The Department of Integrative Biology courses are listed under Zoology.
To view the updated Zoology course descriptions, visit the UW Madison Zoology Course Guide
Sample Course Syllabi
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100 level Courses
- ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 101 — ANIMAL BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY 102 — ANIMAL BIOLOGY LABORATORY (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 151 — INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY (5 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BIOLOGY/BOTANY 152 — INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY (5 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 153 — INTRODUCTORY BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/PL PATH 154 — TINY EARTH: ANTIBIOTIC DISCOVERY RESEARCH (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 199 — DIRECTED STUDY (1-3 credits)
200 level courses
- ZOOLOGY 200 — TOPICS IN BIOLOGY (1-3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/ENVIR ST 260 — INTRODUCTORY ECOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 275 — BIOLOGY OF THE DINOSAURS (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 299 — DIRECTED STUDIES IN ZOOLOGY (1-3 credits)
300 level courses
- ZOOLOGY 300 — INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 301 — INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION LAB (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENTOM 302 — INTRODUCTION TO ENTOMOLOGY (4 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 303 — AQUATIC INVERTEBRATE BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 304 — MARINE BIOLOGY (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENVIR ST 315 — LIMNOLOGY-CONSERVATION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 316 — LABORATORY FOR LIMNOLOGY-CONSERVATION OF AQUATIC RESOURCES (2-3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 320 — FIELD MARINE BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/F&W ECOL 335 — HUMAN/ANIMAL RELATIONSHIPS: BIOLOGICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL ISSUES (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENTOM/M M & I/PATH-BIO 350 — PARASITOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL 360 — EXTINCTION OF SPECIES (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 370 — GENERAL MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENTOM 371 — MEDICAL ENTOMOLOGY (3 credits)
400 level courses
- ZOOLOGY 400 — TOPICS IN BIOLOGY (1-3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 405 — INTRODUCTION TO MUSEUM STUDIES IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES (2-3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ANTHRO/BOTANY 410 — EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 415 — GENETICS OF HUMAN HISTORY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 425 — BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 430 — COMPARATIVE ANATOMY OF VERTEBRATES (5 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY 450 — MIDWESTERN ECOLOGICAL ISSUES: A CASE STUDY APPROACH (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/F&W ECOL 460 — GENERAL ECOLOGY (4 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 470 — INTRODUCTION TO ANIMAL DEVELOPMENT (3 credit)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/ENTOM 473 — PLANT-INSECT INTERACTIONS (3 credits)
500 level courses
- ZOOLOGY 500 — UNDERGRADUATE NEUROBIOLOGY SEMINAR (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY 504 — MODELING ANIMAL LANDSCAPES (3-5 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENVIR ST 510 — ECOLOGY OF FISHES (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENVIR ST 511 — ECOLOGY OF FISHES LAB (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/AN SCI/F&W ECOL 520 — ORNITHOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/AN SCI/F&W ECOL 521 — BIRDS OF SOUTHERN WISCONSIN (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/PSYCH 523 — NEUROBIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 525 — TROPICAL HERPETOLOGY (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY/ENTOM 540 — THEORETICAL ECOLOGY ( 3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/GEOSCI 541 — PALEOBIOLOGY ( 3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/GEOSCI 542 — INVERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 555 — LABORATORY IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/F&W ECOL/LAND ARC 565 — PRINCIPLES OF LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY ( 2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 570 — CELL BIOLOGY (3 credits)
600 level courses
- ZOOLOGY 603 — ENDOCRINOLOGY (3-4 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 604 — COMPUTER-BASED GENE AND DISEASE/DISORDER RESEARCH LAB (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 611 — COMPARATIVE AND EVOLUTIONARY PHYSIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 612 — COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY LABORATORY (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/NEURODPT 616 — LAB COURSE IN NEUROBIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR (4 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ANTHRO/NTP/PSYCH 619 — BIOLOGY OF MIND (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/NTP 620 — NEUROETHOLOGY SEMINAR (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/ENTOM/GENETICS 624 — MOLECULAR ECOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 625 — DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL 651 — CONSERVATION BIOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 655 — MODELING NEURODEVELOPMENTAL DISEASE (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/F&W ECOL 660 — CLIMATE CHANGE ECOLOGY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/F&W ECOL 672 — HISTORICAL ECOLOGY (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/NEURODPT/PSYCH 674 — BEHAVIORAL NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY SEMINAR (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 677 — INTERNSHIP IN ECOLOGY (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 681 — SENIOR HONORS THESIS (1-6 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 682 — SENIOR HONORS THESIS (1-4 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 691 — SENIOR THESIS (1-6 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 692 — SENIOR THESIS (1-4 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 698 — DIRECTED STUDY (1-6 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 699 — DIRECTED STUDIES IN ZOOLOGY (1-6 credits)
700 level courses
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY 725 — ECOSYSTEM CONCEPTS (3 credits
- ZOOLOGY/ATM OCN/ENVIR ST/GEOSCI 750 — PROBLEMS IN OCEANOGRAPHY (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/NEURODPT/NTP 765 — DEVELOPMENTAL NEUROSCIENCE (3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 799 — INDEPENDENT STUDY (1-6 credits)
800 level courses
- ZOOLOGY 800 — ADVANCED TOPICS IN THE BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES (1-3 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/ENTOM/GENETICS 820 — FOUNDATIONS OF EVOLUTION (2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/BOTANY/F&W ECOL 879 — ADVANCED LANDSCAPE ECOLOGY (3 credits)
900 level courses
- ZOOLOGY/ATM OCN/BOTANY/CIV ENGR/ENVIR ST/GEOSCI 911 — LIMNOLOGY AND MARINE SCIENCE SEMINAR (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY/AGRONOMY/ATM OCN/BOTANY/ENTOM/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL/GEOG 953 — INTRODUCTION TO ECOLOGY RESEARCH AT UW-MADISON (1-2 credits)
- ZOOLOGY/AN SCI/OBS&GYN 954 — SEMINAR IN ENDOCRINOLOGY-REPRODUCTIVE PHYSIOLOGY (0-1 credits)
- ZOOLOGY 955 — SEMINAR-LIMNOLOGY (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY 956 — SEMINAR-ECOLOGY (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY 957 — SEMINAR-EVOLUTION (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY 958 — SEMINAR-BIOPHYSICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL ECOLOGY (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY 960 — SEMINAR IN CELLULAR BIOLOGY (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY 962 — SEMINAR-ETHOLOGY (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY/ATM OCN/BOTANY/ENVIR ST/F&W ECOL/GEOG/GEOSCI 980 — EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE SEMINAR (1 credit)
- ZOOLOGY 990 — RESEARCH (1-9 credits)
Fall Courses 2024
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