The Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution major is appropriate for students preparing for graduate study in ecology, behavior, and evolution or for employment in areas such as environmental biology, animal behavior, conservation, teaching, museum work, and governmental positions dealing with environmental issues of wide importance and impact. A strong field component involving study in terrestrial and marine locales such as coastal, desert, and mountain environments in California and the Southwest and in the Geotropic is required.
Learning Outcomes
The Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution major have the following learning outcomes:
Demonstrated broad knowledge of fundamentals of ecology, behavior and evolution, or marine biology acquired through coursework
Development of skills in library research, data interpretation, synthesis, and scientific writing
Use of current primary scientific literature, including database searches, identification of appropriate sources, and reading and understanding papers
Understanding of key questions and hypotheses, interpretation of results and conclusions, and discrimination of quality through critique
Use of knowledge gained for conception and execution of student project that includes self-developed questions and hypotheses, design of appropriate theoretical or empirical/experimental approach, execution of that approach, and analysis and interpretation of data
Communication of original scientific work to colleagues and mentors through capstone scientific paper
Demonstrated communication skills through oral or poster presentation at a symposium
Display of strong teamwork and problem-solving skills
Expected December 2024
Start date
Expected September 2025
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LOS ANGELES,
California,
90095, United States
To be considered for admission to UCLA, international students must have completed secondary school with a superior average in academic subjects and have earned a certificate of completion which enables the student to be admitted to a university in the home country.
English language proficiency is critical to your success at UCLA. Applicants, whose first language, or language of instruction for at least the last three years, is not English, are required to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or the International English Language Testing Service (IELTS).
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL): A competitive score is above 100 (with sub-scores above 22)
International English Language Testing System (IELTS): A competitive score is 7 or higher.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.