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Graduate Interdisciplinary Degree Program M.A.

Natural Sciences Emphasis

Degree Requirements - 30-37 Credits

See:"Graduate Interdisciplinary Degree Program M.A." .

Required Courses - 9 hours

PSY 681 Cognition and Instruction I (3)

PSY 508 Workshop (1-3) (under Diversity and Equity course title)

BIO 594 Foundations of Biological Research (2)

SCED 530 Laboratory, Field, and Studio Safety (1)

Required Internship Credits - 6 hours

BIO 513 Professional Renewal (1-3) Take 3 hours

BIO 697 Graduate Research (1-6)

Required Content Credits - 12-15 hours

Students may select from graduate level courses (500-600) with AST, BIO, CHEM, ESCI, GEOL, MET, or OCN prefixes. Students pursuing the thesis option must complete a minimum of 12 elective credit hours; those pursuing the non-thesis option must complete a minimum of 15 elective credit hours.

Required Research Credits - 1-7 hours

BIO 622 Directed Studies (1-4)

CHEM 622 Directed Studies (1-3)

GEOL 622 Directed Studies (1-4) 1 credit, repeatable 3 times

BIO 699 Thesis (1-6) Take 6 hours

CHEM 699 Thesis (1-9)

ESCI 699 Thesis (1-6) Thesis option only

Note(s): Students completing the non-thesis option are required to complete either an oral or written comprehensive examination. Students completing the thesis option are required to defend the thesis.

For more information about the Interdisciplinary Studies: Graduate Interdisciplinary Degree, see page 205.


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