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EVOLUTION, ECOLOGY, AND GENETICS

BIOCORE 381
Course Description

Basic principles of ecology and interrelations between individuals, populations, communities, ecosystems and their environment; transmission genetics and introduction to population genetics; origin of life, evolutionary mechanisms, ancestral relationships among species, and the diversity of life.

Prerequisites

Declared in Biology Core Curriculum Honors Certificate

Satisfies

GENETICS 234 , ENTOM 490 , BOTANY 401 , ANTHRO 458 , DERM 602 , GENETICS 466 , BIOLOGY/GENETICS 522 , ZOOLOGY 604 , PSYCH 450 , ZOOLOGY 415 , PHMSCI 254 , ZOOLOGY 425 , F&WECOL/SURGSCI 548 , PLANTSCI 360 , BIOCORE 401 , LANDARC 668 , GENETICS 633 , ZOOLOGY 430 , BOTANY 422 , PLANTSCI 338 , BIOCORE 382 , AGROECOL 377 , BOTANY 500 , PLANTSCI 501 , BOTANY/PLPATH 563 , BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 450 , BIOCORE 383 , PATH-BIO 307 , F&WECOL 450 , BOTANY 400 , ZOOLOGY 470 , ANSCI 366 , F&WECOL 448 , GEOSCI/ZOOLOGY 542 , ENVIRST/LANDARC 361 , BOTANY/ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 516 , BOTANY 305 , ANTHRO/BOTANY/ZOOLOGY 410 , ATMOCN/ENVIRST 520 , ZOOLOGY 611 , BOTANY/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 460 , ENVIRST/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 360 , ENTOM 351 , ZOOLOGY 303 , ENVIRST/ZOOLOGY 315 , BOTANY 455 , ANAT&PHY 435 , PLANTSCI 302 , BOTANY 575 , PATH 404 , F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 660 , PSYCH 406 , BOTANY 330 , MM&I 341 , PLANTSCI 502 , AGROECOL 370 , ANAT&PHY 335 , PSYCH 505 , ENTOM/MM&I/PATH-BIO/ZOOLOGY 350 , ZOOLOGY 320 , PLPATH 315 , PSYCH 449 , PSYCH 454 , ANSCI/DYSCI 370 , ENVIRST/ZOOLOGY 510 , ATMOCN/PLANTSCI 532 , F&WECOL 449 , ANSCI/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 520 , GENETICS 528 , PLPATH 300 , GENETICS 467 , ZOOLOGY 304 , PLANTSCI 370 , BOTANY/PLPATH 333 , ENTOM/ZOOLOGY 302 , MM&I 301 , PLANTSCI 340 , ENTOM 450 , LANDARC 380 , F&WECOL 306 , BOTANY 300 , NUTRSCI 332 , MICROBIO 345 , PLANTSCI 310 , ZOOLOGY 300 , GENETICS 527 , BME 517 , BOTANY/PLPATH 332 , PSYCH 414 , BIOCHEM/MM&I 575 , and ANSCI/F&WECOL/ZOOLOGY 521

Credits

Not Reported

Offered

Not Reported

Grade Point Average
3.59

5.98% from Historical

Completion Rate
98.9%

1.22% from Historical

A Rate
60.44%

29.09% from Historical

Class Size
91

-0.5% from Historical

Cumulative Grade Distribution

Instructors (2026 Summr)

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