Environmental Biology

This concentration aims to prepare students in the environmental biological sciences.  Students focus on either microbial or population studies and must have the equivalent of an undergraduate major in biology; they should expect to take at least four of their concentration courses in the Biology Department. Graduates may continue environmental research at the Ph.D. level, or work in environmental consulting or in horticulture or wildlife fields as biologists.

Student Research

• "Combining DNA Barcoding and Macroinvertebrate Sampling to Assess Water Quality" by Tanya Dapkey '08 

Typical Courses from the MES program

• ENVS 507 - Wetlands
• ENVS 530 - Rocky Mountain Field Geology and Ecology
• ENVS 610 - Regional Field Ecology

Typical Courses from Other Schools at Penn

Biology

• BIOL 400 - Field Botany
• BIOL 414 - Ecology of Communities and Ecosystems. 
• BIOL 415 - Freshwater Ecology
• BIOL 446 - Statistics for Biologists
• BIOL 450 - Plant Systematics
• BIOL 465 - Ecological Techniques in Conservation

School of Design

• LARP 760 - Topics in Ecological Design