Students must be enrolled full time and complete a minimum of 36 units (nine courses) of graduate (200 or 500 series) or upper division (100 series) coursework for the master's degree. Within this overall requirement, students must complete 20 units (five courses) at the graduate level for a letter grade. Of these five required graduate courses, four must be in the 200 series and one may be in the 200 or 500 series. Students must take the following courses during their first year: (1) two from Ecology and Evolutionary Biology M200A, 200B, and 200C; (2) Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 250. Students also must complete an advanced course (100 or 200 series) in statistics, biomathematics, or bioinformatics. Other specific course requirements are established individually for each student by the guidance committee.