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2011-2012 Graduate Catalog

Biological Education Ph.D.

College of Natural and Health Sciences

Degree Requirements — 64 Credits

See “Biological Education Ph.D.”.

Master's en route to the Ph.D.

Students admitted to the Ph.D. program in Biological Education may complete a thesis master's degree in Biology en route to completion of the doctoral degree. A request for a simultaneous master's degree in a discipline other than Biology will not be accepted. The student, in collaboration with the student’s advisor, will develop a dual plan of study that includes clearly distinct master's and doctoral requirements. The student will be required to meet all of the requirements of both the master's and the doctoral degrees. The student must graduate from the master's degree program a minimum of one semester prior to conferring of the doctoral degree. The maximum time allowed for completion of the doctorate is eight calendar years beginning with the students’ first semester of enrollment after admission has been granted.

Degree Requirements

Pedagogical Elective Credits — 6-7 hours

ET 502Instructional Design

3

PSY 540Theories and Principles of Learning

3

PSY 575Educational Assessment

3

PSY 654Seminar in College Teaching

3

PSY 674Measurement I: Educational Testing

3

PSY 675Measurement II: Advanced Techniques

3

PSY 681Cognition and Instruction I

3

SCED 555Science Education for Adults and Communities

3

SCED 678Science Education Seminar

1 - 2

SCED 680Science Curricula in Secondary/College Settings

3

Content Elective Credits — 18-19 hours

Basic Electives — 8 hours-maximum

BIO 525Molecular Genetics

3

BIO 530Plant Systematics

4

BIO 533General Parasitology

4

BIO 534Mammalogy

4

BIO 535Survey of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles

4

BIO 537Morphogenesis of Algae and Fungi

4

BIO 538Ornithology

4

BIO 540Anatomy and Morphogenesis of Plants

4

BIO 542Molecular and Cellular Laboratory

2

BIO 550Cell Physiology

3

BIO 554General Plant Physiology

4

BIO 562Conservation Biology

3

BIO 566Animal Physiological Ecology

3

BIO 567Animal Physiological Ecology Laboratory

1

BIO 576Pharmacology

3

NOTE: All of the above courses are double-numbered.

Advanced Electives (10-11 hours — minimum)

BIO 512TA Development Seminar

1

BIO 521Advanced Genetics

3

BIO 524Genomics

3

BIO 526Population Genetics

3

BIO 527Bioinformatics

3

BIO 528Developmental Biology

3

BIO 529Developmental Biology Laboratory

1

BIO 544Comparative Vertebrate Adaptations

4

BIO 545Pathogenic Microbiology

3

BIO 546Pathogenic Microbiology Laboratory

1

BIO 547Immunology and Disease

4

BIO 548Virology

3

BIO 549Virology Laboratory

1

BIO 552Mammalian Physiology I

3

BIO 553Mammalian Physiology II

3

BIO 555Reproductive and Developmental Biology

3

BIO 556Current Topics in Biomedical Research

2

BIO 557Mammalian Physiology I Laboratory

1

BIO 558Mammalian Physiology II Laboratory

1

BIO 560Behavioral Ecology

4

BIO 561Plant Ecology

3

BIO 563Animal Communication

4

BIO 564Plant Ecology Lab

1

BIO 565Current Topics in Ecology and Evolutionary Research

2

BIO 568Disturbance Ecology

3

BIO 569Conceptual Issues in Evolution

2

BIO 570Coevolution in Ecological Systems

3

BIO 572Species and Speciation

3

BIO 580Mammalian Endocrinology

3

BIO 581Neurobiology

3

BIO 582Cancer Biology

3

BIO 591Biology Roundtable

1

BIO 591: Limit 2 hours

Research Core — 23-24 hours

BIO 622Directed Studies

1 - 4

BIO 691Seminar in Biological Sciences

1

BIO 792Doctoral Supervised Teaching

1 - 6

SRM 502Applied Statistics

4

SRM 700Advanced Research Methods

3

BIO 622: Take 6 hours

BIO 691: Take 4 hours

BIO 792: Take 4 hours

Select one of the following two courses:

BIO 594Foundations of Biological Research

2

SCED 694Science Education Research

3

Research Proposal/Dissertation — 16 hours

BIO 797Doctoral Proposal Research

1 - 4

BIO 799Doctoral Dissertation

1 - 12

BIO 797: Take 4 credits

BIO 799: Take 12 credits

Research Tools

All Ph.D. students must demonstrate competency in two acceptable research tools.

NOTES: Students must complete a minimum of 50 semester hours in biological science of combined undergraduate and graduate courses.

SRM 502 and SRM 700 may be waived depending on course background of the student.

Students are required to submit two manuscripts for publication prior to graduation. The student must be the first author on one of the submitted manuscripts.