The Center for Quantitative Science (CQS) offers unique, interdisciplinary opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students interested in applying quantitative methods to biological and ecological issues.
Learn moreThe Quantitative Ecology & Resource Management (QERM) program is a unique interdisciplinary graduate program designed for students interested in applying quantitative tools to ecological and resource management issues. Students receive intensive training in the application of statistical, mathematical, and decision sciences to terrestrial and aquatic ecology, natural resource management, biometrics, and mathematical biology.
Minor
The Center for Quantitative Science offers a minor for undergraduate students who are interested in applications of statistical and mathematical tools to problems in ecology, biology, renewable resource management, and the environment.
Minor Requirements
Courses and Electives
The Q SCI courses are a series of math and statistics classes designed for students in biology or ecology-related sciences.
Course information
We are excited to announce that three new QERMies joined the graduate program this fall! We welcome Jeff Miles, Zoe Rand, and Emily Sellinger into our community.
Jeff Miles comes to us from Cornell University where he received a BA in Statistical Science.
Connie Okasaki, QERM PhD student, is lead author of the paper “Collective navigation can facilitate passage through human-made barriers by homeward migrating Pacific salmon” recently published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Read more »Aaron Wirsing (Associate Professor, School of Environmental and Forest Sciences (SEFS) and QERM) was a collaborator on a study recently published in Nature titled, “Global status and conservation potential of reef sharks.” .
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