Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Major/Minor/Specialisation !R01-AA-MAJ+1040 (2011)

Note: This is an archived Handbook entry from 2011.

Year and Campus:	2011

Coordinator

Professor Mick Keough (Department of Zoology)

Dr Peter Vesk (School of Botany)

Associate 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 in 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.
Objectives:	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: Credit Points: ECOL30006 Ecology in Changing Environments Not offered in 2011 12.50 Plus at least one of Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ZOOL30008 Experimental Marine Biology February 12.50 ENST30001 Environmental Change Field Class Not offered in 2011 25 BOTA30006 Field Botany January 12.50 ZOOL30009 Field Biology of Australian Wildlife Semester 2 12.50 Plus (if required to make up 50 points) electives selected from Subject Study Period Commencement: Credit Points: ECOL30005 Applied Ecology Semester 2 12.50 ZOOL30006 Animal Behaviour Semester 1 12.50 EVSC30003 Environmental Risk Assessment Semester 1 12.50 ZOOL30004 Evolution and the Human Condition Semester 1 12.50 GENE30001 Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics Semester 1 12.50 BOTA30003 Plant Physiological Ecology Not offered in 2011 12.50 BOTA30002 Plant Systematics and Evolution Semester 1 12.50 BOTA30004 Vegetation Management and Conservation Semester 2 12.50 GEOG30022 Rivers: Hydrology and Ecology Semester 1 12.50
Related Course(s):	Bachelor of Science

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