MS in Integrative Biological Diversity

Courses

Course Rotation until Fall 2026

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Present Course Offerings

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A designation of “T” indicates technology Course

BIO 505     Stewardship Seminar 1 SH
BIO 506     Applied Stewardship 2 SH
BIO 504     Limnology 3 SH
BIO 516     Current Techniques in Cell and Molecular Biology 3 SH
BIO 530     Population Genetics (T) 3 SH
BIO 531     Molecular Evolution (T) 3 SH
BIO 535     Advanced Molecular Biology (T) 3 SH
BIO 536     Molecular Oncology 3 SH
BIO 537 Molecular Endocrinology 3 SH
BIO 538     Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Development 3 SH
BIO 539     Molecular Biology of Prokaryotes (T) 3 SH
BIO 540     Aquatic Vascular Plants 4 SH
BIO 543     Stream Ecology 4 SH
BIO 545     Advanced Systematic Biology 3 SH
BIO 551     Soil Ecology 3 SH
BIO 555     Environmental Physiology (T) 3 SH
BIO 556     Herpetology 4  SH
BIO 560     Behavioral Ecology 3 SH
BIO 565     Topics in Animal Behavior 3 SH
BIO 592     Independent Thesis Research 1-6 SH
BIO 598     Faculty-Developed Study 1-4 SH
BIO 599     Student-Developed Study 1-6 SH

Additional graduate courses available at Southern Connecticut State University (SCSU) Department of Biology and the SCSU Department of Environment, Geography, and Marine Sciences:

BIO 501      Conservation Ecology (SCSU)
ADDITIONAL FEES MAY BE APPLIED and a transcript transfer will be required
3 SH
BIO 502      Community and Population Ecology (SCSU)
ADDITIONAL FEES MAY BE APPLIED and a transcript transfer will be required
3 SH
BIO 518      Advanced Microbiology (SCSU)
ADDITIONAL FEES MAY BE APPLIED and a transcript transfer will be required
3 SH
BIO 527   Analytical Technology / Instrumentation (SCSU course) 3 SH
BIO 522   Ecosystems and Environmental Concerns (SCSU course) 3 SH
BIO 544   Readings and Research in Environmental Concerns (SCSU course) 3 SH
BIO 550   Environmental Design (SCSU course) 3 SH
BIO 559    Energy Use and Global Climate Change (SCSU course) 3 SH
BIO 542   Long Island Sound (SCSU course) 3 SH