Biology
Biology (MA)
The Biology MS degree program is designed to provide students with practical training in biological research and advanced knowledge within a chosen specialty area. Through graduate coursework and a thesis research project, students learn to identify important research problems, to design and conduct experiments for the critical testing of hypotheses, to carry out specific research methodologies, and to develop expertise in communicating scientific information. The goal of the biology graduate program at Truman is to provide the additional knowledge, maturity, and experience necessary for graduating students to be actively recruited by the nation's foremost institutions granting doctoral level graduate and professional degrees and by private companies and governmental agencies for challenging and meaningful positions.
The program is structured so that a student may concentrate effort in a selected area of biology. These include: 1)cell and molecular biology, 2) structural biology, 3) physiology, 4) genetics, and 5) ecology and evolutionary biology. Students complete a required common core of courses totaling 14 semester hours (including thesis) plus 22 semester hours of electives. Each graduate student also conducts an independent research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor and graduate committee. Advisors include faculty from the biology discipline as well as faculty from the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine. The committee is composed of a minimum of three members of the graduate faculty, one of whom must be from outside the biology area.
1. Bachelor's degree in biology or chemistry.
2. A 3.0 cumulative GPA on a 4.0 scale (in exceptional cases this may be waived).
3. Scores on the General Graduate Record Examination at or above the 50th percentile. (Scores on the GRE Biology exam are optional, but recommended.)
4. Three letters of recommendation. (Submit recommender's information in the Online Application)
5. Personal Statement of interests in biology and career goals (Upload in Online Application).
6. Online Application and $40 Application Fee.
For more information, contact the Biology Graduate Program Director:
Biology DepartmentTruman State University
100 E Normal MG 3036
Kirksville, MO 63501
(660) 785-4587
Also, you may browse their website or read more about the Master of Science in Biology program in the current Graduate Catalog.
- BIOL 502G – Biometry Credits: 3 hours
- BIOL 601G Scientific Writing Credits: 3 hours
- BIOL 606G, 607G – Graduate Seminar I, II Credits: 1 hour each
- BIOL 648G – Thesis Research Credits: 1-6 hours
- BIOL 503G – Evolutionary Biology Credits: 3 hours
- BIOL 504G – Herpetology Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 506G – Ornithology Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 508G – Advanced Plant Taxonomy Credits: 3 hours
- BIOL 509G – Comparative Plant Morphology Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 510G – Ecology Credits: 3 hours
- BIOL 511G – Comparative Animal Physiology Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 512G – Cell Physiology Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 513G – Microbial Genetics Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 515G – Animal Behavior Credits: 3 hours
- BIOL 516G – Ichthyology Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 517G – Mammalogy Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 518G – Advanced Topics (Topic) Credits: 1-5 hours (each topic)
- BIOL 519G – Directed Field Studies Credits: 1-5 hours
- BIOL 520G – Immunology Credits: 4 hours
- BIOL 530/530G – Advanced Cell Biology Credits: 4 hours
- (Students must take 530G section)
- BIOL 535/535G – Electron Microscopy Credits: 3 hours
- (Students must take 535G section)
- BIOL 540/540G – Cancer Biology Credits: 3 hours
- (Students must take 540G section)
- BIOL 550/550G – Endocrinology Credits: 3 hours
- (Students must take 550G section)
- BIOL 551/551G – Genetics of Human Disorders Credits: 4 hours
- (Students must take 551G section)
- BIOL 552/552G – Molecular Genetics Credits: 4 hours
- (Students must take 552G section)
- BIOL 598G – Workshop (Topic) Credits: 1-3 hours (each topic)
- BIOL 610G – Advanced Plant Physiology Credits: 3 hours
- BIOL 611G – Advanced Plant Anatomy Credits: 2 hours
- BIOL 616G, 617G – Graduate Seminar III, IV Credits: 1 hour each
- BIOL 618G – Advanced Topics (Topic) Credits: 1-4 hours (each topic)
- BIOL 644G – Readings in Biology I Credits: 2 hours
- BIOL 645G – Readings in Biology II Credits: 2 hours
- BIOL 649G – Biology Research Credits: 1-6 hours
- CHEM 518G – Advanced Topics (Topic) Credits: 1-3 hours (each topic)
- PHYS 518G – Advanced Topics (Topic) Credits: 1-5 hours (each topic)