Integrative Biological Diversity, M.S.

Environment, Geography, and Marine Sciences |View/Print PDF

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 

Thesis Track
ENV 589 – Thesis Proposal 
ENV 590 – Thesis