ROBERT K. PEET, Chair
Richard N. Andrews (32) Environmental Policy and Planning, Management Decision Making
Lawrence E. Band (6) Watershed Hydrology, Ecology, and Morphology
Larry K. Benninger (37) Low-Temperature Geochemistry
Philip R. Berke (23) Land Use and Environmental Planning
Joe Carter, Evolution and Ecology of Bivalvia, Paleontology
J. Robert Cox Jr. (1) Environmental Communication, Role of Discourse in Social Change
Douglas J. Crawford-Brown (43) Environmental Risk Assessment
Carole I. Crumley (22) Landscape and Historical Ecology, Archaeology, Ethnography, Global Environmental Change
Barbara Entwisle (48) Social Demography, Population and Environment
Patricia Gensel, Paleobotany, Ecology and Geography of Paleozoic Plants
Joel G. Kingsolver (11) Environmental Physiology, Functional Morphology, Population Ecology and Evolution
Paul W. Leslie (40) Human Ecology, Demographic Anthropology, East Africa
Melinda S. Meade (36) Human Ecology, Ecology of Third World Development, Demography, and Health
Hans Paerl, Microbial Ecology, Estuarine and Coastal Ecology, Water Quality
Robert K. Peet (26) Plant Community and Population Ecology, Biogeography, Ecoinformatics
Charles H. Peterson (29) Marine Ecology, Population and Community Processes
Frederic K. Pfaender (27) Microbial Ecology, Nutrient Exchanges in Rivers and Estuaries, Estuarine Pollution
David W. Pfennig (44) Evolutionary Ecology, Kin Selection
Peter J. Robinson (17) Climatology, Climate Change and Impacts
Stephen J. Walsh (2) Remote Sensing, Geographical Information Systems, Land Use, Spatial modeling
Peter S. White (15) Plant Population and Community Ecology, Conservation Biology
R. Haven Wiley (21) Behavioral Ecology of Vertebrates, Avian Social Behavior
John W. Florin (33) Population Geography, Medical Geography
Charles E. Konrad (54) Climatology, Climate Change, Meteorology
Aaron Moody (12) Remote Sensing, Landscape Ecology, Biogeography, Geographical Information Systems
Seth R. Reice (16) Community Ecology, Disturbance Ecology, Stream Ecology, Sustainable Development
Andreas P. Teske (53) Microbial Ecology, Evolution and Systematics
Stephen C. Whalen (7) Nutrient Cycling, Greenhouse Gas Production and Dynamics
Thomas M. Whitmore (42) Cultural Ecology, Latin America, Human Populations
John F. Bruno (10) Ecology and Conservation of Marine Communities
Martin W. Doyle (45) Fluvial Geomorphology, Hydrology, Stream Ecology, Environmental Policy
Flora Lu Holt (46) Ecological Anthropology, Tropical Conservation
Charles Mitchell, Disease Ecology, Global Change, Biological Invasions
Karin S. Pfennig (50) Behavioral Ecology and Evolution, Speciation, Host-Parasite Interactions
Michael Piehler, Coastal Ecosystem Ecology and Nutrient Dynamics
Maria Servedio, Evolutionary Ecology, Behavioral Ecology
Conghe Song (47) Remote Sensing, Ecological Modeling, Geographical Information Systems, Spatial Analysis, Resource Management
Donna Surge (41) Paleoclimatology, Paleoecology, Low-Temperature Geochemistry
Richard E. Bilsborrow (4) Economic Demography, Population, Development and the Environment
Robert Wyatt (8) Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution of Plant Reproduction, Biosystematics
Cecil Frost, Fire Ecology, Plant Ecology, Landscape Ecology
Sam Pearsall, Conservation Planning, Adaptive Management, Riparian Landscapes
Johnny Randall, Conservation Biology, Restoration Ecology
Jack Weiss (49) Biostatistics and Quantitative Ecology
Alan Weakley (51) Plant Systematics, Floristics, Biogeography, Conservation Biology, Bioinformatics
The Curriculum in Ecology is a multidisciplinary, degree-granting program that seeks to foster an understanding and appreciation of ecological systems and to demonstrate the value of ecological approaches to the solution of current and future environmental problems. With the participation of faculty and students from many disciplines and departments, emphasis is placed on interdisciplinary activities that explicitly consider the complexity of the environment and integrated approaches to problem identification and solution. In particular, the Curriculum in Ecology seeks to foster an understanding and appreciation of ecological systems, human and non-human, and to demonstrate the value of ecological approaches to the solution of current and future environmental problems in North Carolina, the United States, and the world. Whereas degree programs with a strong ecology component may be arranged in other departments, the curriculum - by combining many approaches and methods and by linking the social and natural sciences - explicitly considers the complexity of the environment and the need for integrated approaches to problem identification and solution.
Using the resources of many departments, the Curriculum in Ecology provides both broad and specialized training in ecology, human ecology, and the study of environmental systems. Degrees available in the Ecology Curriculum are the master of science, the master of arts, and the doctor of philosophy. Applications will be accepted from persons with varied backgrounds and goals, with the student's specific program of study and research tailored to the needs of the individual.
Facilities available for special study include: laboratories for remote sensing; GIS; computer cartography laboratories; the North Carolina Botanical Garden and Mason Farm Biological Reserve; the Institute of Marine Sciences at Morehead City, NC; the Highlands Biological Station in the Appalachian Mountains; University Lake; Jordan Lake; Duke Forest; New Hope Creek; greenhouses; and ecological equipment administered by the supporting departments. Strong ecological faculties and research programs are available in sister institutions at North Carolina State University and Duke University, and members of these faculties may serve on students' committees. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a member of the Organization for Tropical Studies, which provides opportunities for field study in Costa Rica and other tropical areas.
For admission to the Curriculum in Ecology, an undergraduate degree is required in a natural science such as physics, chemistry, biology, bacteriology, botany, zoology, or geology; a social science such as anthropology, sociology, or economics; a mathematical area such as statistics, mathematics, or systems analysis; an engineering area; or environmental science. Application for admission and graduate appointments accompanied by credentials and Graduate Record Examination (GRE) scores should be submitted by January 1. Detailed information is available on the Curriculum in Ecology Web site at www.unc.edu/depts/ecology.
Every student must gain an understanding of the breadth and depth of the field of ecology as it is treated among various traditional disciplines. This is accomplished in two ways: first, through the ECOL 567 and 569 sequence; and second, through the composition of the student's advisory committee.
Each PhD student, in addition to taking ECOL 567 and ECOL 569, must register for ECOL 994 at least once for three hours credit. There are no other course requirements for the PhD except for those designated by the student's graduate advisory committee.
Owing to the diversity of research methods and approaches within the field of Ecology, the Curriculum has no explicit research skill course requirements for graduate degrees; the student's graduate advisory committee is responsible for seeing that the student has gained the proficiencies expected of a degree candidate in the student's selected area of expertise.
Two master's degrees are offered by the Curriculum: the master of science degree requiring independent research and a thesis, and the master of arts degree requiring a written library report. All master's degrees are terminal degrees at UNC-Chapel Hill. Master's students must request readmission for PhD work following completion of all requirements for the master's degree.
Master of Science: The master of science course requirements are determined by the student's advisory committee. They must include a minimum of thirty hours of graduate credit (of which no less than twenty-four hours must be earned in courses, and at least three hours in research), and completion of the thesis. One semester of registration is required in ECOL 567 and ECOL 569, and MS students must register for three hours in ECOL 993.
Master of Arts: Requirements for the master of arts are the same as those for the master of science, except a master of arts paper is prepared (ECOL 992) in place of a master's thesis (ECOL 993).
461 [112] FUNDAMENTALS OF ECOLOGY (BIOL 461) (ENST 461) (4). Prerequisite, BIOL 201. Students will develop a comprehensive understanding of the field of ecology, including modern and emerging trends in ecology. They will develop literacy in the fundamental theories and models that capture ecological processes; emphasis will also be placed on the relevance of ecology and ecological research for human society.
563 [145] STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (BIOL 563) (ENST 563) (3). Prerequisites, BIOL 201 and STAT 151 or 155. A modern introduction to the statistical analysis of data in ecology and evolutionary biology. Emphasis is on computer-intensive methods and model-based approaches. Familiarity with the standard parametric approaches to statistical analysis is assumed. Weiss.
567 [190] ECOLOGICAL ANALYSES AND APPLICATIONS (ENST 567) (3). This course provides an overview of natural and social science approaches to addressing biodiversity conservation and resource management. Concepts and methods from population biology, evolutionary ecology, community ecology and conservation biology will be complemented with approaches from common property theory, indigenous resource management, and human evolutionary ecology. Fall. Holt.
569 [199] CURRENT ISSUES IN ECOLOGY (ENST 569) (3). Prerequisites, previous course work in ecology and permission of the instructor required. Topics vary but focus on interdisciplinary problems facing humans and/or the environment. Repeatable. Holt.
669 [255] SEMINAR IN ECOLOGY (BIOL 669)(2). Prerequisite, BIOL 201 or permission of the instructor. Repeatable. Peet, Reice, White, Bruno.
765 [202] FIELD EXPERIENCE IN ECOLOGY (2). Prerequisite, graduate standing in ecology. Organized field work in remote environments with a faculty instructor as approved by student's supervisory committee. Repeatable. Staff.
891 [250] SPECIAL TOPICS IN ECOLOGY (2-4). Prerequisite, permission of the instructor. Repeatable. Staff.
961 [300] RESEARCH IN ECOLOGY (2 or more). Staff.
992 [392] MASTER'S NON-THESIS (3-5). Staff.
993 [393] MASTER'S THESIS (3-6). Staff.
994 [394] DOCTORAL DISSERTATION (3 or more). Staff.
Ecological courses in other departments that are considered appropriate for graduate students in the Curriculum in Ecology:
317 [117] EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN ADAPTATION AND BEHAVIOR (3). Holt.
703 [203] EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY (3). Fall. Staff.
704 [204] EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY (3). Spring. Staff.
755 [255] SEMINAR IN CULTURAL ECOLOGY AND POPULATION (3). Leslie.
766 [266] SEMINAR IN ETHNOBOTANY (3). Scarry.
350 [126] OCEANOGRAPHY (MASC 401) (ENVR 417) (GEOL 403) (3). Marine Sciences staff.
453 [150] ANIMAL SOCIETIES AND COMMUNICATION (3). Spring. (Alternate years.) Wiley.
459 [195] FIELD BIOLOGY AT HIGHLANDS BIOLOGICAL STATION (1-4). Summer. Staff.
462 [146] MARINE ECOLOGY (MASC 440) (3). Spring. Bruno.
463 [147] FIELD ECOLOGY (4). Spring. (Alternate years.) Reice.
467 [156] EVOLUTIONARY ECOLOGY (3). Spring. (Alternate years.) Podolsky.
469 [151] BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (3). Fall. (Alternate years.) K. Pfennig.
471 [132] EVOLUTIONARY MECHANISMS (3). Fall. Kingsolver, D. Pfennig.
476 [114] AVIAN BIOLOGY (3). Spring. Wiley, Feduccia.
476L [114L] AVIAN BIOLOGY LAB (1). Spring. (Alternate years or on demand.) Wiley.
514 [133] EVOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT (3). Fall. D. Pfennig, Goldstein.
561 [143] ECOLOGICAL PLANT GEOGRAPHY (GEOG 143, not listed) (3). Fall. (Alternate years.) Peet.
563 [145] STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (3). Fall or spring. Weiss.
565 [184] CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (3). (On occasion.) White.
657 [140] BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (ENVR 520) (MASC 504) (4). Summer. IMS staff.
661 [142] PLANT ECOLOGY (4). Fall. (Alternate years.) Peet.
662 [247] FIELD PLANT GEOGRAPHY (2). Spring. (Alternate years.) Peet.
666 [186] COMMUNITY AND SYSTEMS ECOLOGY (3). Spring. (Alternate years.) Reice.
666L [186L] LAB IN COMMUNITY AND SYSTEMS ECOLOGY (BIOL 666) (1).
669 [255] SEMINAR IN ECOLOGY (BIOL 255) (2). Peet, Reice, White, Bruno.
857 [259] SEMINAR IN COMPARATIVE ANIMAL BEHAVIOR (2). Fall or spring. Lohmann, Wiley.
859 [265] SEMINAR IN MARINE BIOLOGY (2). Fall or spring. Kier, Podolsky.
664 [164] SAMPLE SURVEY METHODOLOGY (3). Spring. Kalsbeek.
670 [170] DEMOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES I (3). Fall. Suchindran, Bilsborrow.
585 [185] AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (ENST 585) (ENVR 585) (PLCY 585) (3). Fall. Andrews.
641 [141] ECOLOGY AND LAND USE PLANNING (3). Fall. Berke.
685 [219] WATER POLICY IN LESSER DEVELOPED COUNTRIES (3). Whittington.
710 [210] INTRODUCTION TO LAND, ENVIRONMENT, AND RESOURCE ECONOMICS (1-3). Whittington.
740 [240] LAND USE AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (3). Fall. Berke.
744 [244] DEVELOPMENT AND ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (3). Fall. Staff.
745 [245] DEVELOPMENT IMPACT ASSESSMENT (3). Spring. Berke, Burby.
781 [234] WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND POLICY ANALYSIS (ENVR 781) (3). Fall. Moreau.
784 [233] ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (ENVR 784) (3). Fall. Heath.
785 [232] PUBLIC INVESTMENT THEORY (ENVR 785) (PLCY 785) (3). Whittington.
786 [236] ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PLANNING (ENVR 785) (3). Spring. Moreau.
675 [175] ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE (ENST 675) (3). Spring. Cox.
454 [165] ECONOMICS OF POPULATION (3). Fall or spring. Turchi.
855 [265] ECONOMICS AND POPULATION (3). Spring. Turchi.
403 [110] ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL PROCESSES (ENST 403) (3). Fall. Staff.
412 [112] ECOLOGICAL MICROBIOLOGY (3). Spring. Pfaender.
413 [113] LIMNOLOGY (3). Fall. Whalen.
414 [114] ECOLOGY OF WETLANDS (MASC 449) (4). Fall. Staff.
415 [115] BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES (ENST 450) (GEOL 450) (MASC 450) (3). Fall. (Alternate years.) Arnosti.
417 [117] OCEANOGRAPHY (BIOL 350) (MASC 401) (GEOL 403) (3). Spring. Staff.
419 [119] CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA IN NATURAL WATERS (3). Fall. Singer.
430 [130] HEALTH EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL AGENTS (3). Fall. Ball.
461 [160] ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MODELING (GEOL 415) (ENST 415) (MASC 415) (3). Spring. Staff, Rial, Werner.
585 [185] AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (ENST 585) (PLCY 585) (PLAN 585) (3). Fall. Andrews.
701 [216] ECOLOGY OF AQUATIC PLANTS AND WETLAND ECOSYSTEMS (3). Spring. (Even years.)
765 [275] MODEL-BASED EXPOSURE MAPPING AND RISK ASSESSMENT (3). Spring. Christakos.
767 [279] MODELING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ANALYSIS (POLI 767) (PLCY 767) (3). Fall. Staff.
781 [291] WATER RESOURCES PLANNING AND POLICY ANALYSIS (PLAN 781) (3). Fall. Moreau.
784 [290] ENVIRONMENTAL LAW (PLAN 784) (3). Fall. Heath.
786 [292] ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY PLANNING (PLAN 786) (3). Spring. Moreau.
403 [110] ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL PROCESSES (ENVR 403) (3). Fall. Staff.
411 [102] OCEANIC PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (GEOL 411) (MASC 411) (4). Spring. Shay.
415 [106] ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MODELING (ENVR 461) (GEOL 415) (MASC 415) (3). Spring. Staff, Rial, Werner.
470 [198] ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT (ENVR 470) (3). Spring. Crawford-Brown.
480 [120] ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING (PLCY 480). (3). Spring. Andrews.
489 [103] ECOLOGICAL PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (4). Spring. Staff.
510 [183] POLICY ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (PLCY 510) (3). Webster.
520 [184] ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (PLCY 520) (INTS 520) (3). Rabindran.
585 [185] AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (ENVR 585) (PLAN 585) (PLCY 585) (3). Fall. Andrews
675 [175] ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNICATION AND THE PUBLIC SPHERE (COMM 675). (3). Spring. Cox.
600 [160] PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). Fall and spring. Schoenbach, Alexander.
785 [277] ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY (3). (On request.) Loomis.
786 [278] COMMUNITY-DRIVEN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE (2). (On request.) Wing.
232 [132] AGRICULTURE, FOOD, AND SOCIETY (3). Florin, Whitmore.
237 [137] NATURAL RESOURCES (3). Whitmore.
410 [110] FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (3). Staff.
412 [112] SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY (3). Konrad, Robinson.
414 [114] PHYSICAL CLIMATOLOGY (3). Konrad, Robinson.
416 [116] APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY (3). Robinson, Konrad.
419 [119] FIELD METHODS IN PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (3). Doyle, staff.
420 [120] FUNDAMENTAL CONCEPTS OF HUMAN GEOGRAPHY (3). Florin.
434 [134] THE CULTURAL ECOLOGY OF AGRICULTURE AND DISEASE (3). Meade, Whitmore.
435 [135] ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS (3). Kirsch.
440 [140] EARTH SURFACE PROCESSES (3). Band.
441 [141] INTRODUCTION TO WATERSHED SYSTEMS (3). Band.
442 [142] FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY (3). Doyle.
444 [144] LANDSCAPE BIOGEOGRAPHY (3). Moody.
445 [145] MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY (3). Fall. Meade.
450 [150] POPULATION GEOGRAPHY (3). Florin, Meade, Whitmore.
477 [177] INTRODUCTION TO REMOTE SENSING AND DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING (3). Fall. Moody, Song, Walsh.
491 [191] INTRODUCTION TO GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3). Fall. Moody, Song, Walsh.
577 [178] ADVANCED REMOTE SENSING (3). Moody, Song, Walsh.
591 [192] APPLIED ISSUES IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (3). Spring. Moody, Song, Walsh.
595 [195] ECOLOGICAL MODELING (3). Fall. Song.
705 [205] ADVANCED QUANTITATIVE METHODS IN GEOGRAPHY (3). Moody.
710 [210] ADVANCED PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY - BIOGEOSCIENCE (3). Staff.
711 [211] ADVANCED PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY - HYDROCLIMATOLOGY AND BIOCLIMATOLOGY (3). Staff.
715 [215] LAND USE/LAND COVER DYNAMICS AND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION (3). Walsh.
790 [290] SPATIAL ANALYSIS AND COMPUTER MODELING (3). Staff.
801 [201] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND BIOPHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (3). Staff.
802 [202] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCES (3). Staff.
803 [303] RESEARCH SEMINAR IN NATURE-SOCIETY STUDIES AND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (3). Staff.
811 [311] SEMINAR/READINGS IN EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE AND BIOPHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY (3). Staff.
812 [312] SEMINAR/READINGS IN GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SCIENCES (3). Staff.
813 [313] SEMINAR/READINGS IN NATURE-SOCIETY STUDIES AND HUMAN-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS (3). Staff.
401 [101] OCEANOGRAPHY (BIOL 350) (ENVR 417) (GEOL 403) (3). Fall and spring. Staff.
410 [111] EARTH PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (ENST 410) (GEOL 410) (4). Fall. Benninger, Band.
411 [112] OCEANIC PROCESSES IN ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS (ENST 411) (GEOL 411) (4). Spring. Shay.
415 [116] ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS MODELING (ENST 415) (ENVR 461) (GEOL 415) (3). Spring. Rial, Scotti, Werner.
430 [125] COASTAL SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS (GEOL 430) (3). Spring. (Alternate years.) Staff.
440 [146] MARINE ECOLOGY (BIOL 462) (3). Fall. (Alternate years.) Peterson.
449 [137] ECOLOGY OF WETLANDS (ENVR 414) (4). Fall. Staff.
450 [119] BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES (ENST 450) (ENVR 415) (GEOL 450) (3). Fall. (Alternate years.) Arnosti, Martens.
472 [138] BARRIER ISLAND ECOLOGY AND GEOLOGY (6). Summer. Bruno, Peterson, Wells.
504 [104] BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (BIOL 657) (ENVR 520) (4). Spring. Lindquist.
505 [105] CHEMICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (ENVR 418) (GEOL 505) (4). Fall. Martens, Arnosti, Alperin.
506 [106] PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY (GEOL 506) (4). Fall. Bane, Seim.
741 [248] SEMINAR IN MARINE BIOLOGY (2). Fall. Staff.
741 [207] MEASUREMENT AND DATA COLLECTION (3). Entwisle.
480 [120] ENVIRONMENTAL DECISION-MAKING (ENST 480) (3). Spring. Andrews.
510 [183] POLICY ANALYSIS OF GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE (ENST 480) (3). Fall or spring. Webster.
520 [184] ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT (ENST 520) (INTS 520) (3). Fall. Rabindran.
585 [185] AMERICAN ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY (ENST 585) (ENVR 185) (PLAN 585) (3). Fall. Andrews.
453 [153].SOCIAL CHANGE IN LATIN AMERICA (3). Smith.
707 [207] MEASUREMENT AND DATA COLLECTION (3). Entwisle.
803 [218] HUMAN ECOLOGY (3). J. Blau, Nielsen.
830 [212] DEMOGRAPHY: THEORY, SUBSTANCE, TECHNIQUES, PART I (3). Rindfuss, Uhlenberg, Entwisle, Harris.
831 [213] DEMOGRAPHY: THEORY, SUBSTANCE, TECHNIQUES, PART II (3). Rindfuss, Uhlenberg, Entwisle, Mouw.
832 [287] MIGRATION AND POPULATION DISTRIBUTION (3). (On demand.) Uhlenberg.