Integrative Biological Diversity, M.S.

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The program course outline and graduation requirements for this catalog year are listed below. In addition, a 3.0 cumulative GPA is required for graduation. The department website provides an overview of the program, including admission requirements, faculty biographies, learning outcomes, and careers: https://www.southernct.edu/academics/egms.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS (30 CREDITS)

Core Requirements (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)

Option 1: Special Project
ENV 599 – Special Project 
Additional elective from above 

Option 2: Thesis
ENV 589 – Thesis Proposal 
ENV 590 – Thesis