Courses

Strong mentoring is provided by an advisory committee of 3-4 faculty, who are assembled to match the student, and who work with the student to develop a customized curriculum, independent research plan, and professional development program. We also encourage and facilitate bottom-up learning opportunities, which includes courses, seminars, and working groups that are designed and led by graduate students.

All EEES students take two Foundations courses, two methods courses, participate in mentored teaching experiences, participate in a common weekly research colloquium, and participate in seminars and discussions with visiting scientists. Most students also take a few other electives from an evolving list of options, which can include short courses taught elsewhere. More on curriculum within EEES Guidelines for Ph.D. Program.

EEES 133. Foundations in Ecology (odd-numbered years)

EEES 135. Foundations in Ecosystems & Society (even-numbered years)

Note that these two courses together fulfill the College requirement to cover "Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research".  Students who are unable to complete both foundation courses will be required to take a course in ethics offered by a different program.

Two methods courses such as EEES 127-128, Theory and Practice of Statistics 1 & 2

EEES 169. Mentored Teaching Experience

EEES 266. Research Colloquium (EEES-Lunch) – during fall, winter and spring quarters

EEES seminars with invited speakers from outside Dartmouth

* indicates required EEES course

During each term (Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer), all graduate students should be enrolled for at least 3 credits. This can include 1-3 credits for Graduate Research * (EEES/BIOL 197, 198, and 199 correspond to 1, 2, or 3 research credits for students who have not yet passed their qualifying exam and proposal defense; EEES/BIOL 297, 298, 299 correspond to 1, 2, or 3 research credits for students who have advanced to candidacy).  Enrollment in at least 1 Graduate Research credit is required each term.

BIOL 266/EEES 266: Ecology & Evolution Research Colloquium (EEESLs)*
Instructors: Hicks Pries, Cottingham, Ayres in F, W, and S
Tues 12:15-1:05 (unless otherwise specified)
Enroll Fall, Winter, and Spring (Unless conducting research exclusively that term). In-person attendance is required.

BIOL 169/EEES 169: Supervised Teaching*
Instructors: Staff
Enroll whenever assigned to TA

BIOL 152/EEES 152: Student-Organized Seminar in Ecology & Evolution
Instructors: Staff
Available based on graduate student leadership

ANTH 12.26/GEOG 39.01: Environmental Justice, Greenleaf, Fall Winter 2026

ANTH 18: Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology, Carpenter-song, Fall 2025

ANTH 18: Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology, Novacich, Spring 2026

ANTH 20: Primate Evolution and Ecology, Finkel, Winter 2026

ANTH 27: Economic Anthropology in a Changing World, Greenleaf, Winter 2026

ANTH 50.03: Digital Archaeology, Casana, Winter 2026

ANTH 50.05: Environmental Archaeology, McLeester, Spring 2026

ANTH 73: Main Currents in Anthropology, Greenleaf Spring 2026

BIOL 15: Genetic Variation and Evolution, McPeek, Winter 2026

BIOL 55, 56, 57: Ecological Research in the Tropics (BIOL FSP), Winter 2026

BIOL 276: Quantitative Ecology & Evolution Seminar, Fall/Winter/Spring terms

ENVS 31: Forest Ecology and Management, Tumber-Dávila, Fall 2025

ENVS 55: Ecological Economics, Howarth, Spring 2026

ENVS 60: Environmental Law, Jones, Fall 2025

ENVS 80.17: Advanced Topics in Environmental Economics, Howarth, Winter 2026

GEOG 9.01: Geographical Information Systems, Shi, Fall 2025

GEOG 11: Qualitative Methods, Smith, Winter 2026

GEOG 12.01: Research Design, Neely, Fall 2025

GEOG 77/EARS 77/EARS 177: Environmental Application of GIS, Chipman, Winter 2026

EARS 203: Scientific Writing in Earth and Planetary Sciences, Spring 2026