Graduate Programs

Science Education Master's Program (M.S.)

Degree Requirements

Students will obtain a non-thesis Master of Science degree through a combination of course work in scientific content areas and education, and optional research projects. Degree requirements consist of 36 units of course work.

Biology Track

Admission Requirements

• Secondary school teacher certification.
• Bachelor of Science degree in the biological sciences or a minimum of 24 undergraduate units in biology with course work in general chemistry, organic chemistry, mathematics and physics.
• GPA of 3.00 in previous biology course work and an overall GPA of 3.00 is required for full admission.
• Meet all general admission requirements noted above.

Students will obtain a non-thesis Master of Science degree through a combination of course work in scientific content areas and education, and optional research projects. Degree requirements consist of 36 units of course work. No more than nine units may be taken at the 500 level. No more than one elective course outside the discipline content area will be counted toward the degree. Approval of the graduate director will be required before taking such an elective.

Students may earn units for participation in optional research projects (BIOL 701 Non-Thesis Laboratory Research) and will be encouraged to do so with faculty at Towson University or through an external internship opportunity.

Required Courses (21-22 units)

BIOL 602 BIOL 604 BIOL 610 BIOL 797 SCIE 6xx SCED 647 ISTC 655 SCED 781

Molecular Biology (3) Mechanisms of Animal Physiology (3) Population and Community Biology (3) Graduate Seminar (1) Assessment Strategies and Practices in Science (3) Advanced Teaching and Learning Processes, Secondary (3) Media Design and Production (3) Integrated Professional Practice Seminar (2)

or


SCIE 7xx

Independent Study: National Board Certification (2)

Electives (14-15 units)

Students must complete one course from each of the following three categories.

BIOL 502 BIOL 506 BIOL 507 BIOL 510 BIOL 511 BIOL 513 BIOL 530 BIOL 531 BIOL 532 BIOL 535 BIOL 539 BIOL 543 BIOL 549 BIOL 553 BIOL 555 BIOL 556 BIOL 561 BIOL 567 BIOL 571 BIOL 601 BIOL 607 BIOL 609 BIOL 613 BIOL 635 BIOL 636 BIOL 653 BIOL 6xx BIOL 6xx BIOL 731 BIOL 781 ENVS 604

General Ecology (4) Limnology (4) Introduction to Paleontology (4) Environmental Conservation (4) Wildlife Biology (4) Evolution (3) Horticulture (4) Plant Morphology (4) Vascular Plant Taxonomy (4) Plant Ecology (4) Plant Anatomy (4) Freshwater Algae (4) Marine Botany (4) Invertebrate Zoology (4) Fish Biology (4) Ornithology (4) Entomology (4) Herpetology (4) Animal Behavior (4) Current Topics in Biology (3) Physiological Animal Ecology (3) Aquatic Community Analysis (4) Animal Communication (3) Physiological Plant Ecology (3) Plant Physiological Ecology: Methods and Instrumentation (2) Biology of Freshwater Invertebrates (4) Landscape Ecology (3) Biostatistics, Data Analysis, and Interpretation (3) Plant Community Ecology (3) Recent Advances in Biology (3) Ecosystems Ecology (3)

BIOL 525 BIOL 536 BIOL 563 BIOL 565 BIOL 568 BIOL 569 BIOL 601 BIOL 606 BIOL 607 BIOL 617 BIOL 635 BIOL 636 BIOL 651 BIOL 781

Dissection of the Upper Extremities (2) Plant Physiology (4) Animal Embryology (4) Mammalian Physiology (4) Endocrinology (3) Comparative Animal Physiology (4) Current Topics in Biology (3) Biochemical Adaptation (3) Physiological Animal Ecology (3) Molecular Mechanisms of Development (3) Physiological Plant Ecology (3) Plant Physiological Ecology: Methods and Instrumentation (2) Osmoregulation (3) Recent Advances in Biology (3)

BIOL 503 BIOL 505 BIOL 508 BIOL 515 BIOL 518 BIOL 521 BIOL 528 BIOL 560 BIOL 585 BIOL 601 BIOL 612 BIOL 614 BIOL 615 BIOL 616 BIOL 617 BIOL 618 BIOL 622 BIOL 781

Advanced Genetics (3) Electron Microscopy (4) Cell Biology (4) Medical Microbiology (4) Microbiology (4) Immunology (4) Virology (3) Histology (4) Seminar in Microbiology and Cell Biology (1) Current Topics in Biology (3)1 Molecular Ecology and Evolution (3) Applied Biotechnology (3) Pathogenic Microbiology (3) Membrane Biology (3) Molecular Mechanisms of Development (3) Molecular Medicine (3) Gene and Protein Expression (3)2 Recent Advances in Biology (3)1

1.Category determined by graduate director.
2.These courses are in the development/approval process.

Chemistry Track

Admission Requirements

• Secondary school teacher certification.
• Bachelor of Science degree in a natural science with course work in general chemistry, organic chemistry, mathematics and physics or a minimum of 24 undergraduate units in a natural science in addition to course work in general chemistry, organic chemistry, mathematics and physics.
• GPA of 3.00 in previous science course work and an overall GPA of 3.00 is required for full admission.
• Meet all general admission requirements noted above.

Students will obtain a non-thesis Master of Science degree through a combination of course work in chemistry and education, and an optional research project. Degree requirements consist of 36 units of course work. No more than nine units may be taken at the 500 level. No more than one elective course outside the discipline content area will be counted toward the degree. Approval of the graduate director will be required before taking such an elective.

Students may earn units for participation in optional research projects (CHEM 505 Introduction to Research in Chemistry) and will be encouraged to do so with faculty at Towson University or through an external internship opportunity.

Science Education and Professional Education (11 units)

ISTC 655 SCED 647 SCIE 6xx SCED 781

Media Design and Production (3) Advanced Teaching and Learning Processes, Secondary (3) Assessment Strategies and Practices in Science (3) Integrated Professional Practice Seminar (2)

or


SCIE 7xx

Independent Study: National Board Certification (2)

CHEM 585 CHEM 586 CHEM 588 CHEM 601 CHEM 602 CHEM 603 CHEM 641 ENVS 602

Principles of Chemistry (3)* Laboratory Experiment Design (3) Organic Chemistry Concepts (3)* Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (3) Medicinal Chemistry (3) Inorganic Materials Chemistry (3) Physical Chemistry Concepts (4) Environmental Chemistry (3)

CHEM 505 CHEM 562 CHEM 563 CHEM 568 CHEM 610 CHEM 645 ENVS 580

Introduction to Research in Chemistry (1-3) Chemical and Bacterial Studies on Water Pollution (3) Chemistry of Dangerous Drugs (3) Forensic Chemistry Applications of Analytical Chemistry (3) Molecular Spectroscopy (3) Chemical Toxicology (3)

*Requirement may be met by competency exam.
**Depending on results of competency exam

For information on all matters related to admissions, fees, or registration, please contact the Graduate School at 410-704-2501.

College of Graduate Studies and Research
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Phone: 410-704-2501
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