EE BIOL 167Natural History Collections in Biological Sciences
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Consideration of how natural history collections play vital role in research, learning, and engagement. Topics include history of museum collections; history of naming species; collection curation; collections-based research; decolonization and diversity, equity, accessibility, and inclusion practices; and education and outreach using museum collections. Students learn to curate collections and gain understanding of how collections are used for education, outreach, and research.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 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 7B.
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EE BIOL 167
- 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.
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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
EE BIOL 167
- EE BIOL 167LNatural History Collections in Biological Sciences 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.