; offered Spring Even Year)
Equivalent courses: EEB 4068 (starting 20-JAN-09, was EEB 5124 until 16-JAN-07)
Plant function, its plasticity/diversity in ecological context.Impact of environmental stresses on major physiological processes of plants, including photosynthesis, respiration, water uptake/transport, and nutrient uptake/assimilation. Lab, field trip to Cedar Creek.
EEB 5371 - Principles of Systematics
(3 cr; Prereq-Grad student or instr consent; Student Option; offered Fall Odd Year)
Theoretical/practical procedures of biological systematics. Phylogeny reconstruction. Computer-assisted analyses, morphological and molecular approaches, species concepts/speciation, comparative methods, classification, historical biogeography, nomenclature, use/value of museums.
EEB 5381 - Sustainability Science: Interactions Between Human and Environmental Systems
(3 cr; Student Option No Audit; offered Spring Odd Year)
This course addresses core ideas in sustainability science -- an emerging field of problem-driven research dealing with the interactions between human and environmental systems. The problem that motivates the course, and the field, is the challenge of sustainability: improving the well-being of present and future generations in ways that conserve the planet?s life support systems over the long term. The goal of the course is to introduce students interested in sustainability science to the field?s principle themes, cutting-edge findings, active debates, and unresolved research questions. To this end, participants will critically discuss a set of presentations and papers covering the field in a systematic way, drawing on and integrating contemporary research from earth systems science, resource economics, institutional analysis, ecology, geography, development studies, health sciences, engineering, and other disciplines.
EEB 5407 - Ecology
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: BIOL 3407 (inactive), BIOL 3408W (inactive), EEB 3807 (starting 21-MAY-01, was BIOL 3807 until 22-MAY-17), EEB 3001 (ending 07-SEP-10, starting 05-SEP-00), BIOL 5407 (inactive), EEB 3408W, EEB 3407
Principles of ecology from populations to ecosystems. Applications to human populations, disease, exotic organisms, habitat fragmentation, biodiversity, and global dynamics of the earth.
EEB 5409 - Evolution
(3 cr; Prereq-One semester college biology; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: BIOL 3809 (inactive), EEB 3409, BIOL 3409 (inactive), BIOL 5409 (inactive), BIOL 2822 (inactive, starting 07-SEP-04)
Diversity of forms in fossil record and in presently existing biology. Genetic mechanisms of evolution, including natural selection, sexual selection, genetic drift. Examples of ongoing evolution in wild/domesticated populations and in disease-causing organisms. Lab.
EEB 5412 - Introduction to Animal Behavior
(3 cr; Prereq-Undergrad biology course Credit granted for only one of the following: EEB 3411, EEB 3412W, EEB 5412; Student Option No Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: EEB 3412W (starting 18-JAN-22)
EEB 5412 is a lecture-only course for graduate students. Why do animals behave the way they do? This question is relevant to conservation, agriculture, human health, veterinary medicine, developing artificial intelligence and understanding the origins of human behavior. This writing intensive course provides a broad introduction to animal behavior. As one of the most interdisciplinary fields in all of biology, understanding animal behavior requires an understanding of cell biology, physiology, genetics, development, ecology, endocrinology, evolution, learning theory, and even physics and economics! This course will draw on questions and methods from each of these disciplines to answer what on the surface appears to be a very simple question: Why is that animal doing that? The course will review such key topics as feeding behavior, reproductive behavior, perception, learning, animal conflict, social behavior, parental care, and communication. Throughout the course, students will be immersed in the scientific process, reading scientific literature, thinking critically, formulating their own research questions, and answering them in an independent project. This is a writing intensive course that covers scientific process and how to formulate research questions.
EEB 5534 - Biodiversity Sci: The origins, maintenance, consequences, detection and assessment of biodiversity [ENV]
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring)
Equivalent courses: EEB 3534
Biodiversity science is a rapidly expanding field of enquiry with increasing digital resources and global monitoring capabilities precisely at the moment in history that scientists recognize as the Sixth Extinction. In other words, we are currently facing a biodiversity crisis with threats to the Earth's biota not seen since the dinosaurs perished 65 million years ago. "Biodiversity" was coined by W.G. Rosen and E.O Wilson in the 1980s to describe the variation in all of life on Earth. The term is now widely used in both the scientific and popular literature and is at the center of scientific enquiry, conservation efforts, large-scale collaborative pursuits of technological advances to allow monitoring from space, and global assessments that interface with international policy. Biodiversity requires integration across multiple disciplines from evolution, to ecology, remote sensing, conservation biology, economics and the social sciences, including the environmental policy. Biodiversity science is thus inherently interdisciplinary. As a consequence, rarely does a single course provide students the opportunity to focus on this critical topic from multiple perspectives and dimensions. This new course seeks to provide students intensive study of biodiversity from six perspectives: 1) the origins of biodiversity, including the processes of speciation and extinction over macroevolutionary timescales and those involved in generating biological variation at microevolutionary scales; 2) the ecological problem of species coexistence, given the nature of competitive interactions and biological filters with a focus on the interactions of individual species and major threats to biodiversity; 3) the consequences of biodiversity and biodiversity loss for ecosystem functions, focusing on ecosystem scale processes; 4) the services or benefits to humans attributed to biodiversity, including cultural benefits of biodiversity; here we discuss both practical and ethical arguments for
EEB 5601 - Limnology
(3 cr; Prereq-Grad student or instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Equivalent courses: was EEB 4601 until 16-JAN-07, was GEO 4601 until 07-SEP-99
Advanced introduction to description/analysis of interaction of physical, chemical, and biological factors that control functioning of life in lakes and other freshwater aquatic environments.
EEB 5609 - Ecosystem Ecology
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Fall)
Regulation of energy and elements cycling through ecosystems. Dependence of cycles on kinds/numbers of species within ecosystems. Effects of human-induced global changes on functioning of ecosystems.
EEB 5611 - Biogeochemical Processes
(3 cr; Prereq-[BIOC 2331, CHEM 2301] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Spring)
Equivalent courses: EEB 4611 (starting 08-SEP-15), EEB 4811 (inactive, starting 20-JAN-15)
Application of biochemistry, ecology, chemistry, and physics to environmental issues. Issues in biogeochemistry. Impact of humans on biogeochemical processes in soils, lakes, oceans, estuaries, forests, urban/managed ecosystems, and extreme environments (e.g., early Earth, deep sea vents, thermal springs).
EEB 5851 - Health and Biodiversity [ENV]
(3 cr; Prereq-At least one year of college Biology or equivalent; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Basics of biodiversity, human/animal health, interdependence. Strategies for sustainable health.
EEB 8100 - EEB Department Seminar
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 4 credits; may be repeated 4 times)
This seminar series is focused on topics of general interest to faculty and students in EEB and often are presented by visiting scientists, including leaders in specific fields.
EEB 8150 - EEB Lab Tours
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits)
Laboratory Tour seminar to acquaint incoming graduate students with the research of EEB graduate faculty, their postdocs and current graduate students. Faculty members will conduct lab tours in their laboratory and/or inform students about their research. This seminar will be organized by the DGS or a faculty member designated by the DGS.
EEB 8151 - EEB Lab Tours
(1 cr; S-N only; offered Every Spring)
The goal of the Laboratory Tour seminar is to acquaint incoming graduate students with the research of EEB graduate faculty, their postdocs and current graduate students. Faculty members will conduct lab tours in their laboratory and/or inform students about their research. This seminar will be organized by the DGS or a faculty member designated by the DGS.
EEB 8200 - Sustainability Science Distributed Graduate Seminar
(3 cr; Student Option; offered Every Spring)
Theories of sustainability science. Interactions between human/environmental systems. Improving present/future generations. Presentations/papers. Contemporary research from earth systems science, resource economics, institutional analysis, ecology, geography, development studies, health sciences, engineering.
EEB 8201 - Graduate Foundations in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Semester 1
(4 cr; Prereq-Grad student in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior; A-F only; offered Every Fall)
Foundational knowledge in ecology, evolution, behavior.
EEB 8202 - Graduate Foundations in Ecology, Evolution and Behavior - Semester 2
(4 cr; Prereq-8601, EEB grad student; A-F only; offered Every Spring)
Foundational knowledge in ecology, evolution, behavior. Second semester of two-semester sequence.
EEB 8301 - Prelim Proposal Writing Seminar
(1 cr; Prereq-EEB graduate Student; S-N only; offered Every Fall)
The purpose of this class is to learn about the structure and format of research proposals. This course helps prepare students for writing the written preliminary exam the following semester.
EEB 8302 - EEB Written Prelim Workshop
(1 cr; Prereq-EEB grad student; S-N only; offered Every Spring)
Provide time for students to meet/discuss issues associated with writing written preliminary exam. Workshop sections of written preliminary exam with peers. Exam should be reviewed informally by committee/revised by student before final submission.
EEB 8333 - FTE: Master's
(1 cr; Prereq-Master's student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
EEB 8360 - Behavioral Biology Seminar
(1 cr; Prereq-instr consent; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 5 credits; may be repeated 5 times)
Research topics in selected areas.
EEB 8444 - FTE: Doctoral
(1 cr; Prereq-Doctoral student, adviser and DGS consent; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; 6 academic progress units; 6 financial aid progress units)
(No description)
EEB 8500 - NSF GRF Graduate Research Fellowship Proposal Writing Seminar
(1 cr; Prereq-EEB grad student only; S-N only; offered Every Fall; may be repeated for 2 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
Prepare EEB students to submit a competitive fellowship proposal to an external organization (e.g., NSF Graduate Research Fellowship program). In addition to announced meeting time, students meet once a week in small groups to discuss proposals/provide each other with feedback.
EEB 8601 - Introduction to Stream Restoration
(3 cr; Prereq-Grad student in [CE or GEO or EEB or WRS or FW or BAE or FR or HORT or ENR or LA or SRSE] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Fall Even Year)
Equivalent courses: ESCI 8601, CEGE 8601 (starting 08-SEP-15, was CE 8601 until 08-SEP-15)
Science/policy behind stream restoration. How to evaluating/critiquing a stream restoration project. Assimilate geomorphic, hydrologic, and ecological data at watershed and reach scales to plan a restoration project. Developing a monitoring/assessment program for an existing or future restoration project.
EEB 8602 - Stream Restoration Practice
(2 cr; Prereq-CE 8601 or GEO 8601; S-N only; offered Fall Odd Year)
Equivalent courses: CEGE 8602, ESCI 8602
Field experience, group design project. Students provide a stream restoration context for each other's elective coursework, complete critical assessments of stream restoration projects, and design a stream restoration site.
EEB 8641 - Spatial Ecology
(3 cr; Prereq-[3407, 2 sem calculus] or instr consent; Student Option; offered Periodic Fall & Spring)
Introduction to spatial ecology. Role of space in population dynamics and interspecific interaction. Single species/multispecies models. Deterministic/stochastic theory. Modeling, effects of implicit/explicit space on competition, pattern formation, stability, diversity, and invasion. Reading/discussion of recent literature.
EEB 8666 - Doctoral Pre-Thesis Credits
(1 cr [max 6]; Prereq-Doctoral student who has not passed prelim oral; no required consent for 1st/2nd registrations, up to 12 combined cr; dept consent for 3rd/4th registrations, up to 24 combined cr; doctoral student admitted before summer 2007 may register up to four times, up to 60 combined cr; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 12 credits; may be repeated 2 times)
TBD
EEB 8777 - Thesis Credits: Master's
(1 cr [max 18]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 10 cr total required [Plan A only]; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 50 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
EEB 8888 - Thesis Credit: Doctoral
(1 cr [max 24]; Prereq-Max 18 cr per semester or summer; 24 cr required; No Grade Associated; offered Every Fall, Spring & Summer; may be repeated for 100 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
(No description)
EEB 8980 - Seminar on Current Topics (Topics course)
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-EEB grad student; S-N only; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 30 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Current research in ecology, evolution, behavior.
EEB 8990 - Graduate Seminar
(1 cr [max 3]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 30 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Research topics in selected areas.
EEB 8991 - Independent Study: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
(1 cr [max 10]; Prereq-instr consent; Student Option; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
Individual research on a specialized topic.
EEB 8994 - Directed Research
(1 cr [max 5]; Prereq-instr consent; S-N or Audit; offered Every Fall & Spring; may be repeated for 10 credits; may be repeated 10 times)
TBD

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