Biological Sciences Major, BS - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Concentration

or (a)

• MATH 141* - Calculus I 4 Credit Hours
• MATH 142* - Calculus II 4 Credit Hours

or (b)

• MATH 151* - Mathematics for the Life Sciences 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 152* - Calculus for the Life Sciences 3 Credit Hours

Note:

MATH 132* -MATH 142* , MATH 141* -MATH 142*  or MATH 151* -MATH 152*  can be used to satisfy ecology and evolutionary biology requirements. However, MATH 132* -MATH 142* , or MATH 141* -MATH 142*  is recommended for students with a strong interest in quantitative ecology and is prerequisite to several courses that satisfy the ecology and evolutionary biology quantitative requirement.

List A.

• EEB 406* - Models in Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 411* - Biostatistics 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 475* - Mathematical Biology for Non-Math People 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 476* - Theoretical Ecology and its Applications 3 Credit Hours

List B.

• BAS 320 - Regression Modeling 3 Credit Hours
• MATH 231 - Differential Equations I 3 Credit Hours (MATH 141* -MATH 142* )
• MATH 251 - Linear Algebra I 3 Credit Hours (MATH 141* -MATH 142* )
• STAT 201* - Introduction to Statistics 3 Credit Hours
• STAT 251 - Probability and Statistics for Scientists and Engineers 3 Credit Hours

A. Required Courses

• EEB 311 - Career and Professional Development 1 Credit Hours
• EEB 490 - Undergraduate Seminar 2 Credit Hours

B. EEB Courses (Minimum 15 Credit Hours)

Minimum 15 credit hours, including two field or lab emphasis courses designated with a ^.

• EEB 304 - Socio-Economic Impact of Plants 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 310* - Evolution, Disease, and Medicine 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 315 - Parasites, Disease, and Behavior 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 320 - Pollinator Ecology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 330* - Field Botany 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 330S* - Field Botany 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 351 - Field Mycology 4 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 353 - Comparative Vertebrate Biology 4 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 370 - Evolutionary Psychology and Ethology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 400 - Undergraduate Research 1-2 Credit Hours
• EEB 401 - Natural History Collections Research 1 Credit Hours
• EEB 402* - Disease Ecology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 403 - The Evolution of Cancer: An Integrative Approach 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 404 - Ecosystem Ecology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 406* - Models in Biology 3 Credit Hours (may be used to satisfy either Quantitative Requirement or Upper-Division course hours)
• EEB 407 - Senior Honors Thesis 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 409 - Perspectives in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 410 - Ecological and Evolutionary Developmental Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 411* - Biostatistics 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 414 - Plant Anatomy 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 415* - Field Ecology 4 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 419* - Global Change Ecology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 420 - Fungal Diversity 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 422 - Landscape Ecology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 423 - Conservation Decision Making 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 424 - The Evolution of Plant Diversity 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 425* - Communicating the Science of Climate Change Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 426 - Plant-Animal Interactions 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 430 - Invasion Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 432 - Conservation Genomics 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 433* - Plant Ecology 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 435 - Ecophysiology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 444 - Diversity of Tennessee Fishes 4 Credit Hours
• EEB 450 - Animal Behavior 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 451* - Research Ethics 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 454 - Animal Communication 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 459 - Animal Behavior Laboratory 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 461 - Special Topics in Organismal Biology 1-3 Credit Hours
• EEB 464 - Macroevolution 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 465 - Special Topics in Ecology 1-3 Credit Hours
• EEB 466 - Special Topics in Evolution 1-3 Credit Hours
• EEB 469 - Special Topics in Conservation Biology 1-3 Credit Hours
• EEB 471* - Aquatic Macroecology and Conservation 4 Credit Hours
• EEB 473 - Herpetology 3 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 474 - Diversity, Ecology, and Evolution of Fishes 4 Credit Hours ^
• EEB 475* - Mathematical Biology for Non-Math People 3 Credit Hours (may be used to satisfy either EEB Quantitative Requirement or EEB Upper-Division course hours)
• EEB 476* - Theoretical Ecology and its Applications 3 Credit Hours (may be used to satisfy either EEB Quantitative Requirement or EEB Upper-Division course hours)
• EEB 479 - Advanced Techniques in Nucleic Acid Sequencing 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 481 - Avian Diversity 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 484 - Conservation Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 485 - Ethnobiology: Theory and Methods 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 493 - Independent Study 1-9 Credit Hours
• EEB 496 - Special Topics Seminars 1 Credit Hours

C. Remaining Hours (6 Credit Hours)

• ANTH 490 - Primate Evolution 4 Credit Hours
• ANTH 494* - Primate Behavior 3 Credit Hours
• BCMB 311 - Advanced Cellular Biology 3 Credit Hours
• BCMB 401 - Biochemistry I 4 Credit Hours
• BCMB 412 - Molecular Biology and Genomics 4 Credit Hours
• BCMB 423 - Neural Basis of Behavior 3 Credit Hours

•  

• CHEM 260 - Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours or
• CHEM 268 - Honors: Foundations of Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

•  

• CHEM 359 - In-depth Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• CHEM 360 - In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours or
• CHEM 368 - Honors: In-depth Organic Chemistry 3 Credit Hours

•  

• EEB 205* - Theory and Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 250 - Human Anatomy 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 251 - Human Anatomy Laboratory 1 Credit Hours
• EEB 416 - Greenhouse Internship 2 Credit Hours
• EEB 482 - Animal Care Internship 2 Credit Hours
• EEB 486 - Bioinformatics Software Internship 1-2 Credit Hours
• EEB 489 - Avian Field Methods Internship 1-2 Credit Hours
• EEB 492 - Off-Campus Internship in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 1-9 Credit Hours
• EEB 494 - Herbarium Internship 1-2 Credit Hours
• FORS 414 - Tree Physiology 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 430 - Global Environments of the Quaternary 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 431 - Environmental History from Lake Sediments 4 Credit Hours
• GEOG 432 - Environmental History from Tree Rings 4 Credit Hours
• GEOG 435 - Biogeography 3 Credit Hours
• GEOG 439 - Plants, People, and Climate in North America 3 Credit Hours
• EEPS 320 - Paleobiology 4 Credit Hours
• EEPS 455 - Environmental Geology 3 Credit Hours
• EEPS 459 - Introduction to Oceanography 3 Credit Hours
• MICR 321 - Molecular Genetics of Bacteria and Phage 3 Credit Hours
• MICR 411 - Microbial Genetics 3 Credit Hours
• MICR 470 - Microbial Ecology 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 401* - Ecology and Management of Wildlife Health 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 433 - Amphibian Ecology and Conservation 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 444 - Ecology and Management of Wild Mammals 3 Credit Hours
• WFS 445 - Ecology and Management of Wild Birds 3 Credit Hours

Note:

Six credit hours from the following courses, if not previously taken as a prerequisite course, may be substituted for remaining hours:

• BIOL 220 - General Microbiology 3 Credit Hours or
• BIOL 240 - General Genetics 4 Credit Hours

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• EEB 205* - Theory and Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 250 - Human Anatomy 3 Credit Hours
• EEB 251 - Human Anatomy Laboratory 1 Credit Hours

Note:

EEB 305* , EEB 306 , and EEB 413  are not allowed for credit in the concentration. Other courses related to the student’s determined interests, may be approved by petition to the department and the division. Courses applied to the major must include at least 4 credit hours at the 400-level.