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Students complete 19–22 hours of required course work and 14–17 hours of electives chosen from three biological sub-disciplines, for a total of 36 hours. No more than two courses may be taken at the 500 level. No more than one elective course outside the discipline content area will be counted toward the degree. Approval of the graduate director will be required before taking a course outside the discipline content area. |
| Required Courses (19–22 units) (course descriptions) |
BIOL 602 |
Molecular iology | (3) |
BIOL 604 |
Mechanisms of Animal Physiology | (3) |
BIOL 610 |
Population and Community Biology | (3) |
BIOL 797 |
Graduate Seminar | (1) |
ISTC 655 |
Media Design and Production | (3) |
SCED 647 |
Advanced Teaching and Learning Processes, Secondary | (3) |
SCED 781 |
Integrated Professional Practice Seminar |
(2) |
SCIE 675 |
Special Topics in Science Education | (1-4) |
Electives (14–17 units) Students must complete at least one course from each of the following three categories: |
| Organismal biology, evolution and ecology |
BIOL 502 |
General Ecology | (4) |
BIOL 506 |
Limnology | (4) |
BIOL 507 |
Introduction to Paleontology | (4) |
BIOL 510 |
Environmental Conservation | (4) |
BIOL 511 |
Wildlife Biology | (4) |
BIOL 513 |
Evolution | (3) |
BIOL 530 |
Horticulture | (4) |
BIOL 531 |
Plant Morphology | (4) |
BIOL 532 |
Vascular Plant Taxonomy | (4) |
BIOL 535 |
Plant Ecology | (4) |
BIOL 539 |
Plant Anatomy | (4) |
BIOL 543 |
Freshwater Algae | (4) |
BIOL 549 |
Marine Botany | (4) |
BIOL 553 |
Invertebrate Zoology | (4) |
BIOL 555 |
Fish Biology | (4) |
BIOL 556 |
Ornithology | (4) |
BIOL 561 |
Entomology | (4) |
BIOL 567 |
Herpetology | (4) |
BIOL 571 |
Animal Behavior | (4) |
BIOL 601 |
Current Topics in Biology | (1-3) |
BIOL 603 |
Data Analysis and Interpretation in Biology | (3) |
BIOL 607 |
Physiological Animal Ecology | (3) |
BIOL 609 |
Community Analysis and Bioassessment | (3) |
BIOL 635 |
Physiological Plant Ecology | (3) |
BIOL 636 |
Plant Physiological Ecology | (3) |
BIOL 653 |
Biology of Freshwater Invertebrates | (3) |
BIOL 654 |
Landscape Ecology | (3) |
ENVS 604 |
Ecosystem Ecology | (3) |
BIOL 731 |
Plant Community Ecology | (3) |
BIOL 781 |
Recent Advances in Biology | (1-3) |
| Physiology (top of page) |
BIOL 525 |
Discection of the Upper Extremities | (2) |
BIOL 536 |
Plant Physiology | (4) |
BIOL 563 |
Animal Embryology | (4) |
BIOL 565 |
Mammalian Physiology | (4) |
BIOL 568 |
Endocrinology | (3) |
BIOL 569 |
Comparative Animal Physiology | (4) |
BIOL 601 |
Current Topics in Biology | (1-3) |
BIOL 606 |
Biochemical Adaptations | (3) |
BIOL 617 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Development | (3) |
BIOL 635 |
Physiological Plant Ecology | (3) |
BIOL 636 |
Plant Physiological Ecology: Methods and Instrumentation | (2) |
BIOL 651 |
Osmoregulation | (3) |
BIOL 781 |
Recent Advances in Biology | (1-3) |
| Cellular and molecular biology (top of page) |
BIOL 503 |
Advanced Genetics | (3) |
BIOL 505 |
Electron Microscopy | (4) |
BIOL 508 |
Cell Biology | (4) |
BIOL 515 |
Medical Microbiology | (4) |
BIOL 518 |
Microbiology | (4) |
BIOL 521 |
Immunology | (4) |
BIOL 528 |
Virology | (3) |
BIOL 560 |
Histology | (4) |
BIOL 585 |
Seminar in Microbiology and Cell Biology | (1) |
BIOL 601 |
Current Topics in Biology | (1-3) |
BIOL 612 |
Molecular Ecology and Evolution | (3) |
BIOL 614 |
Applied Biotechnology | (3) |
BIOL 615 |
Pathogenic Microbiology | (3) |
BIOL 616 |
Membrane Biology | (3) |
BIOL 617 |
Molecular Mechanisms of Development | (3) |
BIOL 618 |
Molecular Medicine | (3) |
BIOL 622 |
Gene Expression and Regulation | (3) |
BIOL 781 |
Recent Advances in Biology | (1-3) |
| Required Course Descriptions (top of page) |
| (See the Graduate Catalog for Other Course Descriptions) |
BIOL 602 MOLECULAR BIOLOGY (3) Overview of the base principles of molecular biology including: macromolecules, nucleic acid/protein interactions, replication, transcription, translation, mutations, DNA repair mechanisms, gene regulation and tools and applications of recombinant DNA technology. |
BIOL 604 MECHANISMS IN ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY (3) Functional design of animal organ systems and discussion of selected adaptations permitting survival in challenging environments. Prerequisite: Students must meet the requirements for admission to the master’s degree program in Biology. |
BIOL 610 POPULATION AND COMMUNITY BIOLOGY (3) Processes in biological populations, including population growth, competition and predation, analyzed by the use of conceptual-systems models and simple mathematical models. Prerequisite: BIOL 401/501, BIOL 402/502, BIOL 413/513 or equivalents. |
BIOL 797 GRADUATE SEMINAR (1) Student reports and discussion dealing with biological research. An outline of the seminar and bibliography are required. A maximum of 1 credit is allowable for an M.S. degree in Biology. |
SCED 647 ADVANCED TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESSES, SECONDARY (3) Theory and research on models of teaching and learning, systems for analyzing modalities, including brain hemispheric preferences and metacognitive strategies. Prerequisite: Teaching experience or consent of instructor. |
ISTC 655 MEDIA DESIGN AND PRODUCTION (3) This course gives an introduction and overview to digital media (multimedia) in instructional settings. A laboratory task enables students to develop original media, gather and edit digital media assets, integrate their products into a computer presentation program and output their results in a variety of digital and analog media formats. |
SCED 781 INTEGRATED PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE SEMINAR (3) Trends, issues, problems in education. Integrative investigations through quantitative/qualitative research, curriculum and instruction development or policy and program development for selected aspects of secondary education. Prerequisites: 21 credits of graduate work. |
| SCIE 675 SPECIAL TOPICS IN SCIENCE EDUCATION (1- 4) Selected topic in science education. Prerequisite: Varies with topic. |
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