Ecology and Evolutionary Biology program requirements
What the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Specialist, Major and Minor require, as the 2026-2027 Arts & Science Calendar states it, and every course they name.
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Specialist
- Science program
- 12.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASSPE1006
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(12.0 credits including at least 4.0 credits at the 300+ level, 1.0 of which must be at the 400-level)
First Year (3.0 credits): BIO120H1; BIO130H1; (CHM135H1, CHM136H1)/ CHM151Y1; (MAT130H1/ MAT135H1, MAT136H1)/ (MAT148H1, MAT149H1)/ MAT137Y1/ (MAT158H1, MAT159H1)/ MAT157Y1
12.0 credits: BIO220H1 (ecology and evolutionary biology); BIO230H1/ BIO255H1 (molecular and cell biology); BIO260H1/ HMB265H1 (genetics); BIO251H1/ BIO270H1/ PSL300H1/ EEB240H1 (plant or animal form and function/environmental biology).
20.5 credit in computational science from: EEB125H1/ CSC108H1/ CSC148H1/ CSC110Y1, and 0.5 credit in statistics from: EEB225H1/ ECO220Y1/ ECO227Y1/ GGR270H1/ STA220H1/ STA257H1/ STA288H1/ STAB22H3/ STAB57H3/ STA220H5/ PSY201H1
30.5 credit in core evolution from: EEB318H1, EEB323H1, EEB362H1
40.5 credit in core ecology from: EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB328H1
50.5 credit in organismal biology from: EEB263H1, EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1, EEB331H1, EEB340H1, EEB380H1, EEB382H1, EEB384H1, EEB386H1, EEB388H1
61.5 credit at 300+ level, from: EEB313H1, EEB314H1, EEB318H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB323H1, EEB324H1, EEB325H1, EEB328H1, EEB340H1, EEB356H1, EEB362H1, EEB365H1, EEB380H1, EEB382H1, EEB384H1, EEB386H1, EEB388H1, EEB390H1, EEB398H0, EEB398Y0, EEB399H1, EEB399Y1, EEB428H1, EEB434H1, EEB440H1, EEB455H1, EEB458H1, EEB459H1, EEB460H1, EEB463H1, EEB465H1, EEB466H1, EEB491H1, EEB495H1; EHJ352H1; ENV432H1; ENV395Y0
Sub-total = 8.5 credits
71.0 to 1.5 credits in at least two of the three following categories: (1) one field course (0.5 credit) from EEB401H1, EEB403H1, EEB405H1, EEB406H1; (2) one seminar (0.5 credit) from EEB491H1, EEB495H1; and/or (3) one independent research course (0.5 credit) from EEB497H1/ (1.0 credit) from EEB498Y1
Sub-total = 9.5 or 10.0 credits (depending on options chosen in #7)
8Select the remaining credits for a total of 12.0 credits (at least 1.0 must be 300+ series if 1.0 credit is completed in #7 above) from: BIO251H1, BIO270H1/ PSL300H1, BIO271H1/ PSL301H1; all EEB courses (excluding EEB196H1, EEB197H1, EEB198H1, EEB199H1, EEB202H1, EEB208H1, EEB214H1, EEB215H1); EHJ352H1; ENV432H1; JHE353H1, JHE355H1; and no more than 1.0 credit from the following (note that some courses may require prerequisites that are not listed within this program): ANT336H1, ANT333Y1, ANT335Y1, ANT338H1, ANT430H1, ANT436H1; CSB328H1, CSB340H1, CSB349H1, CSB350H1, CSB352H1, CSB353H1, CSB430H1, CSB431H1, CSB452H1, CSB458H1, CSB472H1, CSB474H1; ENV346H1; FOR200H1, FOR201H1, FOR301H1, FOR306H1, FOR307H1, FOR413H1, FOR416H1, FOR417H1, FOR418H1; GGR201H1, GGR203H1, GGR205H1, GGR206H1, GGR272H1, GGR273H1, GGR305H1, GGR307H1, GGR308H1; MAT221H1; MGY340H1; PSY100H1, PSY260H1, PSY270H1, PSY280H1, PSY290H1, PSY305H1, PSY390H1, PSY397H1, PSY474H1, PSY492H1, PSY497H1 (note that many PSY courses have limited enrolment)
Total = 12.0 credits
Note 1NOTE: Students may wish to concentrate in ecology, evolutionary biology, or behaviour. Recommended EEB, EHJ and JHE courses for these concentrations are as follows:
Ecology: EEB255H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB328H1, EEB365H1, EEB428H1, EEB434H1, EEB440H1, EEB465H1, EEB495H1; ENV432H1 Evolutionary Biology: EEB323H1, EEB324H1, EEB325H1, EEB362H1, EEB390H1, EEB440H1, EEB459H1, EEB460H1; EHJ352H1; JHE353H1, JHE355H1 Behaviour: EEB322H1, EEB455H1
Courses these requirements name
- BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
- BIO130H1Molecular and Cell Biology
- CHM135H1Chemistry: Physical Principles
- CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
- CHM151Y1Chemistry: The Molecular Science
- MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
- MAT135H1Calculus I
- MAT136H1Calculus II
- MAT148H1Calculus I with Proofs
- MAT149H1Calculus II with Proofs
- MAT137Y1Calculus with Proofs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MAT158H1Analysis 1A
- MAT159H1Analysis 1B
- MAT157Y1Analysis I last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- BIO230H1From Genes to Organisms
- BIO255H1From Genes to Organisms with Advanced Laboratory
- BIO260H1Concepts in Genetics
- HMB265H1General & Human Genetics
- BIO251H1Form, Function and Development in Plants
- BIO270H1Animal Physiology I
- PSL300H1Human Physiology I
- EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
- EEB125H1Introductory Computation and Data Science for the Life Sciences
- CSC108H1Introduction to Computer Programming
- CSC148H1Introduction to Computer Science
- CSC110Y1Foundations of Computer Science I
- EEB225H1Biostatistics for Biological Sciences
- ECO220Y1Introduction to Data Analysis and Applied Econometrics
- ECO227Y1Foundations of Econometrics
- GGR270H1Introductory Analytical Methods
- STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
- STA257H1Probability and Statistics I
- STA288H1Statistics and Scientific Inquiry in the Life Sciences
- STA220H5
- PSY201H1Statistics I
- EEB318H1Principles of Evolution
- EEB323H1Evolutionary Genetics
- EEB362H1Macroevolution
- EEB319H1Population Ecology
- EEB320H1Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
- EEB321H1Community Ecology
- EEB328H1Physiological Ecology
- EEB263H1Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- EEB266H1Animal Diversity: Invertebrates
- EEB267H1Animal Diversity: Vertebrates
- EEB268H1Plant and Microbial Diversity
- EEB331H1Introduction to the Fungi last in the 2021-2022 Calendar
- EEB340H1Comparative Plant Morphology
- EEB380H1Diversity of Insects
- EEB382H1Diversity of Fishes
- EEB384H1Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles
- EEB386H1Diversity of Birds
- EEB388H1Diversity of Mammals
- EEB313H1Quantitative Methods in R for Biology
- EEB314H1Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
- EEB322H1Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology
- EEB324H1Evolutionary Ecology
- EEB325H1Evolutionary Medicine
- EEB356H1
- EEB365H1Topics in Applied Conservation Biology
- EEB390H1Vertebrate Paleontology: Major Transitions in Vertebrate History
- EEB398H0Research Excursions
- EEB398Y0Research Excursion
- EEB399H1Research Opportunity Program
- EEB399Y1Research Opportunity Program
- EEB428H1Global Change Ecology
- EEB434H1Marine Ecology
- EEB440H1Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions
- EEB455H1Genes, Environment and Behaviour
- EEB458H1Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
- EEB459H1Population Genetics
- EEB460H1Molecular Evolution and Genomics
- EEB463H1Computing Stochastic Models in Evolutionary Biology
- EEB465H1Advanced Topics in Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
- EEB466H1Approaches to the Study of Biodiversity
- EEB491H1Seminar in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- EEB495H1Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EHJ352H1Human Evolutionary Genomics
- ENV432H1Urban Ecology
- ENV395Y0Special Topics Field Course
- EEB401H1Marine Field Ecology
- EEB403H1Tropical Field Biology
- EEB405H1Temperate Field Biology
- EEB406H1Inter-University Field Course
- EEB497H1Research Studies in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- EEB498Y1Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- BIO271H1Animal Physiology II
- PSL301H1Human Physiology II
- EEB196H1Using Ecology and Evolution to Understand our World
- EEB197H1Biodiversity and the City
- EEB198H1Genes and Behaviour
- EEB199H1Humans, Evolution and Ecology
- EEB202H1Plants and Society
- EEB208H1Ecosystems and the Human Footprint
- EEB214H1Evolution and Adaptation
- EEB215H1Conservation Biology
- JHE353H1History of Evolutionary Biology
- JHE355H1History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology
- ANT336H1Evolutionary Anthropology Theory
- ANT333Y1Living Primate Adaptations
- ANT335Y1Human Evolution
- ANT338H1Molecular Anthropology and Human Evolution
- ANT430H1Primate Conservation Biology
- ANT436H1Primate Ecology & Social Behavior
- CSB328H1Animal Developmental Biology
- CSB340H1Plant Development
- CSB349H1Eukaryotic Gene Expression
- CSB350H1Laboratory in Molecular Plant Biology
- CSB352H1Bioinformatic Methods
- CSB353H1Plant-Microorganism Interactions and Plant Immunity
- CSB430H1Neurogenesis
- CSB431H1Evolution and Development: Gastrulation
- CSB452H1Molecular Interactions Between Plants and Microorganisms
- CSB458H1Epigenetics
- CSB472H1Computational Genomics and Bioinformatics
- CSB474H1Methods in Genomics and Proteomics
- ENV346H1Terrestrial Energy Systems
- FOR200H1Conservation of Canada's Forests
- FOR201H1Conservation of Tropical and Subtropical Forests
- FOR301H1Field Methods in Forest Conservation
- FOR306H1Tropical Forest Ecology and Conservation Field Course
- FOR307H1Forest Insect Ecology & Management
- FOR413H1Wildlife Ecology & Conservation
- FOR416H1Green Urban Infrastructure
- FOR417H1Agroforestry
- FOR418H1Urban Forest Conservation Field Camp
- GGR201H1Geomorphology last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- GGR203H1Introduction to Climatology
- GGR205H1Introduction to Soil Science last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- GGR206H1Introduction to Hydrology last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- GGR272H1Geographic Information and Mapping I
- GGR273H1Geographic Information and Mapping II
- GGR305H1Biogeography last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- GGR307H1
- GGR308H1Canadian Arctic Environments last in the 2024-2025 Calendar
- MAT221H1Applied Linear Algebra
- MGY340H1Molecular Genetics
- PSY100H1Introductory Psychology
- PSY260H1Introduction to Learning and Plasticity
- PSY270H1Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
- PSY280H1Introduction to Sensation and Perception
- PSY290H1Behavioural Neuroscience
- PSY305H1The Treatment of Psychological Data
- PSY390H1Behavioural Genetics
- PSY397H1Biological Rhythms
- PSY474H1Computation in Psychology
- PSY492H1Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
- PSY497H1Seminar in Biological Timing
- EEB255H1Essentials of Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Major
- Science program
- 8.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMAJ1006
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(8.0 credits including at least 2.0 credits at 300+ series with at least 0.5 credit at the 400-series)
First Year (2.0 credits): BIO120H1; BIO130H1; (CHM135H1, CHM136H1)/ CHM151Y1/ (MAT130H1/ MAT135H1, MAT136H1)/ MAT137Y1/ MAT157Y1
Higher Years:
12.0 credits: BIO220H1; BIO230H1/ BIO255H1; BIO260H1/ HMB265H1; EEB225H1/ GGR270H1/ STA220H1/ STA257H1/ STA288H1/ STAB22H3/ STAB57H3/ STA220H5/ PSY201H1
21.0 credit from: BIO251H1, BIO270H1/ PSL300H1, BIO271H1/ PSL301H1, EEB263H1, EEB266H1, EEB267H1, EEB268H1, EEB240H1
30.5 credit in core ecology and evolution from: EEB314H1, EEB318H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB328H1, EEB362H1
41.5 credits from: EEB313H1, EEB314H1, EEB318H1, EEB319H1, EEB320H1, EEB321H1, EEB322H1, EEB323H1, EEB324H1, EEB325H1, EEB328H1, EEB362H1, EEB365H1, EEB380H1, EEB382H1, EEB384H1, EEB386H1, EEB388H1, EEB390H1, EEB397Y1, EEB398H0, EEB398Y0, EEB399H1, EEB399Y1, EEB428H1, EEB434H1, EEB440H1, EEB455H1, EEB458H1, EEB459H1, EEB460H1, EEB463H1, EEB465H1, EEB466H1 ; EHJ352H1; ENV432H1; PSY305H1
50.5 credit from: BIO251H1; BIO270H1/ PSL300H1; BIO271H1/ PSL301H1; EEB (excluding EEB196H1, EEB197H1, EEB198H1, EEB199H1, EEB202H1, EEB208H1, EEB214H1, EEB215H1); ENV432H1; EHJ352H1; JHE353H1, JHE355H1; MAT135H1/ MAT136H1/ MAT137Y1/ MAT221H1/ MAT223H1; MGY340H1
60.5 credit at the 400-series from: field course, EEB401H1, EEB403H1, EEB405H1, EEB406H1; seminar EEB491H1, EEB495H1; independent research project course, EEB497H1, EEB498Y1 (concurrent with research issues course EEB488H1), EEB499Y1; advanced lecture/discussion course, EEB428H1, EEB440H1, EEB455H1, EEB459H1, EEB460H1, EEB465H1, EEB466H1; ENV432H1
Courses these requirements name
- BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
- BIO130H1Molecular and Cell Biology
- CHM135H1Chemistry: Physical Principles
- CHM136H1Introductory Organic Chemistry I
- CHM151Y1Chemistry: The Molecular Science
- MAT130H1Calculus I for Life Sciences
- MAT135H1Calculus I
- MAT136H1Calculus II
- MAT137Y1Calculus with Proofs last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- MAT157Y1Analysis I last in the 2025-2026 Calendar
- BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- BIO230H1From Genes to Organisms
- BIO255H1From Genes to Organisms with Advanced Laboratory
- BIO260H1Concepts in Genetics
- HMB265H1General & Human Genetics
- EEB225H1Biostatistics for Biological Sciences
- GGR270H1Introductory Analytical Methods
- STA220H1The Practice of Statistics I
- STA257H1Probability and Statistics I
- STA288H1Statistics and Scientific Inquiry in the Life Sciences
- STA220H5
- PSY201H1Statistics I
- BIO251H1Form, Function and Development in Plants
- BIO270H1Animal Physiology I
- PSL300H1Human Physiology I
- BIO271H1Animal Physiology II
- PSL301H1Human Physiology II
- EEB263H1Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- EEB266H1Animal Diversity: Invertebrates
- EEB267H1Animal Diversity: Vertebrates
- EEB268H1Plant and Microbial Diversity
- EEB240H1Environmental Biology: From Organisms to Ecosystems
- EEB314H1Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
- EEB318H1Principles of Evolution
- EEB319H1Population Ecology
- EEB320H1Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
- EEB321H1Community Ecology
- EEB322H1Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology
- EEB328H1Physiological Ecology
- EEB362H1Macroevolution
- EEB313H1Quantitative Methods in R for Biology
- EEB323H1Evolutionary Genetics
- EEB324H1Evolutionary Ecology
- EEB325H1Evolutionary Medicine
- EEB365H1Topics in Applied Conservation Biology
- EEB380H1Diversity of Insects
- EEB382H1Diversity of Fishes
- EEB384H1Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles
- EEB386H1Diversity of Birds
- EEB388H1Diversity of Mammals
- EEB390H1Vertebrate Paleontology: Major Transitions in Vertebrate History
- EEB397Y1Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EEB398H0Research Excursions
- EEB398Y0Research Excursion
- EEB399H1Research Opportunity Program
- EEB399Y1Research Opportunity Program
- EEB428H1Global Change Ecology
- EEB434H1Marine Ecology
- EEB440H1Ecology and Evolution of Plant-Animal Interactions
- EEB455H1Genes, Environment and Behaviour
- EEB458H1Evolutionary Quantitative Genetics
- EEB459H1Population Genetics
- EEB460H1Molecular Evolution and Genomics
- EEB463H1Computing Stochastic Models in Evolutionary Biology
- EEB465H1Advanced Topics in Biodiversity Science and Conservation Biology
- EEB466H1Approaches to the Study of Biodiversity
- EHJ352H1Human Evolutionary Genomics
- ENV432H1Urban Ecology
- PSY305H1The Treatment of Psychological Data
- EEB196H1Using Ecology and Evolution to Understand our World
- EEB197H1Biodiversity and the City
- EEB198H1Genes and Behaviour
- EEB199H1Humans, Evolution and Ecology
- EEB202H1Plants and Society
- EEB208H1Ecosystems and the Human Footprint
- EEB214H1Evolution and Adaptation
- EEB215H1Conservation Biology
- JHE353H1History of Evolutionary Biology
- JHE355H1History and Philosophy of Evolutionary Biology
- MAT221H1Applied Linear Algebra
- MAT223H1Linear Algebra I
- MGY340H1Molecular Genetics
- EEB401H1Marine Field Ecology
- EEB403H1Tropical Field Biology
- EEB405H1Temperate Field Biology
- EEB406H1Inter-University Field Course
- EEB491H1Seminar in Biodiversity and Conservation Biology
- EEB495H1Seminar in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EEB497H1Research Studies in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
- EEB498Y1Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EEB488H1Research Issues in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
- EEB499Y1Advanced Research Project in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology II
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Minor
- Science program
- 4.0 credits
- Open enrolment
- ASMIN1006
Enrolment
This is an open enrolment program. A student who has completed 4.0 credits may enrol in the program. The full enrolment requirements are on the Calendar's page for this program.
Completion requirements
(4.0 credits including at least 1.0 credits at 300+ level)
1.0 credits: BIO120H1; BIO220H1
0.5 credits in organismal biology from: BIO251H1; EEB263H1; EEB266H1; EEB267H1; EEB268H1; EEB340H1; EEB380H1; EEB382H1; EEB384H1; EEB386H1; EEB388H1
0.5 credits in core ecology and evolution from: EEB314H1; EEB318H1; EEB319H1; EEB320H1; EEB321H1; EEB322H1; EEB323H1; EEB324H1; EEB328H1; EEB362H1
2.0 credits from: EEB courses (excluding EEB196H1, EEB197H1, EEB198H1, EEB199H1, EEB202H1, EEB208H1, EEB214H1, EEB215H1); BIO251H1; BIO260H1; EHJ352H1; HMB265H1
Courses these requirements name
- BIO120H1Adaptation and Biodiversity
- BIO220H1From Genomes to Ecosystems in a Changing World
- BIO251H1Form, Function and Development in Plants
- EEB263H1Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
- EEB266H1Animal Diversity: Invertebrates
- EEB267H1Animal Diversity: Vertebrates
- EEB268H1Plant and Microbial Diversity
- EEB340H1Comparative Plant Morphology
- EEB380H1Diversity of Insects
- EEB382H1Diversity of Fishes
- EEB384H1Diversity of Amphibians and Reptiles
- EEB386H1Diversity of Birds
- EEB388H1Diversity of Mammals
- EEB314H1Modeling in Ecology and Evolution
- EEB318H1Principles of Evolution
- EEB319H1Population Ecology
- EEB320H1Dynamics of Ecosystem Processes
- EEB321H1Community Ecology
- EEB322H1Behaviour and Behavioural Ecology
- EEB323H1Evolutionary Genetics
- EEB324H1Evolutionary Ecology
- EEB328H1Physiological Ecology
- EEB362H1Macroevolution
- EEB196H1Using Ecology and Evolution to Understand our World
- EEB197H1Biodiversity and the City
- EEB198H1Genes and Behaviour
- EEB199H1Humans, Evolution and Ecology
- EEB202H1Plants and Society
- EEB208H1Ecosystems and the Human Footprint
- EEB214H1Evolution and Adaptation
- EEB215H1Conservation Biology
- BIO260H1Concepts in Genetics
- EHJ352H1Human Evolutionary Genomics
- HMB265H1General & Human Genetics
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