Here are four possible areas in which students can create their own focused mini-curricula within the IB/OEB requirements. We encourage students to follow their interests in creating their own pathways within IB/OEB.
IB Pathways
- Plant Sciences
- Marine Biology & Biological Oceanography
- Mathematical and Computational Biology
- Vertebrate Anatomy & Physiology
PLANT SCIENCES:
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Courses for Non- and Pre-Concentrators
- OEB 10: Foundations of Biological Diversity (Fall)
- Freshman Seminar 21w Research at the Harvard Forest: Global Change Ecology - Forests, Ecosystem Function, the Future (Spring)
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Introductory Courses in Plant Biology
- OEB 52 Biology of Plants (Spring)
- OEB 59 Plants and Human Affairs (Spring)
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100-level Courses in Plant Biology
- OEB 103 Plant Systematics and Evolution (Spring)
- OEB 106 Plant Development and Differentiation (Fall)
- OEB 120 Plants and Climate (Fall)
- OEB 168r Sociobotany; Life Cycles of Plants (Spring)
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Related Courses
- OEB 55 Ecology: Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems (Spring)
- OEB 157 Global Change Biology (Spring)
- OEB 173 Comparative Biomechanics (Spring)
- OEB 218 Ecosystem Restoration (Spring)
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200-level Seminar Courses
- OEB 212r Advanced Topics in Plant Physiology (Fall)
- OEB 268r Topics in Plant Developmental Genetics (Fall)
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Research Courses
- OEB 91r Supervised Reading
- OEB 99r Supervised Research
MARINE BIOLOGY & BIOLOGICAL OCEANOGRAPHY:
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OEB courses with a strong marine component.
- OEB 51 Biology and Evolution of Invertebrate Animals (Spring)
- OEB 60 Marine Biology (Spring)
- OEB 119 Deep Sea Biology (Fall)
- OEB 130 Patterns and Processes in Fish Diversity (Spring)
- OEB 157 Global Change Biology (Spring)
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OEB courses with some focus on marine organisms
- OEB 177 Microbial Symbioses and Microbiomes (Spring)
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Related courses offered by other departments
- EPS 50: The Fluid Earth: Oceans, Atmosphere, Climate and Environment (Fall)
- EPS 53: Marine Geochemistry (Fall)
- EPS 131 Introduction to Physical Oceanography and Climate (Spring)
- EPS 261 Sea Level Change (Spring)
MATHEMATICAL AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY:
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Foundation Courses
- OEB 53 Evolutionary Biology (Fall '21; usually Spring)
- OEB 55 Ecology: Populations, Communities, and Ecosystems (Spring)
- Mathematics 21a,b (Fall, Spring)
- Applied Math 101 Statistical Inference for Scientists and Engineers (Fall)
- Statistics 110, 111 (Fall, Spring)
- Applied Math 10 Computing with Python for Scientists and Engineers (Fall)
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Advanced Courses
- OEB 242 Population Genetics (Spring)
- OEB 125 Molecular Ecology & Evolution (Fall)
- OEB 181 Systematics (Fall)
- OEB 230 Comparative Genomics (Fall)
- Applied Mathematics 115 Mathematical Modeling (Fall, Spring)
- Mathematics 242 Mathematical Biology - Evolutionary Dynamics (Fall)
- MCB 111 Mathematics in Biology (Fall)
- MCB 112 Biological Data Analysis (Fall)
- Statistics 115 Introduction to Computational Biology and Bioinformatics (Spring)
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Graduate Courses
- OEB 253r Evolutionary Genetics Seminar (Spring)
VERTEBRATE ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY:
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Introductory Courses
- LS 2 Evolutionary Human Physiology and Anatomy (Fall)
- OEB 58 To Build an Animal (Fall)
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Mid-level and Advanced Courses
- OEB 126 Vertebrate Evolution (Spring)
- OEB 130 Biology of Fishes (Spring)
- OEB 167 Herpetology (Spring)
- OEB 173 Comparative Biomechanics (Spring)
- OEB 190 Biology and Diversity of Birds (Spring)
- OEB 191 Physiological and Biochemical Adaptation (Spring)
- OEB 207 The Fishy Aspects of the Human Body
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Graduate Courses
- OEB 307 Biomechanics, Physiology and Musculoskeletal Biology
- OEB 320 Biomechanics and Evolution of Vertebrates
- OEB 323 Advanced Vertebrate Anatomy
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Relevant Courses in Human Evolutionary Biology
- HEB 1310 Hormones and Behavior (Fall)
- HEB 1420 Human Evolutionary Anatomy (Spring)
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Relevant Courses in Engineering Sciences
- ES 53 Quantitative Physiology as a Basis for Bioengineering (Fall)
- ES 123 Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Transport Processes (Spring)