EEB Courses

A listing of required courses can be found in the complete program description. Special Topics in Zoology seminars (Z620) are offered frequently but on no set schedule. Representative Z620 topics include:

• Foundations of Ecology - Wade
• Hormones and Behavior - Ketterson
• Phenotypic Plasticity - Watson
• Advanced Topics in Population Biology - Clay
• Comparative Physiology of Acoustic Behavior – Suthers
• The Origin of Species – Delph

Seminar Series

A major part of the life of any scientific institution is the sharing of information through formal and informal seminars.  The many seminar series sponsored by the EEB Program and associated programs, such as the Program in Animal Behavior, provide exposure to a wide range of research problems and approaches.

• Seminars in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (Tuesday, 11:30 pm) are presentations of work-in-progress by graduate students, postdocs, and faculty.  Most graduate students give 2-3 of these presentations during their tenure in the program.

• Evolution, Ecology and Behavior (EEB) Research Seminars (Friday, 4:00 pm) are presentations by faculty and distinguished visiting speakers.  Graduate students are invited to meet and talk with the speaker after each seminar.

• Behavior Brown Bag Seminars (Thursday, 12:00 pm) and the Behavior Colloquium Series (Wednesday, 4:00pm) are sponsored by the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior.

• Journal Clubs provide a forum for reviewing and analyzing important recent papers. Most semesters, several student-run reading groups meet on a weekly basis.

• Special guest lectures are given through the Joan Wood Lecture Series to honor women in science, the James P. Holland Lecture Series which features scientists of color, the Sonneborn Lecture Series named in honor of Professor Tracy Sonneborn, and the Carlos O. Miller Lecture in Plant Molecular Biology named in honor of Professor Carlos Miller.

Current schedules for many of these seminars can be found on the Events & Opportunities page.