Variant of CIP 2000 - NGS University-level Historical Groupings

• 6 - Biological, Biomedical and Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
• 61 - Biology and Biomedical Sciences

26.1306 - Population Biology

This instructional program class comprises any program that focuses on the scientific study of the natural history, life cycle behaviour, and ecosystem dynamics of single species and multi-species communities, and the patterns and causes of diversity within and among such populations. These programs include courses in biostatistics, population dynamics, population and quantitative genetics, RNA and DNA sequences, genomics, evolutionary ecology, natural adaptation and hybridization, geographic differentiation, life history and life cycle studies, and animal and plant demography.

• Example Program Names:

  • Population biology

• Exclusion

  • Biology(26.0101)
  • Population studies(45.0501)
  • Public health (MPH, DPH)(51.2201)