Course Descriptions

Descriptions of All UMBS Courses

Click the a course title below to read more about it including its prerequisites, description, requirements it satisfies, who teaches it and when it is offered.   

2013 Application for Courses and Financial Assistance

Spring I (4 weeks, May 19 - June 15, 2013)
Biology of Birds - EEB 330
General Ecology - EEB 381 
Ethnobotany - EEB 455 

Spring II (2 weeks, June 2-16, 2013)
Field Methods in Great Lakes Oceanography - EEB 401/NRE 501

Summer (8 weeks, June 22 - August 17, 2013)
Rivers, Lakes & Wetlands - EEB 320 / ENVIRON 311 (M/Th)
Environmental Writing & Great Lakes Literature - ENG 329 / ENVIRON 329 (T/F)
Forest Ecosystems - EEB 348 / ENVIRON 348 (W/S)
General Ecology - EEB 381 (M/Th; W/S)
Natural History & Evolution - EEB 390 (T/F)
Great Lakes Coastal Wetlands - EEB 405 (W/S)
Intro to Urban & Environmental Planning: Planning Northern Michigan - UP 423 / ARCH 423 / ENVIRON 370 (M/Th)
Biology of Insects - EEB 442 (T/F)
Limnology: Freshwater Ecology - BIO 482 (W/S)
Biology and Ecology of Fishes - EEB 486 (T/F)
Behavioral Ecology - EEB 492 (M/Th)

Field Botany of Northern Michigan - EEB 556 (M/Th)

Research & Advanced Studies: EEB 400 and EEB 700 +

The courses listed below require permission of the instructor. Students make arrangements with a mentor related to their research project before the term begins.

EEB 400 - Advanced Research in Biology (1–3 credits)

EEB 700 - Advanced Studies in Biology (1–3 credits)