Master of Arts Degree in Environmental Studies
Environmental Science

I. Required Core Courses (15 semester hours)

BIOL 570, Ecology, 3 credits
GEOS 525, Environmental Geoscience, 3 credits
GEOS 575, Geochemistry, 3 credits
GEOS 658, Seminar in Environmental Graphics, 3 credits
HLTH 502, Determinants of Environmental Health, 3 creditsv

II. Required Electives (12 semester hours)

A minimum of 6 semester hours from elective areas A and B each

A. Bio-ecology Area

BIOL 430, Field Ornithology, 3 credits
BIOL 467, Biology of the Fishes, 4 credits
BIOL 505, Bacteriological Techniques in Marine Sampling, 2 credits
BIOL 521, Field Studies of Flowering Plants, 4 credits
BIOL 522, Plant Pathology, 3 credits
BIOL 531, Medical Parasitology, 3 credits
BIOL 532, Advanced Entomology, 3 credits
BIOL 543, Advances in Immunology, 3 credits
BIOL 550, Topics in Microbiology, 4 credits
BIOL 553, Microbial Ecology, 4 credits
BIOL 571, Physiological Plant Ecology, 4 credits
BIOL 572, Wetland Ecology, 4 credits
BIOL 573, Shoreline Ecology, 4 credits
PHMS 565, Tidal Marsh Ecology, 4 credits

B. Physical Environment Area

CHEM 411, Water Analysis and Purification, 3 credits
CHEM 570, Advanced Biochemistry, 3 credits
GEOS 509, Water Resource Management, 3 credits
GEOS 530, Paleoecology, 3 credits
GEOS 537, Biostratigraphy of New Jersey, 3 credits
GEOS 560, Advanced Marine Geology, 3 credits
GEOS 571, Geophysics, 3 credits
GEOS 573, Nuclear Geophysics, 3 credits
HLTH 532, Air Pollution, 3 credits
PHMS 581, Coastal Geomorphology, 4 credits

III. Electives (6 semester hours)

VI. Comprehensive Examination

Note:
1. Electives for all these concentrations may be added by the college. The Graduate Program Coordinator should be contacted before any are selected by the student.

2. It is the student's responsibility to file for the comprehensive examination with the departmental Graduate Program Coordinator. At that time, information will be given concerning the nature and scope of the examination.

Total Credigs: 32 - 33

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