EE BIOL 185Evolutionary Medicine
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology · 4 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Not open for credit to students with credit for course 120. Designed for departmental majors specializing in environmental and population biology and in medicine. Introduction to mechanics and processes of evolution, with emphasis on natural selection, population genetics, speciation, evolutionary rates, and patterns of adaptation. Coverage of fundamental principles of evolution, with special focus on medicine and human health.
P/NP or letter grading.
When it runs
- Spring 2026
- Fall 2026
- Winter 2027
- 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 185
- 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 185
- EE BIOL 184Evolution, Development, and Disease
1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.