Programs

Biology

For department information or additional degree requirements, click here

For course description, click on the course.

• Total Credits Required for Degree

  32

• ---

• Required Courses

  4-10
• BI 500 Planning and Proposing Scientific Research

  2
• BI 589 Research in Biology *

  1-4
• BI 599A Thesis in Biology

  1-4
• Electives

  22-28
• Choose 22-28 credits from Biology courses listed in the Graduate Bulletin. AIS 535 (Using Scholarly Library Resources in Support of Graduate Research; 2 credits) can also be taken as an elective. Other graduate courses from other departments can be used, but must be approved by the student's advisor on their plan of study.

*Elective courses of unspecified content will only be counted toward a degree if approval of the student's advisor had been obtained prior to enrollment in the course.

**A minimum of 16 credit hours must be 500‐level courses in biology. A minimum of 20 credit hours of biology courses are required.