Courses by Category
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.
