Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity
The minor in Evolution, Ecology and Biodiversity offers the student a broad background in the theoretical and empirical basis of our understanding of the diversity and distribution of living organisms.
Requirements:
18 units
Complete the following two courses (8 units)
- EVE 100 Introduction to Evolution (4 units)
- EVE 101 Introduction to Ecology (4 units)
Choose one course (3-5 units)
- ENT 103 Insects Systematics (3 units)
- EVE 105 Phylogenetic Analysis of Vertebrate Structure (4 units)
- EVE 108 Systematics and Evolution of Angiosperms (5 units)
- EVE 112 Biology of Invertebrates (3 units)
- EVE 112L Biology of Invertebrates Laboratory (2 units)
- EVE 114 Experimental Invertebrate Biology (3 units)
- EVE 140 Paleobotany (4 units)
- PLB 116 Plant Morphology and Evolution (5 units)
- PLB 148 Introductory Mycology (4 units)
- PLS 147 California Plant Communities (3 units)
- WFC 110 Biology and Conservation of Wild Mammals (3 units)
- WFC 110L Laboratory in Biology and Conservation of Wild Mammals (3 units)
- WFC 111 Biology and Conservation of Wild Birds (3 units)
- WFC 111L Laboratory in Biology and Conservation of Wild Birds (3 units)
- WFC 120 Biology and Conservation of Fishes (3 units)
- WFC 120L Laboratory in Biology and Conservation of Fishes (2 units)
- WFC 134 Herpetology (3 units)
- WFC 134L Herpetology Laboratory (3 units)
- MIC 105 Microbial Diversity (3 units)
- MIC 105L Microbial Diversity Laboratory (3 units)
- NEM 110 Introduction to Nematology (2 units)
Choose two courses (6-9 units)
- EVE 102 Population and Quantitative Genetics (4 units)
- EVE 103 Phylogeny, Speciation and Macroevolution (4 units)
- EVE 107 Animal Communication (4 units)
- EVE 115 Marine Ecology (4 units)
- EVE 117 Plant Ecology (4 units)
- EVE 119 Population Biology of Invasive Plants and Weeds (3 units)
- EVE 120 Global Change Ecology (3 units)
- EVE 131 Human Genetic Variation and Evolution (3 units)
- EVE 138 Ecology of Tropical Latitudes (5 units)
- EVE 141 Principles of Systematics (3 units)
- EVE 147 Biogeography (4 units)
- EVE 149 Evolution of Ecological Systems (4 units)
- EVE 150 Evolution of Animal Development (3 units)
- EVE 161 Microbial Phylogenomics - Genomic Perspectives on the Diversity and Diversification of Microbes (3 units)
- EVE 180A Experimental Ecology and Evolution in the Field (4 units)
- and EVE 180B Experimental Ecology and Evolution in the Field (4 units)
- EVE 181 Ecology and Evolution of Animal-Plant Interactions (4 units)
Laboratory or field course
- At least one of the courses taken to fulfill these requirements must include a 6-hour-per-week laboratory or field component or two courses with a 3-hour-per-week laboratory or field component.
Total = 18 units
Minor Advisor
Joyce Fernandez
jfernandez@ucdavis.edu
