Contact Information:
General Information:
ECOL Course Descriptions
Faculty Members
The Department of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology is in the College of
Science.
Degrees, Majors, Minors, and Options:
Baccalaureate Degrees
- Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
- Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Graduate Degrees -- consult the 
Graduate Catalog
or the department office for details.
- Master of Science (M.S.)
- Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Majors and Degrees -- undergraduate degrees link to
Degree/Academic Program Requirements Reports (APRRs).
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (B.A.,
B.S.,
M.S., Ph.D.)
- General Biology (B.S.,
M.S., Ph.D.)
Undergraduate Minors -- minors link to Minor Requirements Reports.
The undergraduate programs do not require a minor; however, students
may select an optional minor from among the list of approved University minors.
Minors available within the department are:
The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology provides general and
professional education for those intending to pursue graduate study or for
those planning a career in fields where training in basic or applied
organismic, evolutionary, and environmental biology is necessary or desirable.
Courses are offered in population, community, and physiological ecology;
behavior; population theory; biogeography; natural history; genetics;
systematics; morphology; and evolution. In addition to excellent instructional
facilities on campus, the department uses the Marine Biology Station at Puerto
Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico; the Southwestern Research Station at Portal,
Arizona; the Boyce-Thompson Arboretum at Superior, Arizona; and the Research
Ranch at Elgin, Arizona. It also curates excellent regional collections of
plants and animals.
Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy students may choose to emphasize
course work in botany, conservation biology, physiology, zoology, invertebrate
zoology, marine biology, and preprofessional areas.
Middle and high school teachers who desire advanced, specialized training
in the biological sciences to enhance their classroom teaching methods may do
so through the Master of Science in General Biology degree program.
The department participates in the honors program.
For more information contact the department office listed
above.
