Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Major/Minor/Specialisation !R01-AA-MAJ+1040 (2014)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2014.

Year and Campus: 2014

Coordinator

Professor Mick Keough (Department of Zoology)

Dr Peter Vesk (School of Botany)

Professor Barbara Downs (Departmentof Resource Management and Geography)

Contact

Email: mjkeough@unimelb.edu.au

Email: pvesk@unimelb.edu.au

Email: barbarad@unimelb.edu.au

Overview:

The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology major will provide the springboard for students entering careers or research in the following areas: Ecology, Conservation Biology, Animal Behaviour, Evolutionary Biology, Systematic and Biodiversity, Environmental Consulting. Graduates will be prepared for these pathways by developing skills in survey, experimentation and modelling of ecological and evolutionary processes, which are crucial to being prepared to make contributions in research, education or in consulting roles in natural resources management and environmental consulting industries. This major will integrate knowledge from a range of disciplines from genetics through organismal biology to ecosystem science, by enabling students to complete a sequence of specialist subjects in each, as well as integrated subjects in which the students develop an understanding of the application of ecological methods to solving current problems in evolution, ecology and biodiversity. Students will gain experience preparing them for the workplace by participating in group research projects and working groups.

Learning Outcomes:

This major will integrate knowledge from a range of disciplines from genetics through organismal biology to ecosystem science, by enabling students to complete a sequence of specialist subjects in each, as well as integrated subjects in which the students develop an understanding of the application of ecological methods to solving current problems in evolution, ecology and biodiversity. Students will gain experience preparing them for the workplace by participating in group research projects and working groups.

Structure & Available Subjects:

Completion of 50 points of study at Level 3.

Subject Options:

Core subject

Subject
Study Period Commencement:
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Plus one of

Subject
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January
12.50

Plus two electives selected from

Subject
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Semester 2
12.50
January
12.50
Semester 2
12.50
Semester 1
12.50
Related Course(s): Bachelor of Science

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