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Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| AQUA 551 | Advanced Aquatic Biological Processes 1 | 3 |
| BIOL 570 | Ecology 1 | 3 |
| EAES 505 | Environmental Geoscience 1 | 3 |
| or EAES 526 | Geochemistry | |
| EAES 533 | Water Resource Management | 3 |
| or EAES 560 | Environmental Law | |
| BIOL 592 | Graduate Colloquium | 1 |
| or EAES 790 | Colloquium in Environmental Management | |
| Graduate Electives | ||
| Select 9 credits from the list below. | 9 | |
| Culminating Activity | ||
| Graduate Research | ||
| AQUA 599 | Graduate Research in Aquatic and Coastal Sciences | 4 |
| Graduate Thesis | ||
| AQUA 698 | Master's Thesis | 6 |
| Submit the completed Thesis original and one copy to the Graduate Office. See Thesis Guidelines for details. | ||
| Total Credits | 32 | |
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Students in the combined program complete this course as part of the undergraduate degree program.
Electives
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 515 | Population Genetics | 3 |
| BIOL 520 | Plant Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 529 | Advanced Herpetology | 4 |
| BIOL 532 | Advanced Entomology | 3 |
| BIOL 535 | Advanced Community Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 544 | Advanced Comparative Animal Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 554 | Microbial Physiology | 3 |
| BIOL 571 | Physiological Plant Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 572 | Wetland Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 573 | Shoreline Ecology | 4 |
| BIOL 574 | Behavioral Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 576 | Biology of Extreme Habitats | 3 |
| BIOL 578 | Urban Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 579 | Physiological Ecology of Animals | 3 |
| BIOL 580 | Evolutionary Mechanisms | 3 |
| BIOL 586 | Special Topics in Advanced Biology | 3-4 |
| BIOL 588 | Special Topics in Advanced Physiology | 3-4 |
| BIOL 589 | Special Topics in Advanced Ecology | 3-4 |
| BIOL 593 | Molecular Ecology | 3 |
| BIOL 595 | Conservation Biology: The Preservation of Biological Diversity | 3 |
| EAES 510 | Geographic Information Systems | 3 |
| EAES 511 | Fundamentals of Remote Sensing of the Environment | 3 |
| EAES 527 | Organic Geochemistry | 3 |
| EAES 532 | Applied Groundwater Modeling | 4 |
| EAES 545 | Paleoecology | 3 |
| EAES 550 | Advanced Marine Geology | 3 |
| EAES 592 | Pro Seminar | 1-4 |