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Eligible Elective Courses for the PhD in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Prescribed Electives

The following table lists courses central to EEB according to whether they fit into the Ecology, Evolution, or Quantitative categories. Students entering with an undergraduate degree will be required to take one course from each of the three categories; students with a master’s degree will be required to take courses from two out of the three categories. These courses will typically be taken in the second year of studies.

Note: The classes below can also be used as free electives once the Prescribed Elective requirements have been fulfilled. For other possible Free Electives, see the Relevant Graduate Course page.

Update Fall 2022:  Beginning Fall 2022 ESSM, RENR, and WFSC course prefixes, and in some cases, course names will change to reflect the department in which each course now belongs, either the Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology (ECCB) or Rangeland, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management (RWFM). For a full guide to these courses, visit https://eccb.tamu.edu/new-courses/ .

Ecology

Dept Number Course Title Instructor Taught Syllabus
ECCB 600 Populations, Communities & Ecosystems  (elective or core, but not both) Winemiller/Boutton Every Fall
ECCB 613 Dynamics of Population  (Previously WFSC 624) Fujiwara Every Fall Syllabus
ECCB 621 Physiological Plant Ecology (Previously ESSM 621) West Every Fall
ENTO 614 Insect Community Ecology Eubanks Spring, odd yrs Syllabus
ENTO/VIBS 626 Methods in Vector-borne Disease Ecology Hamer, S
Hamer, G
Spring, odd yrs Syllabus
ENTO 627 Insect Behavior and Natural History Song Every Fall Syllabus
ENTO 689 Special Topics: Chemical Ecology Helms Fall, odd yrs Syllabus
ESSM 689 Special Topics in Modeling Ecological Niches and Species’ Distributions Lawing Spring Syllabus
GEOL 650 Paleoecology Belanger Fall, even yrs Syllabus

Evolution

Dept Number Course Title Instructor Taught Syllabus
BIOL 610 Evolution (elective or core, but not both) Delmore/Criscione Every Fall Syllabus
ECCB 602 Molecular Evolution (Previously WFSC/GENE 648) Casola Spring, even yrs Syllabus
ECCB 634 Conservation Genetics (Previously WFSC 633) Hurtado Spring, even yrs Syllabus
ENTO 601 Principles of Systematic Entomology Song Spring, even yrs
ENTO/ECCB 606 Quantitative Phylogenetics Mateos Spring, even yrs Syllabus
ESSM/MEPS/EEBL 689 Special Topics in Ecological Genomics Casola Spring, odd yrs Syllabus
GENE 612 Population Genetics Criscione Every Fall Syllabus
MARB 668 Marine Evolutionary Biology Alvarado-Bremer

Quantitative

Dept Number Course Title Instructor Taught Syllabus
BIOL 683 Experimental Design in Biology Blackmon Every Spring Syllabus
ECCB 660 Landscape Analysis & Modeling (Previously ESSM 660) Wu Spring 2021 Syllabus
ESSM/MEPS/EEBL 689 Special Topics in Ecological Genomics Casola Spring, odd yrs Syllabus
ESSM 689 Special Topics in Modeling Ecological Niches and Species’ Distributions Lawing Spring Syllabus
GEOL 651 Paleoecological Community Analysis Belanger/Bapst Every Spring Syllabus
GEOL 670 Geological Data Analysis Bapst Every Fall Syllabus
STAT 651 Statistics in Research I TBA
STAT 652 Statistics in Research II TBA
WFSC 689 Special Topics: Ecological Applications in R Perkin

Free Electives and Dissertation Hours

Depending on individual student needs, students will, in consultation with their dissertation committee, choose additional courses and/or dissertation hours to complete their degree requirements.

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