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Degree Pathway for the Master of Science in Biological Sciences - General Option

Degree Pathway for Master of Science in Biological Sciences - General Option

This is a 30-credit program.
Core Required Courses
Course #Course NameCr.
Total7
BIOL.5190Biochemistry I3
BIOL.6030Graduate Colloquium1
BIOL.6040Professional Communication
3
Biology Electives
Course #Course NameCr.
Total23, 17 or 11
BIOL.5000Professional Experience3
BIOL.5090Photobiology3
BIOL.5130/5150Invertebrate Zoology II3/1
BIOL.5160Climate Change4
BIOL.5200Biochemistry II3
BIOL.5210Biochemistry Techniques2
BIOL.5260Evolutionary Biology3
BIOL.5290Recombinant Protein Production4
BIOL.5320/5340LGenomics/Laboratory3/1
BIOL.5360Behavioral Ecology
BIOL.5370/5390Biology and Evolution of Anthropoda3/1
BIOL.5420Cell Biology3
BIOL.5520Quantitative Physiology3
BIOL.5550Entomology
BIOL.5550Entomology Lab
BIOL.5570/5590Metazoan Parasitology3/1
BIOL.5600Stem Cell Biology3
BIOL.5620/5630Cardiovascular Physiology4
BIOL.5670Molecular Biology (lecture only)3
BIOL.5690Molecular Techniques (lab only)
BIOL.5720Virology3
BIOL.5760Cell Culture4
BIOL.5800/5810LDevelopmental Biology/Lab3/1
BIOL.5820Cancer Biology3
BIOL.5890Practical Protein Crystallography4
BIOL.5900Human Neurobiology3
BIOL.5930/5950LImmunology/Lab3/2
BIOL.6660
Selected Topics in
Molecular and Cellular Biology
3
BIOL.7070Internship in Biology3
BIOL.7210Special Problems in Biology3
Project or Thesis Option
Course #Course NameCr.
Total6 or 12
Master's Project0-6
Master's Thesis0-12

Other Approved Electives
Course #Course NameCr.
Total3
CHEN.5350Cell and Microbe Cultivation3
CHEN.5450Isolation/Purification Biotech Products3
CHEN.5480Engineering Process Analytics3
CHEN.5550Biopharmaceutical GMP/Licensing3
CHEN.5860Biotech Processing Lab3
CHEN.5370Nanomaterial Characterization I3
CHEN.5410Nanomaterial Characterization II3
NUTR.5720Nutrition and Gene Expression3
NUTR.5630Vitamins and Minerals3
NUTR.5060Biochemistry of Lipids3
HSCI.5500Human Development & Pathophysiology3
PHRM.6501Drug Discovery3
PHRM.6100Principles of Pharmaceutical Sciences3
IM.7XXMarine Science and Tech. Courses3
Pathways (Courses, Project or Thesis)
Courses OnlyProjectThesis
Required7*7*7*
Project/Thesis0612
Electives231711
Total303030
*If taken as a UML undergraduate, the course does not need to be retaken. However, the credits (3) must be made up by taking additional courses.

Total Credits = 30

Last updated: 12/3/20