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biology.appstate.edu

Ava Udvadia, Chair 
udavdiaaj@appstate.edu

Lynn Siefferman, Graduate Program Director
sieffermanlm@appstate.edu

Appalachian’s Master of Science in Biology program is designed to prepare students for competitive careers and continued training in the field of biology. The program provides students  with a comprehensive knowledge of broad fields and disciplines in biology while allowing specialization in an area of the student’s choice.

The Graduate Program in Biology has been twice named the Outstanding Graduate Program at Appalachian, and a number of our graduate students have been awarded grants or scholarships for their proposed and ongoing research.

Programs

• Biology - Cell and Molecular Biology Concentration, MS
• Biology - Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Concentration, MS
• Biology - General Biology Concentration, MS

Courses

• BIO 5000 - Bibliography and Research (4)
• BIO 5100 - Molecular Evolutionary Genetics and Genomics (3)
• BIO 5115 - Current Topics in Cell and Molecular Biology (3)
• BIO 5202 - Organismal Ecology (4)
• BIO 5212 - Population Ecology (4)
• BIO 5222 - Communities and Ecosystem Ecology (4)
• BIO 5240 - Aquatic Biology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5250 - Current Topics in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (3)
• BIO 5260 - Teaching Apprenticeship (4)
• BIO 5375 - Bacterial Pathogenesis (3) [DL]
• BIO 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• BIO 5502 - Freshwater Ecology (4)
• BIO 5504 - Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (3)
• BIO 5505 - Nature Study (3) [DL]
• BIO 5506 - Advanced Animal Physiology (4)
• BIO 5507 - Comparative Invertebrate Physiology (4)
• BIO 5508 - Biogeography (3)
• BIO 5512 - Local Flora (3)
• BIO 5513 - Plant Molecular Biology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5514 - Plant Anatomy and Morphology (3)
• BIO 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• BIO 5551 - Ornithology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5555 - Plant Physiology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5557 - Ichthyology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5559 - Mammalogy (4) [DL]
• BIO 5560 - Herpetology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5563 - Biology of Aging (3) [DL]
• BIO 5564 - Microscopy (4) [DL]
• BIO 5567 - Lichenology (3) [DL]
• BIO 5568 - Immunology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5569 - Invertebrate Zoology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5570 - Parasitology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5572 - Virology (3) [DL]
• BIO 5575 - Ecotoxicology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5582 - The Biology of Cancer (3) [DL]
• BIO 5585 - Endocrinology (3) [DL]
• BIO 5601 - Animal Behavior-Ethology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5620 - Landscape Ecology (4) [DL]
• BIO 5650 - Bioinformatics (4)
• BIO 5700 - Advanced Cell Biology (3)
• BIO 5710 - Genomics (3)
• BIO 5720 - Gene Regulation (3)
• BIO 5777 - Biostatistics (4)
• BIO 5900 - Internship (1-6) [DL]
• BIO 5985 - Effective Teaching Strategies for Graduate Students (1)
• BIO 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)
• BIO 5998 - Thesis Preparation (1-3)
• BIO 5999 - Thesis (4 or 8)
• BIO 6530-6549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• BIO 6610 - Advanced Seminar in Current Research Topics (2)
• BIO 6989 - Independent Research (1-9)

• G_S 5403 - Teaching Science in Middle and High Schools (3) [DL]
• G_S 5404 - The Meaning and Nature of Science (3) [DL]
• G_S 5500 - Independent Study (1-4)
• G_S 5510 - Environmental Problems (3)
• G_S 5530-5549 - Selected Topics (1-4)
• G_S 5989 - Graduate Research (1-9)

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