Integrative Biological Diversity, M.S.
The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. The department website provides an overview of the program, including admission requirements, faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/environment-geography-marine-sciences/programs
Program Requirements - 30 Credits
Core Courses (6 Credits)
ENV 559 – Energy Use and Global Climate Change
IBD 505 – Stewardship Seminar
IBD 506 – Applied Stewardship
Technology Course (3-6 credits)
Select one from the following:
CRM 505 – GIS I
ENV 537 –Environmental Analytics: Techniques and Instrumentation
IBD 538 – Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Development
IBD 545 – Advanced Systematic Biology
Electives (12-18 Credits)
BIO 501 – Conservation Ecology
BIO 502 – Population and Community Ecology
BIO 504 – Evolution
BIO 505 – Marine Mammal Physiology
BIO 512 – Marine Invertebrate Ecology
BIO 513 – Coastal Ecosystem Management
BIO 525 – Ichthyology
BIO 526 – Herpetology
BIO 528 – Mammology
BIO 531 – Plant Diversity
BIO 534 – Stream Ecology
BIO 536 – Marine Algae
BIO 537 – Plant Anatomy & Physiology
BIO 540 – Biogeography
BIO 549 –Cellular Physiology
BIO 582 – Biological Illustration
ENV 532 –Ecosystems and Environmental Concerns
ENV 534 – Environmental Research and Perspectives
ENV 540 – Environmental Design
ENV 552 – Long Island Sound: Environmental Perspectives
ENV 570 – Field Techniques
ENV 600 – Independent Study
IBD 504 – Limnology
IBD 539 – Molecular Biology of the Prokaryotes
IBD 540 – Aquatic Vascular Plants
IBD 555 – Conservation Physiology
IBD 565 – Topics in Animal Behavior
Capstone (6 credits)
Select one track
Special Project Track
ENV 599 – Special Project
Additional elective from above