Master of Science in Biology
Ecology and Evolution

I. Required Courses (13-15 credits)

BIOL570 Ecology, 3
BIOL580 Evolutionary Mechanisms, 3
BIOL592 Graduate Colloquium, 1
BIOL571 Plant Physiological Ecology, 4
OR
BIOL579 Animal Physiological Ecology, 4
BIOL572 Wetland Ecology, 4
OR
BIOL573 Shoreline Ecology, 4
OR
AQUA551 Advanced Aquatic Biological Processes, 3

II. Approved Electives (10-14 credits)

BIOL426 New Jersey Flora, 4
BIOL430 Ornithology, 4
BIOL436 Phylogenetic Zoology, 3
BIOL460 Biological Oceanography, 4
BIOL521 Field Studies of Flowering Plants, 4
BIOL532 Advanced Entomology, 3
BIOL553 Microbial Ecology, 4
BIOL547 Molecular Biology I, 3
BIOL548 Molecular Biology II, 4
BIMS564 Benthic Ecology, 3
BIMS566 Ecology of the Estuary, 3
BIOL574 Behavioral Ecology, 3
BIOL576 Biology of Extreme Habitats, 3
BIOL586 Selected Advanced Topics in Biology, 3-4
BIOL595 Conservation Biology: The Preservation of Biological Diversity, 3
GEOS450 Principles of Soil Science, 3
GEOS470 Geographic Information Systems (G.I.S.), 3
GEOS530 Paleoecology, 3
ENVR551 Natural Resource Management, 3
STAT401 Applied Stats for the Sciences, 3
STAT440 Fundamentals of Modern Statistics, 3
STAT541 Applied Statistics for the Sciences, 3
STAT546 Non-Parametric Statistics, 3
STAT547 Design and Analysis of Experiments, 3
STAT548 Applied Regression Analysis, 3
BIMS431 Marine Invertebrate Zoology, 4
BIMS450 Marine Botany, 4
BIMS455 Marsh and Dune Vegetation, 2
BIMS460 Advanced Marine Biology, 4
BIMS490 Field Methods in Marine Science, 4

III. Comprehensive Exam/Thesis (5 or 7 credits)

A.
BIOL 597 Research in Biological Literature, 1
BIOL 698 Master's Thesis, 6

B.
Comprehensive Examination, 0
BIOL 597 Research in Biological Literature, 1
BIOL 599 Introduction to Biological Research, 4

Total Credits: 32

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