The EEB Program
The Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB) interdepartmental graduate
major was created following a growing realization in the 1980s that, although
the fields of ecology and evolutionary biology were in general well-represented
at ISU, there was little recognition of this group either within or outside
the university due to the dispersion of faculty among many departments.
In combination with public recognition of increasing environmental and
ecological problems both within Iowa and world-wide, there was a pressing
need for greater visibility and more effective interaction among EEB faculty
at ISU. Thus, several faculty, from various departments, undertook the
organization of the EEB major, which was approved by the Iowa Board of
Regents in February 1989.
The primary objectives of the EEB program are to
- Solidify relationships among ecologists and evolutionary biologists on the ISU faculty,
- Provide greater internal and external visibility of EEB at ISU, and
- Increase effectiveness in recruiting and training graduate students.
Cooperating Departments
Students majoring in EEB choose a major professor from among the EEB graduate faculty. For administrative purposes, the student's "home" department is determined by the departmental affiliation of her/his major professor.
The following departments participate in the EEB major and serve as the administrative "home" departments for EEB students.
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