The minor in Ecology and Conservation Biology is offered as a supplement to other related majors. By completing the minor, students will gain a foundation in the complex interactions of the Earth’s biodiversity and ecosystems. These basic principles may be applied to biodiversity conservation, assessment of environmental health, and the management of complex systems involving aspects of ecology ranging from genes to ecosystems and their interactions with landscape, hydrology, and climate.

Course List

Code	Title	Semester Credit Hours
ECCB 205	Fundamentals of Ecology	3
Ecology core concepts
Select from the following:		3
ECCB 303	Fire Ecology and Biogeochemistry
ECCB 307	Forest Protection
ECCB 309	Forest Ecology
ECCB 310	Forest Tree Physiology and Breeding
ECCB 320	Ecosystem Restoration and Management
ECCB 403	Population and Community Ecology
ECCB 422	Behavioral Ecology
ECCB 448	Fish Ecophysiology
RWFM 404	Aquatic Ecosystems
RWFM 447	Aquatic Animal Nutrition, Diet Formulation and Feeding
Ecology practice
Select from the following:		3
ECCB 215	Fundamentals of Ecology--Laboratory
ECCB 300/ENTO 300	Field Studies 1
ECCB 314	Down River: Biology of Gulf Coastal Fishes
ECCB 316	Field Herpetology
ECCB 324	Forest Measurements
ECCB 351	Geographic Information Systems for Resource Management
ECCB 407	Programming for Spatial Data Applications
ECCB 417	Prescribed Fire
ECCB 444	Remote Sensing of the Environment
ECCB 446	Drones for Environmental Remote Sensing
ECCB 450/ENTO 450	Caribbean Conservation 1
ECCB 451/ENTO 451	Caribbean Research Seminar 1
ECCB 462	Amazon River Tropical Biology
ECCB 485	Directed Studies
ECCB 491	Research
RWFM 400/ECCB 452	Study Abroad in Natural Resources
RWFM 410	Principles of Fisheries Techniques and Management
Human-environment interactions
Select from the following:		3
ECCB 304	Conservation Biology
ECCB 308	Fundamentals of Environmental Decision-Making
ECCB 319	Principles of Forestry
ECCB 420	Ecological Restoration of Wetland and Riparian Systems
RWFM 411	Ecosystem Management
RWFM 444	Aquaculture Hatchery Management
RWFM 470	Environmental Impact Assessment
Biodiversity
Select from the following:		3
ECCB 203	Forest Trees of North America
ECCB 301	Diversity and Evolution of Plants
ECCB 302	Diversity and Evolution of Vertebrates
ECCB 312	Diversity, Evolution, and Ecology of Grasses
ECCB 313	Diversity and Evolution of Invertebrates
ECCB 400	Molecular Ecology
RWFM 302	Wildland Plants of North America
Total Semester Credit Hours		15

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ECCB 300/ENTO 300, ECCB 450/ENTO 450, and ECCB 451/ENTO 451 require concurrent enrollment.