About the Program
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Students gain advanced knowledge of population growth; structure and dynamics; population interactions; community ecology; food webs; biogeography; behavioral and physiological ecology; life history strategies; systematics; evolution; population and quantitative genetics; and genomics. Students graduate with the qualitative and quantitative skills necessary for professional research and teaching in ecology, evolution, population genetics and systematics.
Degree Type
Interdisciplinary Graduate Group
Degrees Offered
M.S. Plan I
M.S. Plan II
Ph.D. Plan B
M.S. Plan II
Ph.D. Plan B
Lead Dean
College of Biological Sciences
Administrative ByLaws
Major Code
GPOP
Admissions and Fellowship Information
Admission Requirements
Admission Deadlines
General: Dec 1, 2021
Internal Fellowship Deadlines
Prospective Student Fellowship: Dec 1, 2021
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2022
Continuing Student Fellowship: Jan 15, 2022
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Program Contact Information
Primary Program Contacts
Graduate Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Sherri Mann
(530) 752-1274 | smmann@ucdavis.edu
Graduate Program Chair
Graduate Group Chair
Brian Moore
(530) 752-7104 | brianmoore@ucdavis.edu
Additional Contacts
Graduate Studies Contacts
Internal Fellowship Analyst
Heidi West
(530) 754-9473 | hewest@ucdavis.edu