Bulletin Year: 2011 - 2012 Graduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog. | View this program in the current bulletin.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Biology department page.

Total Credits Required 32
Required Courses in the Major:4-8
BI 500 Planning and Proposing Scientific Research 2
(BI 500 is an additional required course effective Fall 2012)
BI 589 Research in Biology *1 - 4
BI 599 Thesis in Biology 1 - 4
Electives:
Choose from the following:24-30
BI 402 Microbial Ecology (3 cr.)
BI 404 Virology (3 cr.)
BI 405 Immunology (3 cr.)
BI 410 Ecology of the Great Lakes (4 cr.)
BI 411 Limnology (4 cr.)
BI 412 Biometrics (4 cr.)
BI 413 Biochemistry of Development (4 cr.)
BI 418 Molecular Biology (4 cr.)
BI 423 Parasitology (3 cr.)
BI 424 General Entomology (4 cr.)
BI 425 Endocrinology (3 cr.)
BI 426 Human Histology (4 cr.)
BI 427 Ecological Animal Physiology (4 cr.)
BI 428 Behavioral Ecology (4 cr.)
BI 430 Plant Anatomy (4 cr.)
BI 431 Plant Physiology (4 cr.)
BI 433 Boreal Flora (2 - 3 cr.)
BI 434 Plant Ecology (4 cr.)
BI 435 Boreal Ecosystems (4 cr.)
BI 441 Fisheries Management (3 cr.)
BI 442 Wildlife Management (4 cr.)
BI 460 Ichthyology (3 cr.)
BI 461 Herpetology (4 cr.)
BI 462 Ornithology (4 cr.) (4 cr. as of 8/23/10)
BI 463 Mammology (3 cr.)
BI 465 Aquatic Insect Ecology (4 cr.)
BI 491 Seminar (1 cr.)
BI 495 Special Topics in Biology (1 - 4 cr.)
BI 510 Advanced Human Physiology (4 cr.)
BI 511 Advanced Animal Physiology (3 cr.)
BI 513 Advanced Ecology (4 cr.)
BI 514 Population Genetics (3 cr.)
BI 516 Bio Systems Analysis (1 cr.)
BI 517 Population Ecology (3 cr.)
BI 518 Gene Structure and Function (2 cr.)
BI 519 Bioinformatics (2 cr.)
BI 520 Systematics (3 cr.)
BI 521 Advanced Exercise Physiology (3 cr.)
BI 531 Advanced Seminar in Exercise Physiology * (3 cr.)
BI 590 Graduate Seminar in Biology * (1 cr.)
BI 595 Special Topics in Biology * (1 - 4 cr.)
BI 596 Special Topics in Biology * (1 - 4 cr.)
BI 598 Directed Study Reseach in Biology * (1 - 4 cr.)

Note: Up to 12 elective credits may be taken from departments other than Biology. These courses must be at the 400- or 500-level and they must be approved for graduate credit and by the student's advisory committee.

*Elective courses of unspecified content will only be counted toward a degree if approval of student's thesis advisory committee had been obtained prior to enrollment in the course.


Bulletin Year: 2011 - 2012 Graduate Bulletin | View the current NMU Catalog.