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Ecology and Organismal Biology

Minor

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A minor in Ecology and Organismal Biology requires 20 credit hours.

Requirements

Five 4-credit courses. Two 2-credit MSCI courses may be substituted for one upper-level 4-credit course (maximum two 2-credit courses).

Required courses:

  • BIO 106 - Introductory Biology II
  • BIO 205 - Ecology

And 12 credits of upper-level courses from this list (maximum two 2-credit courses):

  • BIO 310 - Plant Systematics
  • BIO 380 - Invertebrate Zoology
  • BIO 390 - Animal Behavior
  • BIO 420 - Parasitology
  • BIO 435 - Conservation Biology
  • BIO 440 - Evolution
  • BIO 460 - Field Botany
  • BIO 470 - Vertebrate Field Zoology
  • BIO 475 - Special Topics in Biology (Chair approval)

Courses at Dauphin Island Sea Lab:

  • MSCI 305 - Biology and Conservation of Marine Turtles
  • MSCI 315 - Shark and Ray Biology
  • MSCI 402 - Marine Restoration Ecology
  • MSCI 404 - Marine Conservation Biology
  • MSCI 410 - Marine Invertebrate Zoology
  • MSCI 421 - Coastal Birds of Alabama
  • MSCI 468 - Marine Behavioral Ecology
  • MSCI 469 - Coral Reef Biology and Ecology
  • MSCI 478 - Experimental Plankton Biology

Other MSCI courses with ecology/organismal biology content & approval of the UM DISL liaison & BCMC Department Chair.

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Dr. Jill Wicknick
Associate Professor of Biology
Dr. Jill Wicknick