Ecology Functional Block Courses
MS Students are required to take one course each from two of the three blocks.
PhD Students are required to take one each from three of the blocks.
Both MS and PhD students are required to take a one-semester course in Graduate General Ecology (WATS 6960, BIOL 6960, WILD 6960).
Block #1: Biophysical Ecology
WATS/GEOL 6150 Fluvial Geomorphology - - Schmidt - Fall
WATS/GEOL/CLIM 6680 Paleoclimatology - -Pederson - Spring, odd years
CLIM 6500 Land-Atmosphere Interactions - - Hipps -Spring, odd years
CLIM 6800 Environmental Biophysics - - Hipps -Spring, even years
WILD/SOIL 6350 Wildland Soils - - Van Miegroet - Spring
SOIL 6130 Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification - - Boettinger - Fall
Block #2: Organismic, Population, and Evolutionary Ecology
WATS 6230/7230 Fish Ecology - - Budy - Spring, even years)
BIOL 6260 Behavioral Ecology - - Sullivan - random
BIOL 6380 Evolutionary Genetics - - Pfrender - Fall, even years
BIOL 6600 Comparative Animal Physiology - - Spring
WILD 6400 Ecology of Animal Populations - - Koons - Fall, even years
WILD 6720/7720 Advanced Conservation Biology - - Beard - Spring, odd years
WILD 7200 Plant Physiological Ecology- - Ryel - Fall, odd years
WILD 7400 Plant Population Ecology - - Schupp - Fall, even years
Block #3: Community, Ecosystem, and Landscape Ecology
WATS 6820/7820 Stream Ecology - - Hawkins - Fall
BIOL 6010 Biogeography - - White - Spring
BIOL/WILD/SOIL 6200 Biogeochemistry of Terrestrial Ecosystems- - -Stark/ Van Miegroet - Fall,odd years
BIOL 6590 Animal Community Ecology - - Ernest - Spring, even years
WILD 6710/7710 Landscape Ecology - - Bissonette - Spring
WILD 6770 Plant Community Ecology - - Adler - Spring
*Abbreviations - Biology (BIOL), Climate (CLIM), Geology (GEOL), Plant Science (PLSC), Soils (SOIL), Watershed Sciences (WATS), Wildland Resources (WILD)