First of all, it is explained from the concept, branches and research methods of ecology. Ecology is the study of living things, that is, the study of the relationship between living things and their location; The branches of disciplines mainly include individual ecology (studying the life history of an individual organism or a species and its response to the environment), population ecology (studying the abundance, distribution, productivity or dynamics of a single species population), community ecology (qualitative or quantitative analysis of some aspects of natural collections formed by different species) and ecosystem ecology (also studying biological communities and their abiotic environments); In terms of research methods, the main methods are: field observation and positioning station method, experiment method, mathematical model method and quantitative analysis method. The above shows that ecology is actually a huge discipline.
As a daily study course for ecology majors, it is still quite complicated. The main compulsory courses are not only English, thinking, etc., but also specialized compulsory courses include calculus, linear algebra, probability theory, inorganic, organic, basic biochemistry, physics, botany, programming language, general biology, basic microbiology, genetics, introduction to environmental science, general ecology, ecological research methods, environmental pedology, basic meteorology, biostatistics and field experiments, urban ecology, pollution ecology. Geographic information system, climate change and ecological environment, ecotoxicology, population ecology, landscape ecology, biodiversity and protection, community ecology, molecular ecology and other courses.
And the postgraduate courses will be different. After all, graduate students have specific research directions and different learning contents.