In order to receive the MA or MS degree, all graduate students are required to pass a comprehensive examination based on their course work and general biological concepts. For MA degrees, a scholarly paper is prepared in consultation with the student's faculty advisor. Also, the thesis must be defended before the student's thesis committee. 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 ofthe physiological adaptive mechanisms and the comparison of adaptive strategies across vertebrate taxa.