Graduate Programs  

The department has a masters program which has averaged about five graduates per year for the past several years. The masters degree greatly enhances the competitiveness of students applying for highly desired jobs in competitive fields and for those applying for admission to certain graduate and professional schools. Programs of graduate work are as follows.

M.S. OPTION I

The student must have a satisfactory score on the combined verbal and quantitative portions of the graduate Record Examination in order to pursue this degree option. The student will then complete six hours of BSc 518 plus eight courses selected and approved by the student's advisory committee. Students selecting this option will be expected to meet higher GRE requirements than in other programs of graduate work.

M. S. OPTION II

The student must complete BSc 595, plus eleven courses (five of which must be in Biological Sciences) selected and approved by the student's advisory committee.

M.Ed.

The student must complete BSc 595 plus seven courses from the biological sciences curriculum selected and approved by the student's advisory committee and four courses from the College of Education.