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Total Credits Required 32

Required Courses4 - 10
BI 500 Planning and Proposing Scientific Research 2
BI 589 Research in Biology or other equivalent 1 - 4
BI 599A Thesis in Biology 1 - 4
Electives22-28
Students may choose the remainder of their coursework from the following list with the requirement that 3-4 credits be completed in BI, and 7-8 credits in one other prefix and 3-4 credits in a third prefix in courses of defined content (i.e. not Directed Studies).
BI 402 Microbial Ecology 4
BI 404 Virology 3
BI 405 Immunology 3
BI 406 Advanced Cell Biology 4
BI 410 Ecology of the Great Lakes 4
BI 411 Limnology 4
BI 412 Biostatistics 4
BI 413 Biochemistry of Development 4
BI 418 Molecular Biology 4
BI 419 Biology of Cancer 4
BI 420 Neuroscience 4
BI 423 Parasitology 3
BI 424 Entomology 4
BI 425 Endocrinology 4
BI 426 Human Histology 4
BI 427 Ecological Animal Physiology 4
BI 428 Behavioral Ecology 4
BI 431 Plant Physiology 4
BI 433 Boreal Flora 3 - 4
BI 434 Plant Ecology 4
BI 435 Boreal Ecosystems 4
BI 441 Fisheries Management 4
BI 442 Wildlife Management 4
BI 460 Ichthyology 4
BI 461 Herpetology 4
BI 462 Ornithology 4
BI 463 Mammalogy 4
BI 465 Aquatic Insect Ecology 4
BI 491 Seminar 1
BI 502 Scientific laboratory Instruction 2
BI 510 Advanced Human Physiology 4
BI 511 Advanced Animal Physiology 3
BI 513 Advanced Ecology 4
BI 514 Population Genetics 3
BI 516 Bio Systems Analysis 1
BI 517 Population Ecology 3
BI 518 Gene Structure and Function 2
BI 519 Bioinformatics 2
BI 520 Systematics 3
BI 521 Advanced Exercise Physiology 3
BI 531 Advanced Seminar in Exercise Physiology 3
BI 590 Graduate Seminar in Biology 1
BI 595 Special Topics in Biology 1 - 4
BI 596 Special Topics in Biology 1 - 4
BI 598 Directed Study Research in Biology 1 - 4
CH 435 Gas and Liquid Chromatography 2
CH 436 Modern Spectroscopy 3
CH 437 Atomic Spectrometry 1
CH 440 Forensic Chemistry 4
CH 450 Biochemistry I 4
CH 452 Biochemistry II 4
CH 454 Biochemical Techniques 4
GC 401 Biogeography 4
GC 425 Remote Sensing 4
GC 465 Hydrology 4
MA 595 Special Topics in Mathematics 1 - 4
MA 598 Directed Studies in Mathematics 1 - 4
PH 598 Directed Study 1 - 4