Classes
Faculty Curators and Affiliated Faculty in the MVZ hold positions in the departments of Integrative Biology and ESPM, where they offer a variety of classes and seminars in vertebrate biology, evolution, and conservation. Students are exposed to key biological concepts and are taught to look at the natural world with a scientific mind. In the classroom, students evaluate scientific journal articles, discuss ideas and experimental design, and learn critical thinking.
Many of these classes have labs, which use the extensive MVZ collections to train students in animal diversity, identification, comparative morphology and museum-based research. A number of classes also have field trips requirements, which provide students with experience in animal observation and field methods. Field trips may include visits to the East Bay Regional Park and UC Natural Reserve systems, spanning a variety of distinct habitat types that support a diverse vertebrate fauna.
Be sure to check the Berkeley General Catalog for up-to-date class listings and availability.
List of Classes
| Name of Course | Course Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| BIOENG 99 | Supervised Independent Study and Research | 6 |
| BIOLOGY 1B | General Biology Lecture and Laboratory | 4 |
| CMPBIO 293 | Doctoral Seminar in Conservation Biology | 2 |
| ESPM C103 IB C156 | Principles of Conservation Biology | 3-4 |
| ESPM C126 IB C144 | Animal Behavior | 4 |
| ESPM C204 IB C204 | Research Reviews in Animal Behavior: Behavior Review | 1 |
| ESPM 137 | Landscape Ecology | 3 |
| ESPM 139 | The Environment and the Self: an Eco Practicum 2 | 2 |
| ESPM 198BC | Berkeley Connect | 1 |
| ESPM 114 | Wildlife Ecology | 3 |
| ESPM 281 | Seminar in Wildlife Biology and Management | 2 |
| ESPM 290 | Special Topics in Environmental Science, Policy, and Management | 1-4 |
| IB 24 | Freshman Seminars: Night (and Day) in the Museum: What Really Goes on in Berkeley’s Museum of Vertebrate Zoology? | 1 |
| IB 104 | Natural History of the Vertebrates | 3 |
| IB 104L | Vertebrate Natural History Laboratory | 2 |
| IB 130 | Evolutionary and Functional Vertebrate Morphology | 4 |
| IB 130L | Laboratory in Evolutionary and Functional Vertebrate Morphology | 2 |
| IB 134 | Practical Genomics | 4 |
| IB 137 | Human Endocrinology | 4 |
| IB 146 | Behavior Ecology | 3 |
| IB 149 | Molecular Approaches to Behavior and Ecology | 3 |
| IB 160 | Evolution | 4 |
| IB 166 | Evolutionary Biogeography | 4 |
| IB 173 | Mammalogy | 2 |
| IB 173L | Mammalogy Laboratory | 3 |
| IB 174 | Ornithology | 2 |
| IB 174L | Ornithology Laboratory | 2 |
| IB 175 | Herpetology | 2 |
| IB175LF | Herpetology Laboratory | 4 |
| IB 177 | Ichthyology | 4 |
| IB 198 | General Comparison and Diversity in Vertebrate Anatomy | 1 |
| IB 222 | Seminar in Physiological Energetics and Biomechanics | 2 |
| IB 232 | Seminar in Biomechanics | 2 |
| IB 234 | Seminar on Biology of Amphibians and Reptiles | 1 |
| IB 250 | Seminar in Ecology | 2 |
| IB 264 | Seminar in Evolutionary Biology of the Vertebrates | 1 |
| IB 265 | Advanced Studies in Hominid Paleobiology | 2 |
| IB 290 | Research Seminar: Topics in Phylogenetic | 1-2 |
| IB 291 | Museum and Field Techniques in Vertebrate Natural History | 1 |
| MCB 104 | Genetics, Genomics, and Cell Biology | 4 |
| MCB 149 | The Human Genome | 3 |
| MCB 249 | Research Review in Genetics and Development: Genome Sequences | 2 |
| MCB 288 | Data Science for Molecular and Cell Biology | 2 |
| STAT 88 | Probability and Mathematical Statistics in Data Science | 3 |