[Taxacom] MSc taxonomy (floristics)

[John Grehan]

For many years Ke Chung Kim and Jay Stauffer ran a graduate general
systematics course at Penn State - at least to around 2002. Perhaps this
was discontinued.

John Grehan


> -----Original Message-----
> From: taxacom-bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu [mailto:taxacom-
> bounces at mailman.nhm.ku.edu] On Behalf Of kevin zelnio
> Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 3:27 PM
> To: taxacom
> Subject: Re: [Taxacom] MSc taxonomy (floristics)
> 
> I did my undergraduate degree in Evolution and Ecology at UC-Davis
where I
> enjoyed a great course in Principle of Systematics taught by Art
Shapiro
> my
> last semester there in 2004. There were about 20 students. EVE also
> offered
> a fantastic Invertebrate Zoology course taught by Rick Grosberg and a
> Field
> Herpetology taught by Brad Shaffer. The Wildlife, Fisheries and
> Conservation
> Biology Dept. offered Ichthyology, Ornithology and Mammology as well.
> Entomology and Nematology were also offered regularly. All organismal
> biology courses have a stong systematics component.
> 
> On the other hand, there is a distinct lack of taxonomy and
systematics at
> Penn State where I did my Masters work. The closest thing might be a
> course
> in Molecular Evolution where phylogenetics and tree-building was a 1/4
of
> the class time.
> 
> Best Regards, Kevin
> 
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