Environmental Biology

In the EA Biology concentration, students will focus their Environmental Analysis major by incorporating the biological sciences into their training, and focusing on methods of biological inquiry and understanding biological concepts.

Faculty Advisor:

F. Hanzawa (Biology)

Affiliated Faculty:

C. Chang (Biology)

N. Karnovsky (Biology)

W. Meyer (Biology)

R. Levin (Biology, Neuroscience)

Course Requirements (12 to 14 courses):

Students must complete the core courses, EA 010 PO  or EA 010 PZ , EA 020 PO , and EA 030 PO  or EA 030E PO  and one senior capstone course (EA 190 PO  or EA 191 PO  ). In addition, Environmental Biology students are required to take the following courses:

 

• CHEM 001A PO , CHEM 001B PO , or CHEM 051 PO  - General Chemistry with Laboratory or Accelrated General Chemistry with Laboratory
• BIOL040 PO - Introductory Genetics with Laboratory  
• BIOL041E PO - Intro Ecological and Evolutionary Biology with Laboratory   
• BIOL104 PO - Conservation Biology with Laboratory  

Three of the following (one of which can be a seminar):

• BIOL106 PO - Aquatic Ecology with Laboratory   
• EA173 PO - Ecology of Streams, Lakes and Wetlands with Lab   
• BIOL103 PO - Invasion Biology   
• BIOL107 PO - Avian Ecology with Laboratory    
• BIOL112 PO - Advanced Animal Ecology with Laboratory   
• BIOL116 PO - Ecology and Evolution of Plants with Laboratory   
• BIOL121 PO - Insect Ecology and Behavior with Laboratory   
• BIOL125 PO - Animal Behavior with Laboratory   
• BIOL132 PO - Vertebrate Biology with Laboratory    
• BIOL140 PO - Animal Physiology with Laboratory *  
• BIOL166 PO - Plant Physiology with Laboratory *  
• BIOL169 PO - Developmental Biology with Laboratory *  
• BIOL180 PO - Microbial Ecology *  
• GEOL020C PO - Intro to Geology: Environmental Geology  or GEOL020E PO - Oceanography  or GEOL133 PO - Paleoclimatology  

 *These courses have BIOL 041C PO  as a prerequisite

One approved social science class. Examples include but are not limited to:

• ANTH144 PO - Anthropology of Environmental Justice  
• EA140 PZ - The Desert as a Place   
• EA170 PO - U.S. Environmental History  
• ECON125 PO - Natural Resource Economics and Policy ** 
• ECON127 PO - Environmental Economics *** 
• ECON128 PO - Energy Economics and Policy **  
• POLI061 PO - The Global Politics of Water  
• POST140 HM - Global Environmental Politics  
• SOC102 PO - Qualitative Research Methods   
• SOC189H PO - Africa, the Environment, and the Global Economy   

** prerequisite ECON 052 PO  

*** prerequisite ECON 052 PO  or ECON 102 PO   

One of the upper division Biology courses can be satisfied with a course from a study abroad program or domestic program. Pomona students may take courses that count towards the major at the other 5Cs if it is not offered at Pomona College.

The Environmental Biology faculty also strongly recommend taking organic chemistry (CHEM 110A PO  and CHEM 110B PO ), mathematics and statistics (MATH 031 PO  or MATH 060 PO  and MATH 058 PO  or MATH 058B PO ) and ECON 051 PO .

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