Ecological and Environmental Informatics Option
This option is available within the Biological Data Sciences major at the following location:
- Corvallis
Students in the Ecological and Environmental Informatics Option take courses in general population and community ecology as well as courses in categories covering topics in modeling and environmental informatics.
Option Code: 917
Upon successful completion of the program, students will meet the following learning outcomes:
- Proficiently apply biological data sciences to scientific investigation.
- Critically evaluate data and design experiments to test hypotheses relevant to biological data sciences.
- Effectively communicate scientific data, methods, and ideas.
- Demonstrate awareness of professional and ethical practices of science.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Ecology | ||
| BI 370 | ECOLOGY | 3 |
| Biological Data Sciences | ||
| BDS 310 | FOUNDATIONS OF BIOLOGICAL DATA SCIENCES | 4 |
| or CS 161 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I | |
| or CS 162 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE II | |
| BDS 474 | INTRODUCTION TO GENOME BIOLOGY | 3 |
| BDS 477 | POPULATION GENOMICS | 3 |
| Population, Community & Ecosystem Ecology | ||
| Group A | ||
| Select one course from the following: 1 | 3-4 | |
| MARINE ECOLOGY | ||
| SYMBIOSES AND THE ENVIRONMENT | ||
| BIOGEOGRAPHY | ||
| DISEASE ECOLOGY | ||
| PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| FOREST PATHOLOGY | ||
| FIELD METHODS IN PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| FOREST ECOLOGY | ||
| APPLIED COMMUNITY AND ECOSYSTEM ECOLOGY | ||
| CONSERVATION GENETICS | ||
| FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND CONSERVATION | ||
| WETLANDS AND RIPARIAN ECOLOGY | ||
| THE HUMAN MICROBIOME | ||
| MICROBE-ENVIRONMENT INTERACTIONS | ||
| Group B | ||
| Select one course from the following: 1 | 3-4 | |
| NETWORKS IN COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY | ||
| PHYLOGENETICS | ||
| POPULATION BIOLOGY | ||
| ADVANCED PLANT ECOLOGY | ||
| INTRODUCTORY POPULATION DYNAMICS | ||
| POPULATION DYNAMICS FOR CONSERVATION | ||
| Physical Environmental Science | ||
| Select one course from the following: 1 | 3-4 | |
| +*CLIMATE SCIENCE | ||
| +*SOIL SCIENCE | ||
| SOIL SCIENCE and +*SOIL SCIENCE LABORATORY FOR SOIL 205 | ||
| +*ENVIRONMENTAL EARTH SCIENCES | ||
| +*EARTH SYSTEMS SCIENCE | ||
| +*OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| COASTAL OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY | ||
| Environmental Informatics | ||
| Select two courses from the following: 1 | 7-8 | |
| PRECISION AGRICULTURE | ||
| GIS AND FOREST ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS | ||
| FOREST REMOTE SENSING AND PHOTOGRAMMETRY | ||
| +*FOUNDATIONS OF GEOSPATIAL SCIENCE AND GIS | ||
| GISCIENCE I: GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND THEORY | ||
| REMOTE SENSING: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS | ||
| Tracks | ||
| Select one of the following tracks: | 9-15 | |
Track 1 - General Statistics (9-11 credits) | ||
Track 2 - Math Modeling or Advanced Statistics (14-15 credits) | ||
| Total Credits | 38-48 | |
Track 1
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Statistics | ||
| Select two courses from the following: | 6-7 | |
| METHODS OF DATA ANALYSIS | ||
| DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF PLANNED EXPERIMENTS | ||
| DATA VISUALIZATION | ||
| Select one additional course from Group A or B in Population, Community & Ecosystem Ecology | 3-4 | |
| Total Credits | 9-11 | |
Track 2
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Math Modeling or Advanced Statistics | ||
| MTH 254 & MTH 341 | VECTOR CALCULUS I and LINEAR ALGEBRA I | 7 |
| Select one set of courses from the following: | 7-8 | |
| APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS and INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL BIOLOGY | ||
| APPLIED DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS and MODELS AND METHODS OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS and INTRODUCTION TO MATHEMATICAL STATISTICS | ||
| Total Credits | 14-15 | |
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Baccalaureate Core course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in a catalog year up to 2024-2025
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Core Education course. Applies to general education requirements for undergraduate students in catalog year 2025-2026 and beyond
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Writing Intensive Curriculum (WIC) course
- 1
Other courses may be approved with advisor approval
Option Code: 917