{"id":392,"date":"2023-01-03T12:31:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T17:31:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels-draft\/?page_id=392"},"modified":"2023-01-24T15:08:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T20:08:33","slug":"ees-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/ecology-and-ecosystem-sciences\/ees-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Biological and Environmental Sciences<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ecology and Ecosystem Sciences<\/h2>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-menu-wrapper\"><nav id=\"\" class=\"cl-menu  \" data-name=\"EES\" data-show-title=\"0\"><ul id=\"menu-ees\" class=\"cl-menu-list cl-menu-list-no-js\"><li id=\"menu-item-360\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-360\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/ecology-and-ecosystem-sciences\/\">Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-402\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-402\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/ecology-and-ecosystem-sciences\/ees-curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-358\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-358\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/ecology-and-ecosystem-sciences\/ees-research\/\">Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li id=\"menu-item-359\" class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-359\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/ecology-and-ecosystem-sciences\/ees-affiliated-faculty\/\">Affiliated Faculty<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/nav><\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"button-list\" style=\"width: 300px;float: right;margin-left: 40px\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/ecology-and-ecosystem-sciences\/ees-curriculum\/courses\/\" title=\"\">Course list<\/a>\n<a class=\"cl-button  \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/ecology-and-ecosystem-sciences\/ees-curriculum\/ph-d-qualifying-exam\/\" title=\"\">Ph.D. Qualifying Exam<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ecology and Ecosystems (EES) group brings together faculty and graduate students to solve problems at&nbsp;the forefront of ecology and ecosystem science. We define ecology broadly; our research interests cover the&nbsp;spectrum of biological organization from microbes to ecosystems, and take us to terrestrial and aquatic habitats&nbsp;worldwide. Our work is an exciting mix of basic research on natural systems, coupled with work designed to&nbsp;inform social policy, resource management, and conservation practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Core courses:<\/strong>&nbsp;All students are strongly recommended to take the following 5 credits of coursework plus 4 credits of seminars (the student will consult with their graduate committee to determine the additional 9+ credits of coursework \u2013 see table below for details):<br><strong>BES 550:<\/strong>&nbsp;Advanced Ecology (4 credits, taken in the fall of the first year). Introduction to ecological principles and processes with an emphasis on theory and methods.<br><strong>BES 500:<\/strong>&nbsp;Advanced Scientific Ethics (1 credit, taken in the fall of the first year). This course focuses on the ethics of scientific research. Students are encouraged to also consider taking the companion course (BES 501,&nbsp;Advanced Scientific Communication, 2 credits)<br><strong>BES 600:<\/strong>&nbsp;Graduate Seminar in BES (1 credit, taken twice; spring semester only). Graduate students provide&nbsp;one talk on their proposed research in the early phase of their careers and one talk on their research results in a&nbsp;later phase. This seminar is designed to create an active student body knowledgeable about their peer\u2019s&nbsp;research, and foster collegiality among the student body and mentoring of younger grads by senior grads and&nbsp;faculty. Students must take this twice for credit (i.e. two presentations are required), but students are required&nbsp;to attend the seminar each semester when in residence at URI.<br><strong>BES 581 &amp; 582: BES Colloquium<\/strong>, (1 credit, taken twice). All BES faculty and graduate students participate&nbsp;and take turns hosting the seminar.<br><strong>Summary of proposed credit structure:<\/strong>&nbsp;All students are expected to take at least 5 credits of core courses, 2&nbsp;credits of Grad seminar, and 2 credits of BES seminar, for a total of 9 credits. For MSc and PhD students this&nbsp;leaves 9+ credits for other courses.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_499\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_0\" data-footable_id=\"499\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"BES Curriculum 1 - Sheet1.csv\"            id=\"footable_499\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_2371383503_499\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_499 ninja_table_unique_id_2371383503_499 ui table  nt_type_ajax_table selectable striped vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_3 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_4 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p>*MSc students are required to take 6-9 research credits; the remaining credits can be taken as Special Problems course(s) or additional coursework. Note that current URI Graduate School policy (Section 7.44.1 of Graduate Manual) states that MSc students can take a maximum of 9 thesis research (599) credits, whereas for PhD students there is no maximum number of the thesis research (699) credits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>**Coursework for PhD students is decided in close consultation with the student\u2019s PhD committee and with careful consideration of past coursework completed and the student\u2019s career goals. PhD students with a MSc degree can transfer 30 credits from their MSc program and thus must complete at least 42 credits at URI. PhD students without a MSc degree may be allowed to transfer up to 20% of credits (e.g., 15 credits for a 72 credit program) from another institution but restrictions apply (see Section 7.50-54 of Graduate Manual for details). The required 18 course credits is pertinent to all BES PhD students and can be satisfied by transfer course credits with approval of the student\u2019s PhD committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***Note: Graduate Certificate in GIS and Remote Sensing (15 credits) is available for EES students. GIS and remote&nbsp;sensing classes can be used to concurrently fulfill the course requirements for a certificate and the MS\/PhD degree.<\/p>\n\n\n<div id=\"footable_parent_712\"\n         class=\" footable_parent ninja_table_wrapper loading_ninja_table wp_table_data_press_parent semantic_ui \">\n                <table data-ninja_table_instance=\"ninja_table_instance_1\" data-footable_id=\"712\" data-filter-delay=\"1000\" aria-label=\"2-2-ees_AdvisingGuidelines_Table2-2022-12-30.csv-2023-01-13.csv\"            id=\"footable_712\"\n           data-unique_identifier=\"ninja_table_unique_id_3391877510_712\"\n           class=\" foo-table ninja_footable foo_table_712 ninja_table_unique_id_3391877510_712 ui table  nt_type_ajax_table selectable striped vertical_centered  footable-paging-right ninja_table_search_disabled ninja_table_pro\">\n                <colgroup>\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_0 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_1 \">\n                            <col class=\"ninja_column_2 \">\n                    <\/colgroup>\n            <\/table>\n    \n    \n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button block-level \" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2130\/EES-advising-guidelines-2018.pdf\" title=\"\">Curriculum Guidelines PDF<\/a>\n\n\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"uri-people-tool cl-tiles halves\"><div class=\"peopleitem h-card \">\n\t<header>\n\t\t<div class=\"header\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"p-name\"><a href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/nrs\/meet\/scott-r-mcwilliams\/\">Scott R. McWilliams<\/a><\/h3>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/header>\n\t<div class=\"inside\">\n\n\t\t<p class=\"people-title p-job-title\">EES Specialization Group Coordinator, Professor<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-department\">Department of Natural Resources Science<\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"people-misc\"><span class=\"p-tel\">401.874.7531<\/span> <br> <a class=\"u-email\" href=\"mailto:srmcwilliams@uri.edu\">srmcwilliams@uri.edu<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/cels\/academics\/bes\/\" title=\"\">BES MAIN<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Curriculum The Ecology and Ecosystems (EES) group brings together faculty and graduate students to solve problems at&nbsp;the forefront of ecology and ecosystem science. 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