生物学理学硕士

无论您是想开发用于治疗疾病的新药，创造作物改良技术，为环境保护局工作还是在大学中教授和领导研究，生物科学的高级学位都将帮助您到达那里。在此程序中，您将选择两个学位选项之一：1）生物学，或2）微生物学，分子生物学和生物化学。根据您的职业目标和兴趣，您将与在生殖生物学，进化与生态，神经生物学或细胞和分子生物学领域处于领先研究水平的教职员工一起工作。作为研究生，您将设计和进行实验，在教室和实验室中为本科生授课，完成有关专业发展和生物学研究中的伦理问题的课程。
The Biology Department offers two options:<br><br>Plan I requires the completion, in good academic standing, of at least 24 semester hours of appropriate graduate work and 6 semester hours of thesis research, with the presentation of an acceptable thesis embodying the results of original research work.<br>Plan II requires a minimum of 30 semester hours of appropriate course work. The Plan II Master's degree may not require research and does not require a formal thesis, however, students are often expected to gain insight into the techniques of problem posing and problem solving and to use these insights to prepare a written report.<br>Graduate students pursuing an M.S. in biology may specialize in research activities at all levels of biological organization, with emphases on ecophysiology, cellular and molecular biology, endocrinology, and ecology of aquatic organisms, or on models related to human disease.<br><br>To qualify for candidacy, students must satisfactorily complete either a written or an oral comprehensive examination. As part of the final defense of the student's thesis or comprehensive review paper (Plan II), a public departmental seminar must be presented.