EE BIOL 161Plant Ecology
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Introduction to ecology of terrestrial plants, covering individuals, populations, communities, and global processes. Topics include plant form and function, seed dormancy and population dynamics, life histories, disturbance and succession, community structure and dynamics, and global change.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisite: Life Sciences 1 or 7B.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
needs reviewconfidence 0.90 · from text- · "LIFESCI 1" is not in this catalog version
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EE BIOL 161
- LIFESCI 7BGenetics, Evolution, and Ecology
- LIFESCI 7ACell and Molecular Biology
1 direct requisite. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
EE BIOL 161
- EE BIOL 161LPlant Ecology Laboratory
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.