Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior
Master of Arts
Doctor of Philosophy
For More Information
Campus address: Norman Hackerman Building (NHB) 2.634, phone (512) 471-8490, fax (512) 232-3699; campus mail code: A6500
Mailing address: The University of Texas at Austin; Graduate Coordinator for Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior; School of Biological Sciences; 1 University Station A6500, Austin TX 78712
E-mail: tamra@austin.utexas.edu
URL: http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/graduate/eeb/
Areas of Study
The graduate program in ecology, evolution, and behavior encompasses a range of fields. Research ranges from the molecular level to the ecosystem, with approaches that include fieldwork, laboratory analyses, and mathematical modeling.
Graduate Studies Committee
The following faculty members served on the Graduate Studies Committee in the spring semester 2013.
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Jeffrey E Barrick Daniel I Bolnick Deborah A Bolnick Franklin H Bronson James J Bull David Cannatella Zengjian J Chen David P Crews Molly E Cummings Andrew Ellington Norma L Fowler Lee A Fuiman Lawrence E Gilbert Robin Gutell Christine V Hawkes Dean Hendrickson David M Hillis Johann Hofmann Robert K Jansen Shalene Jha Thomas E Juenger Timothy H Keitt Mark A Kirkpatrick Mathew A Leibold |
Donald A Levin Craig R Linder Mikhail V Matz James D Mauseth Lauren A Meyers Ian J Molineux Ulrich G Mueller Jose L Panero Camille Parmesan Steven M Phelps Eric R Pianka William H Press Timothy B Rowe Michael J Ryan Sahotra Sarkar Sara L Sawyer Beryl B Simpson Michael C Singer Edward C Theriot Peter Thomas Tandy Warnow Claus O Wilke Harold H Zakon |
Degree Requirements
Master of Arts
The graduate program is focused on the doctoral degree; this degree is designed for those who anticipate careers in research, possibly combined with teaching or other activities. Students seeking only the master’s degree are rarely admitted. If a master’s degree student is admitted, his or her proposed program must be approved by the Graduate Studies Committee. The Master of Arts degree consists of thirty hours of coursework, including Biology 698 or Biology 398R. The coursework must include a minor of six hours of coursework acceptable for graduate credit in another area of study.
Doctor of Philosophy
For the Doctor of Philosophy, preliminary training should have provided a working core of knowledge in general biology and the history of biology; other helpful areas are plant biology, vertebrate and invertebrate zoology, embryology, genetics and evolution, and physiology.
The student must take a two-semester core course in his or her first year in the program. Students take an additional seven courses, four of which are formal lecture courses, and two of which must be outside of ecology, evolution, and behavior. The remaining three courses may be seminars. Ecology, evolution, and behavior students must also take Biology 384L, Issues in Population Biology, and Biology 398T, Supervised Teaching in Biological Sciences.
Students are expected to fulfill all requirements for admission to candidacy by the end of the fifth long-session semester.