Where is systematics taught? (2010)

Many universities (and other post-secondary educational institutions) offer science units in which students learn something about biodiversity, classification, evolutionary trees and other basics of systematics. However, only a few units focus on systematics and include in-depth or intensive training.

Below we list formal, tertiary-level course units in systematics (and closely related subjects) in Australia and New Zealand in 2010. The list is based on course descriptions from online handbooks and may be incomplete; if you know of other systematics units, please contact the compiler, mesibov (at) southcom . com . au

Australia

Australian National University
    Advanced genetics and bioinformatics (BIOL3157)  (webpage)
    Australian plant diversity (BIOL2122)  (webpage)
    Evolution of biodiversity (BIOL2154)  (webpage)

Charles Sturt University
Plant taxonomy and systematics (HRT202) (webpage)

Deakin University
Biogeography (SQB237) (webpage)

Edith Cowan University
Bioinformatics (SCI2191) (webpage)
Plant diversity (SCB2423) (webpage)

Flinders University
    Biodiversity and conservation 1 (BIOD1102)  (webpage)
    Biodiversity and conservation 2 (BIOD2100)  (webpage)
    Biodiversity and conservation 3 (BIOD3001)  (webpage)
    [These three units are part of the 3-year Bachelor of Science in Biodiversity and Conservation course at Flinders (webpage); systematics is integral to the course.]

Macquarie University
Evolutionary trends and taxonomic determinations (paleobiology) (BIOL904) (webpage; 2009 listing, 2010 not yet available)
Macquarie University also offers a full programme in bioinformatics (webpage)

Open Universities Australia
Advanced bioinformatics (SCB320) [by RMIT] (webpage)
Bioinformatics (BIO34) [by Curtin University of Technology] (webpage)

RMIT University
Bioinformatics (BIOL2034) (webpage)
Advanced bioinformatics (BIOL2196) (webpage)

University of Melbourne
Plant systematics and evolution (606-303) (webpage)

University of New England
    Plant diversity (BOTY203,403)  (webpage)
    Biological systematics (EVOL301,501) (one-week off-campus unit)  (webpage)
    Evolution and biogeography (EVOL211) (one-week off-campus unit)  (webpage)

University of New South Wales
Assembling the tree of life (BIOS3221) (webpage)

University of Queensland
    Advanced bioinformatics: biological sequence and microarray data analysis (BIOL3014)  (webpage)
    Genomics and bioinformatics (BIOL3004)  (webpage)
    Insect diversity and evolution (BIOL3209)  (webpage)
    Insect identification and taxonomy (BIOL3232) (distance education)  (webpage)
    Molecular techniques in ecology and evolution (BIOL3220)  (webpage)

University of Sydney
    Bioinformatics and genomics (BIOL3027)  (webpage)
    Insect taxonomy and systematics (ENTO4004)  (webpage)
    Systematics and evolution of plants (PLNT3003)  (webpage)

University of Tasmania
Molecular ecology and evolution (KPA377) (webpage)

University of Western Australia
Land plant diversity and systematics (PLNT2204) (webpage)
The University of Western Australia also offers a full programme in bioinformatics (webpage)

New Zealand

Massey University
Biodiversity and systematics (199.718) (webpage)
Insect biosystematics (171.762) (webpage)

University of Auckland
    Pacific biogeography and biodiversity (BIOSCI395)  (Download PDF handbook; p. 32)
    Plant diversity (BIOSCI323)  (Download PDF handbook; p. 25)
    The University of Auckland also offers a full programme in bioinformatics  (webpage)

University of Canterbury
Practical taxonomy for field biologists (summer field course) (BIOL305) (webpage)
Principles of taxonomy and systematics (BIOL421) (webpage)

University of Otago
Plant diversity and evolution (BTNY325) (webpage)

Victoria University of Wellington
Biodiversity (BIOL425) (webpage)