Major Overview for Ecology

Colleges Browse California Majors Biological and biomedical sciences Ecology

Overview for Ecology A program that focuses on the scientific study of the relationships and interactions of small-scale biological systems, such as organisms, to each other, to complex and whole systems, and to the physical and other non-biological aspects of their environments. Includes instruction in biogeochemistry; landscape and/or marine/aquatic dynamics; decomposition; global and regional elemental budgets; biotic and abiotic regulation of nutrient cycles; ecophysiology; ecosystem resilience, disturbance, and succession; community and habitat dynamics; organismal interactions (co-evolution, competition, predation); paleoecology, and evolutionary ecology. Careers for Ecology Majors A major in Ecology is highly relevant for the following careers. National averages for wages in each career is provided. Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary - $83,270 Biological Scientists, All Other Biologists Life Scientists, All Other Natural Sciences Managers - $123,140 Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists - $58,820

Top 4 California Colleges with the highest percentage of Ecology among the 2007-2008 graduating class.

Add	Info	College Name	Degrees Awarded/ Percentage	Selectivity	Tuition
		University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA	53 (1.5%)		-
		California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	20 (0.6%)
		University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	23 (0.4%)
	Free College Scholarship's $10,000 Drawing Next Deadline: February 20
		University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	17 (0.2%)
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Degrees awarded represents the number of bachelor's degrees awarded among the 2007-2008 graduating class.