undergraduate majors in systematics/phylogenetics

[Shen-Horn Yen]

Hi Chris

In Taiwan, several university departments have recently restructured the
course programmes for the undergraduates.

As far as I can think of:
Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University: undergradutes can
choose to join the "systematics and ecology" programme from the 2nd year.
Department of Entomology, National Chung-Hsing University: same above

Those students may say they're major in systematics & ecology, but they
receive a degree in biology (and etc.)

regards

Shen-Horn Yen

Dr. YEN, Shen-Horn
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
National Sun Yat-Sen University
Kaohsiung 804, TAIWAN
E-mail: shenhornyen at hotmail.com or shenhornyen at mail.nsysu.edu.tw
Webpage: http://www2.nsysu.edu.tw/biology/shenhornyen_e.htm
Tel: +886 (07) 5252000 ext 3612; +886 (07) 5256392

New courses in 2006 (Feb-Jun):
(1) Introduction to evolutionary ecology,
(2) Mechanisms and evolution of organism communication,
(3) Research methods in biological sciences

----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher J. Marshall" <marshach at SCIENCE.OREGONSTATE.EDU>
To: <TAXACOM at LISTSERV.NHM.KU.EDU>
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 8:30 AM
Subject: [TAXACOM] undergraduate majors in systematics/phylogenetics


> Dear group,
>
> I'm posting this question to the community to learn of
> colleges/universities
> that have an official undergraduate major in 'Systematics' or
> 'Phylogenetics'.
> I realize that many institutions offer courses in these fields.  However,
> it's
> my understanding that in most cases, students at these institutions
> declare
> their actual major as 'biology', 'zoology', 'entomology', 'botany', etc.
>
> Are there any undergraduate programs that actually have 'systematics' as a
> major
> independent of the taxa being studied?  If so, I'm interested to learn how
> they
> have structured their programs.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> -Chris
>
> p.s.: People may respond to the group or me personally
>
> Christopher J. Marshall
> Oregon State Arthropod Collection
> Oregon State University
> Corvallis, OR, 97331
> (541) 737 4349
>