Emory University - Population Biology, Ecology, & Evolution

PBEE Courses

PBEE Graduate Courses

The following tables show a typical schedule for students in the Population Biology, Ecology and Evolution Program.

Semester 1 - Fall
Course ID	Course Title	Credit Hrs.
IBS 595	Fundamentals of Ecology (Sem 1 or 3)	4
BIOS 506	Biostatistical Methods I	4
IBS 796r	Advanced Topics in PBEE (as needed)	2
PBEE 570r	Introductory Graduate Seminar	2
PBEE 597r	Laboratory Rotations	3

Semester 2 - Spring
IBS 592	Quantitative Methods (Sem 2 or 4)	4
BIOS 507	Applied Linear Models	4
IBS 796r	Advanced Topics in PBEE (as needed)	2
PBEE 570r	Introductory Graduate Seminar	2
PBEE 597r	Laboratory Rotations	3

Semester 3 - Fall
IBS 593	Molecular Evolution (Sem 1 or 3)	4
IBS 796r	Advanced Topics in PBEE (as needed)	2
PBEE 570r	Introductory Graduate Seminar	2

Semester 4 - Spring
IBS 594	Evolutionary Biology (Sem 2 or 4)	4
IBS 796r	Advanced Topics in PBEE (as needed)	2
PBEE 570r	Introductory Graduate Seminar	2

Elective Courses

In addition to the core courses and the seminars, each PBEE student will be expected to take additional courses as electives, available at Emory (or other universities and institutes). The specific courses taken and the number of these elective courses will be specifically tailored to the student's interests and needs. Decisions about electives will be made by the student in consultation with their temporary advisor or their mentor and dissertation committee. The following are some examples of electives taken by PBEE students.

IBS 503	Systems Neuroscience
IBS 513	Virology
IBS 591	Population Biology and Evolution of Disease
IBS 712	Neural Correlates of Behavior
IBS 727	Genetics of Bacterial Pathogenicity
IBS 745	Infection and Immunity
IBS 746	Graduate Human Genetics
ANTH 503	Evolutionary Processes
EPI 505	Basic Elements of Modern Epidemiology
IBS 553(PSYC 551)	Psychobiology Proseminar II: Biol. Bases of Bhav.

Students whose research involves mathematical modeling or statistics may take additional elective courses in the Department of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Biostatistics. The nature and number of these electives will, of course, depend on the student's mathematical, computer and statistical background. Potential courses of these types include:

BIOS 510	Probability Theory I
BIOS 511	Statistical Inference I
MATH 515	Numerical Analysis I
MATH 516	Numerical Analysis II
MATH 555	Ordinary Differential Equation I
MATH 755	Ordinary Differential Equation II
MATH 756	Partial Differential Equation II

There are several other disciplines in which students may want to take additional courses. These include

Environmental & Health Sciences
IBS 740	Molecular Toxicology
EOH 500	Perspectives in Environ Health
EOH 530	Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
EOH 537	Methods in Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology
EOH 540	Environ & Occupational Hazards I
EOH 541	Environ & Occupational Hazards II
EOH 546 (IH 580)	Environmental Microbiology
EOH 583	Spatial Analysis in Disease Ecology

Nutritional Epidemiology & Surveillance
IBS 591	Population Biol & Evol Disease
BIOS 500	Statistical Methods I (+ Lab)
BIOS 501	Statistical Methods II (+ Lab)
BIOS 503	Intro to Biostatistics
BIOS 520	Clinical Trials Methodology
EPI 504	Fundamentals of Epidemiology
EPI 505	Basic Elements of Modern Epi
EPI 533	Programming in SAS
EPI 537	Chronic Disease Epidemiology
EPI 538	Advanced Epidemiologic Methods
EPI 552	Genetic Epidemiology
EPI 739	Advanced Epidemiology Methods
EPI 740	Epidemiologic Modeling
EPI 743	Epidemiology of Cancer
EPI 744	Pediatric & Perinatal Epidemiology

Other courses and credits

PBEE 797r	Directed study
PBEE 799r	Thesis credits (for students that have advanced to candidacy)
PBEE 790r	Advanced graduate seminar (for students that have advanced to candidacy)