Graduates of this scientist practitioner program will be prepared to work and consult with various agencies within the criminal justice system. This is a non-thesis program requiring 45 semester hours of graduate credit that follows a single track. Subject to action by the Board of Regents, The Texas State University System, and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. Recent advances in Biology are presented by either faculty or graduate students in a formal seminar. Required of graduate students in Biology.
Graduate student presents a formal seminar based on thesis research or scholarly paper.
Required of graduate students in Biology. Classification and natural history of major groups of nonvascular and vascular plants are presented. Emphasis is on morphological recognition, ecological and physiological differences and economic importance of major taxa. Introductory Botany course and graduate standing. A study of the physiological adaptive mechanisms and the comparison of adaptive strategies across vertebrate taxa.