Biology (M.S.)
Fort Wayne, USA
DURATION
2 Years
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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Introduction
The graduate program in Biology helps you prepare to become a research scientist in academia, industry, or government, to obtain advanced education as a high-school teacher, or to pursue further study in a professional or Ph.D. program.
Courses and faculty research cover a wide range of specific disciplines within biology: behavior, cancer biology, developmental biology, ecology, forestry, genetics, herpetology, immunology, microbiology, molecular biology, physiology, toxicology, and virology.
Degree Requirements
This program includes Nonthesis and Thesis degree options. Each option is described below:
Non-Thesis Option
If you select this option, at least 30 credit hours of graduate coursework are required. Fifteen of the credit hours must be at the 500 level within the Department of Biology. The remaining 15 hours can be fulfilled by some combination of the following: additional BIOL courses at the 500- level; up to 9 credit hours of BIOL 59500 Special Assignments; up to 6 credit hours of undergraduate courses at the 300- or 400-level taken from other departments (students must earn a grade of no lower than B); or up to 15 credits of 500 - level courses in other departments. Students also must satisfactorily complete a written examination prepared by each committee member during the student’s last semester. A passing grade of B must be earned on the final exam. Students will have two attempts to pass the exam.
Thesis Option
This option requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of formal coursework and research credits combined. A minimum of 18 credit hours of formal coursework approved by the student’s committee is required. The remaining 12 credits can be exclusively BIOL 69800 Research M.S. Thesis or a combination of no less than 9 credits BIOL 69800 and a maximum of 3 credits of BIOL 59500 Special Assignments. BIOL 59500 credits cannot be included in the 18 hours of formal coursework. Students must present their research to the department in a seminar and pass a final oral defense of their thesis work after they have submitted their thesis to the examining committee.
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Curriculum
- BIOL 50100 - Field Botany Cr. 4.
- BIOL 50200 - Conservation Biology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 50401 - Mammalogy Cr. 3.
- BIOL 50500 - Biology Of Invertebrate Animals Cr. 3.
- BIOL 50600 - Human Molecular Genetics Cr. 3.
- BIOL 50900 - Molecular Biology And Applications Cr. 3.
- BIOL 51501 - Non-Mendelian Genetics Cr. 3.
- BIOL 51600 - Molecular Biology Of Cancer Cr. 3.
- BIOL 51810 - Biomedicine Cr. 3.
- BIOL 52000 - Contemporary Parasitology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 52600 - Eukaryotic Microbiology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 52410 - Bacterial Diversity And Systematics Cr. 3.
- BIOL 53300 - Medical Microbiology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 53700 - Immunobiology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 53901 - Microbiomes Cr. 3.
- BIOL 54000 - Biotechnology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 54110 - Invasion Biology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 54210 - Biometry Cr. 3.
- BIOL 54300 - Population Ecology Cr. 4.
- BIOL 54400 - Principles Of Virology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 55110 - Proteins: Structure And Function Cr.3.
- BIOL 55600 - Physiology I Cr. 3.
- BIOL 55900 - Endocrinology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 56500 - Immunobiology Laboratory Cr. 1.
- BIOL 56600 - Developmental Biology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 56700 - Laboratory In Developmental Biology Cr. 1.
- BIOL 57710 - Emerging Infectious Diseases Cr. 3.
- BIOL 58000 - Evolution Cr. 3.
- BIOL 58200 - Ecotoxicology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 58301 - Environmental And Agricultural Microbiology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 58302 - Laboratory In Environmental And Agricultural Microbiology Cr. 1-2.
- BIOL 58400 - Molecular Biology And Applications Laboratory Cr. 1.
- BIOL 58600 - Topics In Behavior And Ecology Cr. 3.
- BIOL 59500 - Special Assignments Cr. 1-4.
- FNR 50500 - Molecular Ecology and Evolution Cr. 3.
Program Outcome
Upon completion of this degree, students will be able to demonstrate the following learning outcomes:
- A level of competency for understanding core principles of evolution, organismal diversity, ecology, biological structure, biological function, molecular biology, and genetics
- Locate and critically evaluate scientific information to help develop relevant questions and hypotheses, interpret the results of investigations, and synthesize and apply new and existing knowledge
- Design studies to test biological hypotheses using laboratory, field, or computational methods that meet professional ethical standards
- Effectively communicate the results of scientific research verbally and in writing
- Learn independently, analyze data, interpret results, synthesize information, and critically evaluate the significance of research results and new knowledge
- An awareness of the relevance of biological knowledge to human health and welfare in local, national, and international communities
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Career Opportunities
- Biostatistician
- Clinical Lab Scientist
- Dentist
- Environmental Scientist or Specialist
- Forensic Pathologist
- Geneticist
- Immunologist
- Lab Manager
- Marine Biologist
- Microbiologist
- Physician
- Science Writer
- Toxicologist
- Veterinarian
- Wildlife Biologist
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