Core Curriculum
Students are required to complete a minimum of four core courses during their first six academic quarters. Two of those courses are required graduate-level courses that all students must take:
ECO EVO 204 Writing Grant Proposals
ECO EVO 207 Quantitative Methods in Ecology and Evolutionary
In addition, students must take two additional courses (3-4 units each) at the graduate level. The courses can be taken from any department on campus, but must be approved by the student’s committee as relevant to their area of research. Both courses should be taken at the graduate level.
If a student wishes to request an exception (an exemption or a substitution), the student must submit a written request justifying the reason to the Graduate Advisor.
Potential courses of interest to EEB students
Eco Evo 207 (Quantitative Methods): Winter 2025
Eco Evo 204 (Writing Grant Proposals): Not offered in 2024-2025
Eco Evo 205 (Special Topics in Ecology): Fall 2024
Eco Evo 206 (Special Topics in Evolution): Not offered in 2024-2025
Eco Evo 208 (Ecological and Evolutionary Physiology): Not offered in 2024-2025
Eco Evo 227 (Plant Physiological Ecology): Not offered in 2024-2025
Eco Evo 247 (Behavioral Endocrinology): Not offered in 2024-2025
Eco Evo 253 (Functional and Structural Evolutionary Genomics): Spring 2025
Eco Evo 282 (Fundamentals of Informatics for Biologists): Fall 2024
Departmental seminar series
Most quarters there is a Departmental Seminar Series (Eco Evo 201), where seminars are presented by research scientists from UCI as well as other universities.
All graduate students are strongly encouraged to attend these seminars.
Advanced graduate courses
The department offers advanced graduate seminar courses (eg: 210, 221, 230)
in evolution, ecology, statistics and comparative physiology.