Master of Science in Biology
Physiology

I.Required Courses (12 credits)

BIOL540 Mammalian Physiology, 3
BIOL520 Plant Physiology, 4
BIOL544 Comparative Animal Physiology, 4
BIOL592 Graduate Colloquium, 1

II. Approved Electives (13-15 credits)

BIOL429 Herpetology, 4
BIOL430 Ornithology, 4
BIOL533 Advanced Cell Biology, 3
BIOL542 Advanced Endocrinology, 3
BIOL543 Advances in Immunology, 3
BIOL546 Topics in Physiology, 3
BIOL547 Molecular Biology I, 3
BIOL549 Topics in Developmental Biology, 3
BIOL551 Intermediary Metabolism I, 3
BIOL552 Biology of Lipids, 3
BIOL554 Microbial Physiology, 3
BIOL570 Ecology, 3
BIOL571 Physiological Plant Ecology, 4
BIOL576 Biology of Extreme Habitats, 3
BIOL579 Physiological Ecology of Animals, 3
BIOL586 Selected Advanced Topics in Biology, 3-4
CHEM470 Biochemistry I, 3
STAT401 Applied Stats for the Sciences, 3
STAT440 Fundamentals of Modern Statistics I, 3
STAT541 Applied Statistics, 3
STAT546 Non-parametric Statistics, 3
STAT547 Design and Analysis of Experiments, 3
STAT548 Applied Regression Analysis, 3

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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