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ECOLOGY, EVOLUTION
AND CONSERVATION BIOLOGY |
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Requirements
Program Overview | Degree
Requirements | Related
Program(s)
Contact Information
| Degrees Offered | Graduate
Faculty |
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| Application Deadlines |
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| Fall |
Spring |
| See priority consideration deadlines for the graduate programs participating
in this specialization. |
No
spring admission |
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| Admissions Requirements |
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Click
here
for link to online application or to download paper application.
Applicants need to meet:
1) Graduate Division admissions
standard and documentation
requirements, and 2) program specific admissions criteria and documentation requirements (see links below). Send all program specific documentation requirements directly to the graduate program.
Ecology, evolution, and conservation biology (EECB) is implemented
as an interdisciplinary specialization within the following
participating graduate programs:
Prospective students interested in specializing in EECB need
to apply for admission to the appropriate participating graduate
program, and indicate in their application their desire to
specialize in EECB. Applicants should have prior course work
in statistics, biochemistry, ecology, evolution, genetics,
and organic chemistry. Applicants are advised to submit the
results of an appropriate test for graduate admissions. Before applying for admission, each prospective student needs
to be sponsored by a member of the EECB graduate faculty.
Ordinarily, though not necessarily, the faculty sponsor will
serve as the student's graduate advisor or committee chair. |
GRE Scores
GRE scores may be required either by the graduate program or by the Graduate Division. Click here for information on when the test is required by the Graduate Division. Official GRE scores should be sent to the Graduate Admissions Office. |
TOEFL Scores
TOEFL is required
of most applicants who are non-native speakers of English. Click here for information on exemptions. Official TOEFL scores should be sent to the Graduate Admissions Office. |
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| Program
Overview |
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Modern theories of ecology, evolution, and conservation biology
share a core of concepts and techniques that span classical
academic disciplines. This common core, coupled with the emergence
of powerful new technologies, invites cross-disciplinary approaches,
which generate many of today's most exciting scientific knowledge.
 At
the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa (UHM), the interdisciplinary
graduate specialization in ecology, evolution, and conservation
biology (EECB) brings together faculty members from participating
graduate programs (See Admissions Requirements)
to provide the training students need to contribute effectively
to this research area. The objectives of the EECB specialization
are:
- To exploit Hawai'i's unique opportunities to integrate
tropical population biology and natural history studies
with modern laboratory techniques;
- To provide the interdisciplinary, conceptual, and technical
training to participate in academic and research programs
in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology; and
- To foster scholarly training in research programs involving
expertise in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology.
While the EECB specialization is designed primarily for those
interested in pursuing a PhD, it also includes an MS program
for students who wish to pursue careers in state and federal
forestry and wildlife conservation programs, or in biological
resource management with private organizations such as the
Nature Conservancy. |
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| Degree Requirements |
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All
graduate students at UHM need to meet degree requirements
set by the Graduate Division and their graduate programs.
For general Graduate Division requirements, see Degree
Requirements. Below is an overview of the degree requirements
for this graduate program. |
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MS Degree Requirements
Students may select either Plan A (thesis) or Plan B (non-thesis).
- Plan A requires 30 credits (including eight credits of
directed reading and/or thesis research), a written thesis
and defense of the thesis.
- Plan B requires 30 credits.
PhD Degree Requirements
In addition to meeting EECB course requirements, students
also need to meet the degree requirements of their respective
graduate programs. In some cases, courses taken to fulfill
EECB requirements may also count towards graduate program
requirements. For more information, please contact the appropriate
graduate chairs.
EECB course requirements include the following:
- 10 credits from among the EECB courses,
- one graduate seminar,
- additional course work to be determined by the Graduate
Education Committee, depending on the student's background
and experience prior to entering the program.
Courses
Students who specialize in EECB take courses from various
disciplines including anthropology, cell and molecular biology,
botanical sciences, entomology, geography, microbiology, natural
resources and environmental management, oceanography, tropical
plant and soil sciences, and zoology. To view a listing of courses offered, visit www.catalog.hawaii.edu/courses/description-index.htm. |
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| Related Program(s) |
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anthropology,
botany, cell
and molecular biology, entomology,
geography, natural
resources and environmental management, oceanography,
tropical plant and soil
sciences, zoology |
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