Master of Science in Biology
Biology Science Education
Graduate Program Coordinator
Dr. Sandra Daise Adams
I. Required Courses
A. Organismic
BIOL 520, Plant Physiology, 4 credits
or
BIOL 540, Mammalian Physiology, 3 credits
B. Molecular
BIOL 547, Molecular Biology I, 3 credits
C. Ecology
BIOL 570, Ecology, 3 credits
Recommended Course: BIOL 514, Graduate Seminar in Biology, 1 credit
II. Required Biology Science Education Concentration (12 semester hours)
A. BIOL 510, Biology Pedagogy for Secondary Teachers, 3 credits
B. BIOL 601, Advanced Biology Science Education Pedagogy, 3 credits
C. CURR 530, Principles of Curriculum Development, 3 credits
D. EDFD 550, Critical Thinking and Learning, 3 credits or CURR 551, Problem Solving and Critical Inquiry in Curriculum Develop., 3 credits
III. Electives in Biology (9-10 semester hours)
It is recommended that the student select appropriate electives from the following courses reflecting the student's professional interest. Only nine credits at the 400 level may be used in the Master's program.
BIOL 510, Topics in Modern Genetics, 3 credits
BIOL 520, Plant Physiology, 4 credits
BIOL 521, Field Studies of Flowering Plants, 4 credits
BIOL 523, Mycology, 3 credits
BIOL 531, Medical Parasitology, 3 credits
BIOL 532, Advanced Entomology, 3 credits
BIOL 533, Advanced Cell Biology, 3 credits
BIOL 540, Mammalian Physiology, 3 credits
BIOL 542, Advances in Endocrinology, 3 credits
BIOL 543, Advances in Immunology, 3 credits
BIOL 544, Comparative Animal Physiology, 4 credits
BIOL 546, Topics in Physiology, 3 credits
BIOL 547, Molecular Biology I, 4 credits
BIOL 548, Molecular Biology II, 4 credits
BIOL 549, Topics in Developmental Biology, 3 credits
BIOL 550, Topics in Microbiology, 3 credits
BIOL 551, Intermediary Metabolism I, 3 credits
BIOL 552, Biology of Lipids, 3 credits
BIOL 553, Microbial Ecology, 4 credits
BIOL 554, Microbial Physiology, 3 credits
BIOL 557, Virology, 3 credits
BIOL 571, Physiological Plant Ecology, 4 credits
BIOL 572, Wetland Ecology, 4 credits
BIOL 573, Shoreline Ecology, 4 credits
BIOL 574, Behavioral Ecology, 3 credits
BIOL 580, Evolutionary Mechanisms, 3 credits
BIOL 592, Graduate Colloqium, 1 credit
BIOL 595, Conservation Biology: Preservation of Biological Diversity, 3 credits
BIOL 599, Introduction to Biological Research, 4 credits
Biology Electives Marine Science Consortium
BIOL 467, Biology of the Fishes, 4
BIOL 572, Ecology of the Estuary, 4
BIOL 573, Benthic Ecology, 4
BIMS 422, Biology of Marine Plankton, 2
BIMS 426, Marine Energy Systems, 2
BIMS 431, Marine Invertebrate Zoology, 4
BIMS 433, Seashore Ornithology, 2
BIMS 438, Seashore Entomology, 2
BIMS 450, Marine Botany, 4
BIMS 455, Marsh and Dune Vegetation, 2
BIMS 460, Advanced Marine Biology, 4
BIMS 490, Field Methods in Marine Sci, 4
BIMS 491, Plankton Sampling and Analysis, 1
BIMS 494, Primary Prod in Marine Environ, 1
BIMS 531, Mar Invert: Ameb & Sporoz Prot, 1
BIMS 532, Mar Invert: Ciliated Prot, 1
BIMS 533, Mar Invert: Flag Proto & Porif, 2
BIMS 534, Mar Invert: Coelent & Ctenoph, 1
BIMS 535, Mar Invert: The Worm Phyla, 1
BIMS 536, Mar Invert: Mollusca, 1
BIMS 537, Mar Invert: Arthropoda, 1
BIMS 538, Mar Invert: Bryoxoa, Echnoderm &
Protochordatea, 2
BIMS 544, Marine Ichthyoplankton, 2
BIMS 551, Adv Marine Bot I-Euglenophyta, 2
BIMS 572, Mar Prokaryote: Cyanobacteria, 3
BIMS 573, Marine Dinoflagellate & Diatoms, 2
BIMS 592, Bacteriol Techs-Mar Sampling, 2
Non-Departmental Approved Electives
MATH 403, Technic and Applic of Statistics, 3
CHEM 531, Adv Theortical Organic Chem, 3
CHEM 532, Organic Synthesis, 4
CHEM 570, Adv Biochemistry, 4
GEOS 431, Inverte Paleontology, 4
GEOS 434, Stratigraphy, 3
GEOS 502, Dynamic Earth, 4
GEOS 525, Environmental Geoscience, 3
GEOS 530, Paleoecology, 3
GEOS 560, Adv Marine Geology, 3
GEOS 575, Geochemistry, 3
GEOS 573, Physiological Psychology, 3
EUGS 452, Geohydrology, 3
EUGS 456, 3
EUGS 513, 3
With the approval of the Graduate
Program Coordinator and the Office of Graduate Admissions &
Support Services, other 500-level courses in Biology or in other departments may be acceptable.
IV. BIOL 597, Research in Biological Literature, 1
V. Culminating Experience
Total Credits: 32
TO APPLY TO THIS PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT
http://www.montclair.edu/graduate/prospective/app.shtml
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