<p>If when visiting the campus making a little time to visit the field Museum of Natural History is well worth the effort.</p>
<p>Thanks for that link. I'm really interested in studying evolutionary biology and the like, and even though I know a lot about UChicago, I didn't know about the strength of the Ecology & Evolution Grad program. Even though they don't offer an undergrad major in the subject, there's probably a lot of leaders in the field around if I wanted to do research. I wish I'd been able to visit the museum when I visited.</p>
<p>Though they do not have a separate concentration in Ecology & Evolution U of C does have a specialization within the Biological Sciences concentration in that area:</p>
<p>"Specialization in Ecology and Evolution. Biological sciences majors who complete the course work indicated below and meet the requirements of the senior honors paper will be recognized as having completed a specialization in ecology and evolution. This specialization is recommended for students who are interested in pursuing graduate work in the field or in laboratory sciences of ecology, evolution, population genetics, or behavior. Based on the student's particular interest, he or she will elect a faculty adviser, who then may recommend specific courses necessary to meet the specialization requirements (see following section). The faculty adviser may also help the student find an appropriate research laboratory in which to conduct an individual research project." </p>
<p>U of C actually has a separate committee on Evolutionary Biology, which from what I understand has it ranked (for what that is worth) #1 in the country in EB.</p>
<p><a href="http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ceb/%5B/url%5D">http://pondside.uchicago.edu/ceb/</a></p>
<p>Cool! Thanks. Yet another reason to love UChicago. They just keep adding up.</p>